I'd resisted the iPad keyboard, it seemed to be self-defeating, after all I could just take my MacBook if I wanted to type, but on a few recent trips I've relied pretty much on the iPad. I do write a lot though (you may have noted) and though I'm a dab hand with the on-screen keyboard, it's a bit wearing and it takes up a big chunk of on-screen real estate.
Then I found my wonderful Palm portable wireless keyboard earlier. Ha, happy days. Kids these days don't remember PDAs, and the time when you communicated with distant humans by shouting loudly at them, rather than shouting loudly into a phone. OK, when I say wonderful, it didn't work very well owing to the ropy IR connection (I promise never to say bad things about Bluetooth ever again) but the keyboard itself is excellent and it folds up mini. Shame it's IR but it did encourage me to order a foldable bluetooth keyboard. I'm not struck with the bulky folio type keyboards and the other option was the Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover which looked nice, but a bit of a palaver, and I'm quite happy with my current smartcover, so wanted a keyboard that I could just pop in the bag or poket when needed. Bit of an Amazon lucky dip, so it might be shit. There was a review on YouTube but it was in German. Mind you, for a German he sounded pretty pleased. Or he could just have been really angry. I can never tell.
Impressively, along with the keyboard, I found no fewer than three Palm Pilots – the monochrome goodness of a m100, a shiny Tungsten E, and a TX. If I could find a charger, I'd be well on my way down memory lane by now. I have a drawer where technology goes to die. You don't want to know how many portable CD players there are in there, not to mention a small army of Walkmen, and I suspect a minidisc player. I was actually looking for the iPod shuffle. Never did find it.