finally, a bluetooth keyboard good enough to tape to an iThing?

some of you may remember earlier rants about the lack of hard keyboard on the iPhone (and iTouch and now the iPad, these shall now be collectively be known as ‘iThing’) and how that was one of the things preventing me from getting one.
the other reasons have gradually been remedied (MMS and cut&paste- check (thanks to OS3), better camera- check (if iPhone4 rumours are to be believed), background processes / multitasking- check (when OS4 hits), fascist app store- still the case, but hell with it…) BUT there is still no option for a hard keyboard.

now i speculated recently that seeing as OS4 will be pretty much universal between iPad and iPhone/iTouch (currently running slightly different flavors of the same OS) and the fact that the iPad works with bluetooth keyboards, that eventually the iPhone/iTouch might also be able to when OS4 arrives…

so, on to the point of THIS post.
i used to say to colleagues that questioned my foresaking iBliss for something with a hard keyboard that if the iThing supported bluetooth keyboards (and if i could find a small one) then i would contemplate an iPhone and tape one to it.
after my last batch of speculation i’ve been keeping half an eye out for dinky bluetooth keyboards and have just seen one that may just fit the bill.

this + duck tape + iThing?

is only $43 and according to the product site it already works with the iPad, so i’m quite tempted to get one and see if it works with my iTouch when OS4 arrives…

if so, well that might just make the iPhone a little more tempting.

(via Geeky Gadgets, product site: brando)