Bluetooth keyboard using iOS 4

One of the deficiencies for me with earlier iPhone OS versionsd was the inability to use a bluetooth keyboard. iOS 4 offers this facility and it worked really well for me. I own a legacy folding keyboard from Freedom, and their website was no help. But it just worked. Iphone found the keyboard, issued a couple of tips to me, and I was connected. Kudos to Apple for building in connectivity to an older product.

Same issue, it is really annoying to press send all the time!

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