N8 & BlueNext Mini Bluetooth Keyboard

I have a BlueNext BN1000 Mini keyboard which I have paired with my N8 but some of the keys are not being recognised by the phone: eg: Shift key won't work if you want to type a capital letter followed by a lowercase one & ome other key functions requiring the Shift key are not working. I have keyboard set to UK but have also tried US-English. The keyboard came with various Symbian S60 drivers but the N8 either said it had them or that they were not compatible when I tried to download them.  I would like to have the keyboard fully functional if possible as I can type much better with it than the rather cramped onscreen option.  Is there anything more I can do?
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Unfortunately there seem to be quirks with whatever Bluetooth keyboard is used apart from Apple Bluetooth keyboard where UK keyboard can be chosen from selection available. Even Nokia's SU-8W is not immune to such issues as can't type "y" as keep getting "z" instead as referrred to in my post here:/t5/Nseries-and-Symbian-Smartphones/N8-and-bluetooth-keyboard-mouse/m-p/972815/highlight/true#M26055...
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