Tiny phone keyboards may be next big thing

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Tiny theater in a box showcases the Bush
administration doing the thing it does
best

Tiny theater in a box showcases the Bush
administration doing the thing it does
best 05/09/2004 10:40 PM
Artist Mars Tokyo has created a 3" x 4" peep box entitled "The Theater of the Liars" featuring George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz, and Colin Powell. Link (Thanks, s. mericle!)

DoCoMo launches tiny Premini phone

DoCoMo launches tiny Premini phone 06/25/2004 10:11 AM
The Register Jun 25 2004 2:03PM GMT

NTT introduces the stylish and tiny
Premini i-mode Phone

NTT introduces the stylish and tiny
Premini i-mode Phone 05/11/2004 05:56 PM
I4U May 11 2004 8:24PM GMT

Tiny tiny 4GB hard drive

Tiny tiny 4GB hard drive 04/09/2004 04:11 PM
So you thought the 4GB IBM/Hitachi micro drives as used in the iPod mini are small? Toshiba is making a 4GB drive that is only 2.1cm (0.85 inch) in diameter. (via Macminute) Less than 10 years ago when I had my BBS and FidoNet hub "the Source!" (spelled that way) I had a much bigger disk with much less capacity that imploded. Henrik Jørgensen came to the rescue, lending me a 4GB scsi disk and a scsi controller so I...

IBM Keyboards Still Clackering

IBM Keyboards Still Clackering 06/22/2005 01:57 AM

So this will probably only interest me, but one of my favorite tech writers, Dan from Dan's Data, has written a comprehensive overview of one of my all-time favorite products, the IBM "Clickety Clicker" Keyboard (the ones with the buckling-spring technology). I recently just retired my IBM for a wireless Logitech model, and while I've been pretty happy with the new setup, I'd still give it all up for a wireless IBM keyboard, I think.

Or gosh, a Bluetooth IBM Clickerty with a cradle for my mobile phone. I'm getting goosebumps.

IBM Keyboards - The Odyssey Continues [DansData]

Update: Oops, this was linked last week. Give me a break, I was in a remote land.

Keyboards and Chaos

Keyboards and Chaos 01/05/2005 02:09 PM
Further thinking on web applications, keyboard shortcuts, and why we should expect some discussion over what defines an application.

The keyboards of tomorrow?

The keyboards of tomorrow? 07/22/2004 07:49 AM
CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos notes that the traditional QWERTY keyboard has been under attack for years. Now there's finally something to give it a run for the money.

Home Theater Keyboards?

Home Theater Keyboards? 05/22/2004 09:23 PM

Report: GarageBand Keyboards

Report: GarageBand Keyboards 02/19/2004 11:22 AM
There's apparently a serious shortage of Apple/M-Audio MIDI keyboards.

Wireless Keyboards And Mice

Wireless Keyboards And Mice 07/19/2004 06:21 PM
Lose all that tangle of cables on your desk. But be careful, they aren't all equally good. By Kim Komando, CNN/Money (via MyAppleMenu)

The Rise Of Alternative Keyboards

The Rise Of Alternative Keyboards 07/22/2004 12:57 PM
As we go increasingly mobile, the question of shrinking the keyboard inevitably comes up. There have been all different concepts from the standard tiny thumb keyboard to things like Digit Wireless' Fast Tap technology which sneaks letter keys in between the number keys on a phone keypad. Michael Kanellos at News.com is now messing around with the FrogPad, the one handed portable keyboard that uses "chords" (combinations of keys) to type quickly. The biggest worry most people have is that if they already know how to touch type on a QWERTY keyboard, learning something entirely new will be difficult. He finds that there is, indeed, a noticeable learning curve, but with a little practice you can pick it up pretty quickly. The question, though, is whether or not enough people will want to go through that learning process.

A Glance At 24 Keyboards & Mice

A Glance At 24 Keyboards & Mice 01/22/2004 02:10 AM
Slashdot Jan 22 2004 2:52AM GMT

Why more PDAs are coming with keyboards

Why more PDAs are coming with keyboards 12/06/2003 12:30 AM
Article in Australian IT about how integrated thumb keyboards are starting to show up in more and more PDAs. Curiously, the article doesn't actually mention a single PDA that comes with a keyboard. Read [Via SmartMobs]...

