The main Alberta Apple supplier was out of stock. I gave up on them after waiting 5 weeks. On a trip to Toronto two weeks ago I called The Newton Store, but they were out of stock. I left an order with them, and today the keyboard finally arrived from The Newton Store in Vancouver. Now that Apple has discontinued the Newton, the supply of keyboards is uncertain.
Cost can be significant.
It arrived at my rural Alberta office in 10 days. A quieter keyboard would be nice for that kind of thing, however. We know the cradle alone has a slight battery drain effect when the PalmPilot is turned off, and the keyboard must require some power I guess. Never be without extra sets of batteries. I had my PalmPilot on for 5 one-hour lectures with the keyboard recently and used up one pair.