{"id":10017,"date":"2014-07-01T10:24:55","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T16:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/news\/?p=10017"},"modified":"2019-09-11T08:09:56","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T14:09:56","slug":"new-pop-up-ios-keyboard-using-socket-mobile-bluetooth-barcode-scanners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/news\/new-pop-up-ios-keyboard-using-socket-mobile-bluetooth-barcode-scanners\/","title":{"rendered":"New Pop-Up iOS Keyboard using Socket Mobile Bluetooth Barcode Scanners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many Bluetooth barcode scanners<\/a> have a serious drawback when used with an iOS device due to the fact that Apple products recognize the scanner as a wireless keyboard and disable the\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0the built-in virtual keyboard. This essentially means that anytime you want to manually type any information you have to uncouple the Bluetooth scanner to gain access to the on-screen keyboard again.<\/p>\n

Obviously, this is a major problem for most users and counter acts any benefits gained with the scanner.<\/p>\n

Luckily there are some manufacturers, like Socket<\/a>, that have scanners capable of acting as a HID Bluetooth device which retains the\u00c2\u00a0virtual keyboard functionality by\u00c2\u00a0double tapping the power button to allow simultaneous scanning and keystrokes.<\/p>\n

Check out this short video for a simple demonstration of this unique feature with Socket’s\u00c2\u00a0Apple certified\u00c2\u00a0CHS Series scanners<\/a>
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