Wireless keyboards and mouses are pretty common nowadays. These devises are far beyond mere comfort, they are must. Wireless devices help us cut the clutter and get rid of the wires. However, wireless devices have one common weakness. Wireless communication is not very secure.
Imagine you are typing your credit card number and someone near you being able to intercept what you were typing. And what about the gazillion different passwords that you type every day? Not so funny indeed.
If you are inclined to give up about 300 US dollars, you can now obtain a peace of mind. Wireless Keyboard RF-250 is a totally secure wireless keyboard. It encrypts all your keystrokes and thus guarantees that no sensitive data can be intercepted.
Wireless Keyboard RF-250 has a working range of up to 100 feet (that is 31 meters) and delivers 250 hours of operation on to AA (UM-3) batteries. The keyboard has 104 keys and a touch pad mouse and removable wrist pad as well.
According to the manufacture, the keyboard works on Windows (98SE, 2000, XP, Vista), Macintosh (9.x, 10.x) or Linux computer with available USB port. With Windows NT you will need a third party USB driver, though.
In all other aspects, the keyboard has a look of a regular keyboard.
You can purchase the devices right from the manufacturer's web site.
Your Keystrokes Are Encrypted
Key-less Glass Keyboard
With so many keyboards around, it's extremely difficult to come up with innovative and exciting keyboard ideas. Nevertheless, designer Kong Fanwen has come up with exciting keyboard design. This is a concept, though looks very promising.
The whole keyboard "is" made of glass and it has no keys but flat keys on glass. Useless for typing one can say. Yes, we agree. In terms of tactile feedback, this keyboard will be feel similar to the laser keyboard. However, the glass looks really cool. Design over usability, that's what we got.
Further information is very poor. It is known that the keyboard uses some sort of motion capturing to determine what keys you are pushing. The keyboard features cool lighting as you can see from the picture. What has caught our attention is the wire. No Bluetooth? So bad, so bad. Omitting Bluetooth in this cool device spoils everything.
Anyway, this is a really cool keyboard and it deserves place on Keyboardian.com.
7G Keyboard for Professional Gamers
If you think that keyboard is the least important device in your computer system, it's time to have second thoughts about it. Even if you only use it for typing an e-mail or two during a day, then the most basic keyboard will work fine for you. But if you are a professional gamer or if Microsoft Word lives on your monitor longer than any other application, then you can see a huge difference between basic and high-end keyboards.
This time we would like to present a brand new, 7G Keyboard, a professional keyboard for gamers or a keyboard for professional games, for that matter. The 7G Keyboard comes from a leading manufacturer of innovative professional gaming gear SteelSeries. Let's see what makes the 7G keyboard to shine at gaming.
The first and probably the most important feature is that the 7G keyboard utilizes a powerful PS/2 buffer-system created specifically for gaming. Thanks to that, the SteelSeries 7G keyboard eliminates "anti-ghosting" by supporting as many simultaneous key press commands as there are keys on the keyboard.
In other words, this means that no matter how many keys you press simultaneously, none of the key presses are "swallowed". So far so good. For a gamer this means that, for example, in a first person shooter game, the 7G keyboard will allows a player to walk, crouch, aim, fire and check the scoreboard simultaneously.
Another advantage of the 7G keyboard is durability. This keyboard will last 10 times longer than an average keyboard thanks to the 18-karat gold-plated mechanical switches and iron-infused plastic construction.
"SteelSeries creates top quality gaming gear that helps players perform at their best. The 7G has taken gaming keyboards to a whole new level by eliminating anti-ghosting and increasing the response time, which is so important for first-person shooter games. It's a tool I can rely on even on a professional level." - these are the words of a professional gamer Franz Burghardt, who recently along with his teammates has recently won USD $50,000 CeBIT in Germany.
Even if you never plan to become a professional gamer, having a high quality keyboard feels so good. Of course, the quality does not come cheap and you'll have to pay $150 for this keyboard, but it's really worth it.
You can by the 7G keyboard from Dell.com, AlienWare.com, NewEgg.com, Amazon.com and on the SteelSeries Web site at http://www.steelseries.com/.
Kensington Ci70 Keyboard With USB Ports
Kensington Computer Products Group is a worldwide leader in computer accessories. The company was foudned in 1981 and has been providing consumers with high quality computer accessories since then.
Kensington has recently introduced a new slim and stylish computer keyboard Ci70. The keyboard features a slim space-saver design. It also has programmable hot keys and USB ports. You can find two USB 2.0 ports and one mini-USB port with a cable on Ci70. The programmable hot keys, which are five, are hidden by the sliding door. Media keys for controlling volume and music playback are present as well.
The kays mimic the low-slung keys found on laptops. So, if you are acustomed to laptop keybaords, you will find Ci70 extremely useful.
Ci70 costs $49.99 and is Mac and Windows-compatible.
For more information, you may like to checkout the product's page at: http://us.kensington.com/html/15231.html. You can pre-order the keyboard at that page as well.
Multimedia Keyboard from Adesso
Today we would like to introduce a new interesting multimedia keyboard from Adesso. The AKB-320 has everything to satisfy even the most demanding keyboard users.