Finally, keyboards to get excited about

Finally, keyboards to get excited about 07/22/2004 09:25 AM
ZDNet Jul 22 2004 1:51PM GMT

A shutdown dialog shortcut for PC
keyboards

A shutdown dialog shortcut for PC
keyboards 07/20/2004 09:42 AM
Can't remember seeing this anywhere, so here goes. After spilling a drink onto my keyboard (by mistake of course), I furiously mopped it up and in doing so, brought up the shutdown dialogue box. Nothing strange there you say ...

Latin Extended Unicode keyboards 1.2.3

Latin Extended Unicode keyboards 1.2.3 01/16/2004 01:00 PM
Provides access to an extended set of Unicode characters. More comprehensive than the U.S. Extended keyboard.

Computer Keyboards Spread More Than
Words

Computer Keyboards Spread More Than
Words 04/11/2005 11:27 AM
Red Nova Apr 11 2005 3:43PM GMT

Keyboards are Havens for Super Bugs

Keyboards are Havens for Super Bugs 04/11/2005 03:17 PM

Microsoft intros new mice, keyboards

Microsoft intros new mice, keyboards 09/09/2004 03:31 AM
Microsoft announced on Wednesday five new mice and keyboards: Wireless Optical Desktop, which comes with a wireless mouse and keyboard; Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse; Digital Media Pro Keyboard; and Standard Wireless Optical Mouse. All are USB-based and work with Mac OS X v10.1 or higher, with the wireless devices requiring AA batteries. Microsoft said that the new mice and keyboard will ship by the end of the month.

Keyboards are old - tap tables
to send email

Keyboards are old - tap tables
to send email 09/07/2004 10:54 AM
Sensor system allows input from virtually anything

Custom Keyboards For Games, Excel

Custom Keyboards For Games, Excel 07/06/2004 01:56 AM
While the idea behind the Ideazon Zboard is very cool, it is ugly as sin and leaves you wondering how this is supposed to make life easier. It fits in to a “base” of sorts, then it is fitted with layovers that are designed for specific games and for Excel. IT might not be so bad I suppose, but reports are that it just “feels” weird, thus hindering any productive use.

Unwashable keyboards full of germs

Unwashable keyboards full of germs 04/12/2005 03:56 AM
Cory Doctorow: Keyboards harbor germs. Shared keyboards harbor other people's germs. Shared keyboards in hospitals harbor other people's disgusting, potentially fatal super-bug germs. PCs are just about the only non-disposable, non-washable things that live in hospital wards and operating theaters, and they are never, ever clean. <eyes Powerbook keyboard distrustfully, posts blog-entry with a pencil-eraser, compulsively washes hands for rest of night>

"The difficulty with keyboards is you can't pour bleach on them," Dr. Allison McGeer, an infection control specialist from Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital, tells The Canadian Press. "They don't work so well when you do that.''

She noted another Toronto-area hospital had to throw out their keyboards when it was battling an outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus, or VRE.

"We could not get the keyboards clean," McGeer says.

Link (via /.)

CTV.ca | Computer keyboards havens for
superbugs: study

CTV.ca | Computer keyboards havens for
superbugs: study 04/12/2005 05:56 AM
Keyboards will never be completely sterile, There are always going to be bugs there .. Computer keyboards havens for superbugs: study .. know exactly how gross

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Bluetooth PDA Keyboards To Be Released
in March 2004

Bluetooth PDA Keyboards To Be Released
in March 2004 12/09/2003 04:56 PM
bargainPDA.com Dec 9 2003 3:53PM ET

Bluetooth PDA Keyboards To Be Released
in March 2004.

Bluetooth PDA Keyboards To Be Released
in March 2004. 12/10/2003 10:16 PM
BargainPDA: Bluetooth PDA Keyboards To Be Released in March 2004. Every now and then I wish for this for my P800, but I wonder if it's small enough to carry around.

