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OuterNotes: Keyboard Reviews
http://www.logitech.com/cf/products/productoverview.cfm/17 Like typing in your lap but don't like spilling that forgotten cup of coffee every time you adjust your keyboard? Logitech.com's $59.00 iTouch wireless keyboard features a comfortable, intelligent layout, good keyboard travel and feeback, programmable custom buttons for oft-repeated tasks and a curved palm rest for comfort. It's fully compatible with Win95/98 and Windows NT 4.0, includes a five-year warranty and the best of all, will go a long way to freeing up the stereotypical crowded freelancer desks. And if you're totally cable-holic, you can opt for a package that includes a wireless mouse. --Jody Yerges ...As the Maxim Hinges the Natural Format http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/pipreviews/0,8827,51163,00.html Although it is similar to Microsoft's Natural Keyboard, the Maxim Adjustable Keyboard by Kinesis Corp. features a hinge that allows you to separate the two halves -- or push them closer together, if that's your preference. It can also be angled or lay flat to help avoid repetitive-stress injuries. The $179.00 price tag may seem expensive for a keyboard, but if you're starting to feel disconcerting pains in your arms, this may just be a case of spending a little more to hurt a little less. --Debbie Cissell Keyless Keyboard: A Radical Cure for Carpal Tunnel Sufferers... http://healtheoffice.com/keyboard_without_keys.htm Keybowl Inc.'s new OrbiTouch keyboard takes a radical step to avoid carpal tunnel syndrome by deleting the keys altogether. The alphanumeric keyboard has an integrated mouse that utilizes the hands and arms instead of the fingers to type, thereby totally eliminating finger movement and greatly reducing wrist movement. The company acknowledges that it will slow down proficient typists, but may actually improve the speed of (and stress upon) typists with finger-movement disabilities. Does it work? It certainly looks good on paper, but after six years of extensive research, we can only hope that it performs up to par in the real world, as much for the $399.00 price as for its promise of forestalling costlier injuries. --Karin Call ... And The Half Keyboard Is No Half-Baked Concept http://halfkeyboard.com/product/index.html Now this is what I thought 2001 would really be like -- being able to use full-sized keys in a palmtop-sized keyboard. Matais Inc. accomplished this by leaving out half the keyboard; you use the space bar to shift the keyboard to access the "missing" keys. The base model costs $99.00, but for $199.00, you can purchase a version that will let you strap the keyboard onto your wrist and type with the other hand. The manufacturer claims to have clocked speeds as high as 64 words per minute, which is three to six times the speed possible on other handheld computers. It's available for the Palm m100, III,V, VII series, Handspring, PC (Windows and Linux), and Macintosh (USB). Hard to envision? You can take a flash animation tour of the Half Keyboard on the site, or download the free demo software for a more the hands-on experience. -- Max Kovins The Rist Rocker Rolls Your Keyboard... http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/features/gadgets98/erg9.html The Rist Rocker, made by Constant Key Motion, Inc., helps to prevent keyboard-related repetitive-stress injuries by placing the motorized platform underneath your keyboard. At intermittent intervals, the Rist Rocker moves your keyboard up, down, and at an angle, thus eliminating pain and fatigue-inducing repetitive motions. There's no doubting it's innovative, but the $350.00 direct-order price might tilt your decision in a different direction. -- Karin Call A Washable, Wearable, Foldable Keyboard? http://www.elektex.com/elektex/applications.htm Britain's Elektex Corp. is claiming to have revolutionized the input-device industry with a line of conductive-fiber technology keyboards with cushioned gel-keys that they promise will give manufacturers the ability to "dispense with fixed casings, rigid mountings and inflexible substrates opens up radically new possibilities in flexible, user-friendly interfacing." The first working models (they have a denimish look) will be released in 2001 will be for use with devices such as palmtops, organizers, and mobile phones; PC capability is also promised. And yes, they also allow taht that the new devices will be wearable, washable and capable of being "rolled up and put in your pocket." --Peggy LeTrent OuterNotes is produced using the OuterForce Platform, which allows publishers to easily recruit and manage remote and freelance content creation and export it into their publishing platform of choice. For more information, see http://www.outerforce.com. Copyright 2000 by OuterNotes. All rights reserved. OuterNotes is a trademark of OuterForce Systems, Inc. Return to Main Archive Page |