Back when I got my BlueM Bluetooth adapter (maybe even before that) I began looking for ways I could use my Model 100 as a keyboard for my desktop without destroying the M100 physically. I really wanted to be able to connect it to my phone or Tablet wirelessly via the BlueM and control it from my M100, basically as a bluetooth keyboard.
I had no joy. What got me going again was the recent discussion of writers using the M100. I would be willing to bet a lot of M100 users would love to use the M100 to enter data into their Android tablet or phone. Just put the tablet/phone in a stand in front of the M100, and type away. (I just imagined another scenario I'd love to test; connect to my PC from my tablet over the internet, and remote control it using the M100 as my keyboard). A couple months back I downloaded Bill Redirect, a Windows keyboard wedge that's supposed to let you use serial input devices in Windows apps as HID input. I haven't yet had the guts to install it on one of my Win7 machines, but I'm working up the courage (if I can get HTerm working again). While researching it, I came across several cable devices that seem to do what I want... at a price I really don't want to pay. The cheapest is a Bluetooth RS232 adapter that supposedly will connect to a Bluetooth device and provide HID input, at about $49. http://shop.intelletto.com/collections/connectivity/products/bk100 My thinking was to plug it into the OTG cable, plug that cable into my tablet, and then connect via the BlueM. The same people have an HID keyboard to serial cable for $99; still not sure that would work with android and it's back to the old days of the "soap-on-a-rope" I had with my Psion 3A. So as I continued looking, I discovered that GetBlue offered "keyboard" as a datasink. So now I'm hoping to try connecting my M100 to my Tablet via GetBlue and hopefully use it as an input device. If that doesn't work, or at least not as well as I would like, the makers of GetBlue also have a program called "BluePiano". This specifically advertises itself as a keyboard wedge, but the issue I have is that it seems a virtual keyboard has to be open on the screen when you use it... kind of defeating the purpose. Here's a link to Bill Redirect's page, for anyone also interested in using the M100 as a keyboard for their PC. I'll keep people posted on my renewed progress.
