Windows – Using laptop keyboard as wireless bluetooth keyboard

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Example 1 : More like Synergy, but Synergy works over the Internet. I was thinking of something over Bluetooth.

Example 2 : This has been implemented in an Android app.
But in the Android app, there's a dedicated application for PC(Java) in addition to the app.

But normal Bluetooth keyboards don't run dedicated software, you can just use it out of the box.

So can't we just make a laptop keyboard act as a Bluetooth keyboard?

PS: Everybody says buy a wireless keyboard; they're very cheap. But if software can do the task, why buy hardware? Also, I want to check how well Bluetooth works on my old Nokia e63, so this is of temporary use.

Best Answer

On Macs, the application type2phone offers exactly this functionality. As long as this application is active (i.e. not in the background), all keyboard input is sent to a paired iPhone (or in fact, any device that supports input from bluetooth keyboards). No software whatsoever needs to be installed on the target device, since all it sees is a generic bluetooth keyboard. Actually i have been looking for a windows pendant to type2phone, but haven't found one yet.

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