Finally, someone is figuring out that if you want a PC in your home theater, you’ll be needing a decent, hardware keyboard. Here’s one of the best ideas yet, and it looks a whole lot like a Blackberry: It’s a wireless USB keyboard and touchpad that might be just what you need.
We like its backlit keyboard and radio-frequency (RF) operation, using the 2.4GHz band, so you don’t have to worry about pointing the device directly at the receiver. While this little handset looks kind of cheap, it’s more portable than a standard-sized keyboard, and its touchpad takes the place of a bulky mouse. If you look at the white one in the gallery below, it actually doesn’t look half bad.
This is a heck of a sight better than those horrendous on-screen keyboards that you navigate with a remote control. Think about it — how many button presses does it take to spell your name? About 50? It’s absurd. Drop $61 on this tiny keyboard, and solve that problem once and for all. Here’s a video of the device in action:
All the owners of Apple iPhone or iPod Touch player know exactly, that the set of even simple texts of on-screen keyboard of the device is connected with certain difficulties.
However, it is possible to turn your iPhone into a good competitor of EEE PC with a compact BTKeyMini wireless keyboard. With this device, the input and editing of the text will never cause you any difficulties.
The gadget has a special stand to set the player or phone, and thanks to its small size you can always carry it with you, as it occupies much less space than the smallest laptop.
Ordering this very useful device can be made on the manufacturer’s website and it costs about $ 90.
The latest novelty from LG – LG KP500, nicknamed as LG Cookie, immediately attracts by its incredibly modest cost – only 170 euros.
The design has common features with sensational LG Renoir. LG KP500 works on the latest version of “native” LG interface, which has become even more comfortable and functional. Control of the phone is optimized for the fingers, but the set includes stylus, and the phone supports handwriting recognition. In addition, it’s very easy to work on the touch QWERTY keyboard with the stylus.
The thickness of LG KP500 is only 11.9 mm; it is the thinnest phone with a stylus stored in the shell. LG Cookie has a 3-inch TFT touch screen display and a 3-megapixel camera with auto focus. Instead of 3G, it supports EDGE and operates in GSM.
Unfortunately, the video quality will be far from typical of an LG camera phone – KP500 can only record QVGA video at 12 frames per second.
It also plays DivX and XviD video, recognizing only MPEG4 at 24 frames per second and with maximum resolution of 240 x 400 pixels.
If you like classical music, and especially prefer stringed instruments, then Desktop Classic Violin Corded Novelty Telephone will not leave you indifferent for sure. The style of the telephone is one and one copied from the original instrument.
This device, used for wired communications, has a shape of a cello, and its compact size and comfortable plastic keyboard provide simplicity and convenience in operation.
Price of Desktop Classic Violin Corded Novelty Telephone music phone is only 20 dollars.
We have already written about the computer mouse pad, which enables you feel as a drummer without leaving your computer. But the beating on virtual drums is not as funny as on the real one. Instead of sticks you can beat on them with your fingers, already accustomed to not such a hard work with the keyboard.
Finger Drum set is a small synthesizer, reproducing the sounds of the drum when beating on them. For those who wish to share their creativity with colleagues there is a possibility to record and play tracks.
It works on three AAA batteries, but if you have a habit of tapping fingers constantly – it will be better to buy rechargeable versions.
You can buy this gadget for $29.98.
Despite the fact that Christmas is far away it is better to prepare for the holiday in advance.
If your work is connected with active typing of the text on the computer, a small herringbone USB Key-pressed X’mas Tree will look perfect on your desk at Christmas holidays. It is connected via USB, which has a remarkable property: the faster you work with a keyboard, the brighter will be the lights of this Christmas tree.
USB Key-pressed X’mas uses 25 LEDs, and the cost of this tree is only 19 dollars.
Keyboards Logitech are very widely spread. Nevertheless Logitech is not going to count the profits from sold devices. And in confirmation of this the company announced three new keyboards.
The first one will go on sale in October and will cost $80. This keyboard is “the best in the world”. Its thickness is 9.3 mm. However, it is equipped with adjustable backlight, soft hands and stand for a set of additional multimedia keys.
For owners of Logitech laptops there is also a surprise – a wireless keyboard, with a frequency of 2.4 GHz and with a stated time of battery life 3 years (!!!). It will go on sale in October, and its cost will be $100.
Earlier will be sold set Keyboard + Mouse Cordless Desktop S520 for $60. This kit also differs with battery life – 8 months for the mouse and 15 for the keyboard.
It is hard not to notice that over time, gadgets become smaller and are increasingly integrated. There are too many multi-functional devices that combine the advantages and functionality of several gadgets. The keyboard KeyScan KS810 is one of these devices.
It’s very easy to guess, that this gadget combines a keyboard and a scanner. This gadget should be connected to a PC via a standard USB port, but the scanner needs additional power, because its use is limited by spaces, where you can connect it to the mains.
I’d like to note technology used by the program NoTouch-AutoScan, which comes bundled with the keyboard. It brings the entire process of scanning to a single action: passing the scanned image into the scanner. The rest happens automatically. The scanner detects a submitted paper, scans and transmits the image to the PC where the program stores it in one of several formats.
Now let’s speak about formats. In the package there is the program IRIS OCR, which allows to recognize the text. So you get not only images but also editable text.
This miracle of technology is about $159.
There is also another concept mobile phone with built-in projector, which is a harmonious combination of a mobile phone communication abilities and a projector.
As you have probably guessed, the device will transfer to the wall all that is displayed on the screen. This feature can be very convenient for the organization of conferences. But probably the main advantage of this technology is the ability to watch movies on the big screen. The owners of this phone will be able to wholly enjoy movies, video games and TV.
But this device has its drawbacks. The projector emits very bright light, so that the image is not clear and stable.
Therefore, in such mode, the phone battery is likely to be exhausted eyes. But, according to developers, the technology implemented in this phone, is built on the basis of a new generation of miniaturized video components. Add to this advanced technology batteries, and this problem may be negligible.
Phone is made of polycarbonate, making it very reliable, and in isolation are used graphite sheets, scatter thermal radiation. The top end of the phone is covered with aluminum to reflect heat radiation from the projector module and keyboard. In other words, it will be a hot thing.
You probably have heard that our keyboards over time become a breeding ground for germs. But there are very few people who like cleaning it. Well, Cyber Clean should help in solving this problem.
Indeed Cyber Clean is an amorphous mass that can penetrate all the twists of the keyboard and pull out accumulated crumbs, hair, and other rubbish. In addition, manufacturers claim that Cyber Clean has also a small protective layer that kills germs.
All you need to do is to press Cyber Clean for cleaning devices and “ride” on its surface. Naturally, you can clean not only your keyboard, but also any other devices and gadgets.
This useful gadget will cost you $16.