The multimedia keyboard from Adesso comes with the Optical Trackball, Scroll Wheels, Windows Key, Multimedia Control Keys and Internet Hot Keys. The keyboard sports a professional and cool design and the finishing is superb. The keyboard is lightweight and stylish.
The keyboard comes in USB and PS/2 flavors. So you can choose whichever version you prefer. The trackball works at 800 DPI resolution. The keycaps are laser-printed, which means longer wear. According to the manufacturer, key-switch life amounts to 10 million cycles.
The keyboard works with Microsoft Windows Vista/XP/2000/ME/98SE/98 editions.
You can buy the keyboard directly from the manufacturer's web site.
Das Ist 100% Blank Keyboard
What do computers and pianos have in common? Well, if we ignore the fact that both are used by humans, both of them have keyboards. However, there is a subtle difference between the piano's keyboard and that of the computer. The former does not use electricity and the later does, however, the subtle difference that we are talking about has nothing to do with electricity.
Have you ever noticed that there are no markings on a piano's keyboard? Yet, this does not represent even a slightest problem for a piano player. On the opposite, the computer keyboards that we use every day have markings on the keys. It turns out that while for beginners a keyboard with marking is easier to use, the only keyboard that can deliver extreme speed of typing is a blank keyboard with no markings on it.
If an idea of a totally blank keyboard has ever come to your mind, then you are not alone. Das Keyboard is 100% blank. Not only that, the new version of the keyboard comes with mechanical key switches. Das Keyboard uses gold plated key switches and is rated up to 50 Million key strokes where as regular keyboards barely reach 10 to 15 Million strokes.
If you don't mind to pay $79.95 for a keyboard, then Das Keyboard is for you.
Happy Typing!
Professional Gaming Keyboard and Mouse from BTC
Behavior Tech Computer Corp. (BTC for short) is a leading keyboard and mouse manufacturer in Taiwan. The company was established in 1982 and has been providing high quality keyboards since then.
This month BTC introduced 9051H Cheetah Professional Gaming Keyboard and Mouse kit with high-tech gaming hardware specially designed for PC gamers.
It's amazing but even such simple devices as keyboards have become extremely complex. The Cheetah Gaming Keyboard features 17 individual keys specifically for gaming input commands. The unique gaming keys are ergonomically designed and laid out on a gaming wheel for adjustable gaming positions.
But the customization capabilites of the BTC's keyboard don't end here. You can store two sets of customized commands in A and B memory modes. Thus, you can have different customization for different games. Moreover, you can have two different sets within the same game.
The mouse runs at 2000 DPI, though you can easily and quickly shift to lower "gears" and have it on 800 and 1300 DPI. Interestingly, the scroll wheel changes colors (red, green, blue) depending on the resolution chosen. Well, technically, 2000 DPI does not put BTC's mouse on top of the competition, but is a pretty decent DPI.
Unfortunately, the manufacturer has no disclosed any pricing details. We'll keep and eye and you update as more details become available. So, don't forget to subscribe to our RSS feed.
Aero Inspired Keyboard From Microsoft
Microsoft has just launched a new cool keyboard specially designed for Microsoft Vista. The wireless keyboard, inspired by the Aero design, comes coupled with a wireless mouse.
The keyboard is ultra thin and is implemented in a curved shape, which encourages a more natural typing position with a slight 6-degree curve. The translucent design is inspired by the Aero interface. The duo is named Wireless Laser Desktop 7000 and represents a perfect companion for your Windows Vista desktop.
The Wireless Laser Desktop 7000 operates in the 2.4GHz frequency and due to the wireless-hopping technology works perfectly even in crowded wireless environments with multiple computers. Effective working range is approximately 30 feet. According to Microsoft, the Wireless Laser Desktop 7000 will deliver an 80% economy in battery usage.
The Wireless Laser Desktop 7000 will be available in April and will retail for about $129.
Bluetooth Virtual Laser Keyboard
Keyboard is a pretty old device. Modern keyboards have as much in common with the original keyboards as modern computers have with the old mechanical computing devices. The original design of a modern keyboard comes from that of mechanical typewriters. Those devices did not even use electricity and were purely mechanical devices.
Look at the modern keyboards. The choice is enormous. Today, keyboards need not be flat and square. The market is full of all kinds of ergonomic keyboards. Some keyboards combine many devices, i.e. they have speakers, microphones, mouse like devices, various controllers, etc.
But there is one keyboard that really rules the roast. We are talking about a Virtual Laser Keyboard (VKB) from I-Tech. The device is really tiny with a size comparable to that of a Zippo lighter. The device laser-projects a full-size QWERTY layout with 63-keys on a flat surface. Typing is even accompanied with simulated key click sounds. The device connects to a computer or PDA via Bluetooth. Yes, the engineers have done their best. The VKB comes with an elegant leather jacket.
Imagine a serious business person taking this device out of his pocket at a corporate meeting. Wow, the effect would be really cool.
You can fine a very good review of the device at TrustedReviews.
You can buy the device at a web site of a worldwide Internet distributor of the device.
Finally, there is a good worldwide support site.
By the way, the new drivers are available for Blackberry and Symbian/Nokia devices.