That is not true. The Jawbone earphones will report the battery status. From what I understand it depends more on what the device communicates to the iOS device will determine if the battery status is shown.
On Oct 31, 2012, at 10:59 PM, Daniel Miller <miller...@gmail.com> wrote: > Unfortunately, iOS doesn’t report battery indicators for any Bluetooth > devices, except the apple Bluetooth headset, that I don’t even think is in > production anymore. I really, really wish it would, however. > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Elizabeth Campbell > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 9:56 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Logitech keyboard cover for the iPad, etc. > > Hello all, > > Sorry if this has been posted previously, but I wanted to mention that I use > the Logitech ultrathin keyboard cover for the iPad,and I've been very happy > with it. > > First, the keyboard is quite easy to use and has a comfortable feel wehn I am > typing. I can use the onscreen keyboard pretty well, in fact, better than on > the iPhone, but I like the bt keyboard for quickly typing emails, notes, and > so forth. > The battery life is quite good, as the documentation says the battery will > last for six months based on using the iPad for two hours every day. There > are two shortcomings involving the micro USB cable and the batttery > indicator. First, the cable is approximately six inches long, so the keyboard > has to be very close to your computer or to the outlet where the iPad charger > is plugged in to charge the keyboard's battery. > Also, there doesnt' seem to be an indicator on the iPad that notifies one of > the battery status. The status bar across the top of the screen shows > "bluetooth connected" but no battery indicator. > On another subject, Several have talked about using the Pages program. I > haven't gotten that app, but I plan to do so. In the meantime, I am using a > free app called IA Writer. I'm still experimenting with it, but it works well > with VoiceOver and can be used in conjunction with Dropbox and iCloud. Files > can also be stored on your IOS device. > > Files can be exported as plain text, email attachments or sent to a printer. > > I wrote a short test file and sent it to my work email. It worked like a > charm,and when I checked, there was the attached file in plain text format. > There is also a way of sending a formatted file, but I haven't tried that > option yet. > I also believe that IA Writer has a spell checker, but I haven't ben able to > find it. > > Anyway, I am continuing to experiment with the iPad and apps,and am enjoying > it very much. > > Sincerely, > > Liz Campbell > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