Microsoft Rolls Out Wireless Mice,
Keyboards

Microsoft Rolls Out Wireless Mice,
Keyboards 09/13/2004 06:53 AM
Microsoft last week rolled out a slew of mice and keyboards for business users.

Computer keyboards havens for superbugs:
study

Computer keyboards havens for superbugs:
study 04/11/2005 01:56 PM
CTV.ca Apr 11 2005 5:19PM GMT

Ideazon Zboard: Custom Keyboards For
Games, Excel

Ideazon Zboard: Custom Keyboards For
Games, Excel 07/05/2004 08:10 AM

I haven't used one, so I'm loathe to haterate it yet, but the Ideazon Zboard looks like a good idea that might not be as well executed as I'd like. The folding keyboards fit into a "Universal Base," overlaying the keyboard internals with custom layouts designed to maximize your gaming (or business software using) abilities. It's not a bad idea; it's sort of like those old cardboard cutouts that used to come with games back when everyone had the same shaped keyboard, but where it seems to start sucking is in the most important area -- the way it feels. I'll reserve judgement for now, but the word on the street isn't that good.

Plus, look at the one here, for Black Hawk Down. What happens if I want to type to my friends online? If I'm in the middle of a hot duel, I don't have time to look down and find where the "VAV" keys are.
Read - Product Page [Ideazon]

Bluetake BT500 mice and Apple wireless
keyboards

Bluetake BT500 mice and Apple wireless
keyboards 05/28/2004 11:14 AM
I recently purchased a Bluetake BT500 bluetooth mouse. And what a fantastic mouse it is. Anyway, I found that it does have some problems when using it with the Apple Wireless keyboard. If you connect the Bluetake BT500 mouse ...

Biometric Keyboards, Mice Dominate Fall
Lineup

Biometric Keyboards, Mice Dominate Fall
Lineup 08/16/2004 08:41 AM
The ActiveWin folks have posted a slew of screen shots and product info on the new hardware lineup coming from Microsoft this fall. A number of the new Microsoft devices include biometric fingerprint readers.

Yamaha CVP Keyboards: First Electronic
Piano with Realtime Streaming

Yamaha CVP Keyboards: First Electronic
Piano with Realtime Streaming 08/21/2004 09:11 AM

Keyboardists will appreciate Yamaha's new "CVP" series of electronic pianos and keyboards, providing they can afford the ~$5,000 USD these cost. The most prominent new feature of this series is direct streaming - meaning, you can not only connect to Yamaha's site directly from the keyboard and play live songs, but you can also broadcast your own renditions realtime. I can't really imagine an era where we attend concerts over the net, at least until we work out some latency issues, but I guess this would be an effective way to form a student-teacher relationship online. Then again, with all the features these offer, why do you need a teacher?

Read - Press Release [Yamaha]

Product Review: Ergonomic Keyboards that
Break an Old Rule

Product Review: Ergonomic Keyboards that
Break an Old Rule 06/05/2005 11:37 PM

“A decade ago, there was much talk about keyboards causing repetitive motion injuries. Attention was focused on ergonomics and leading manufacturers including Microsoft introduced special curved and split keyboards. If you’re like me, though, those keyboards didn’t solve the problem. Months ago, I started getting tingling and numbness is my lower left arm, probably the result of typing. It wasn’t painful, but the odd feeling occasionally made it hard to sleep. The phenomenon isn’t uncommon…

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Report from KDE World Summit, Day 7: The
keyboards remained quite busy

Report from KDE World Summit, Day 7: The
keyboards remained quite busy 09/01/2004 03:59 AM
Day seven of aKademy here in Ludwigsburg (Stuttgart region), Germany, saw KDE developers finally tackle the tricky question of release schedules and whether they should skip straight to KDE 4 or have an interim release of KDE 3.4. Plans for SVGs in KDE theming were discussed, with some welcome news for those who have been waiting for graphical goodies. And as the name of this section -- coding marathon -- of the summit implies, keyboards remained busy all day.

XP SP2: Bluetooth-enabled mice,
keyboards, and other devices no longer
work

XP SP2: Bluetooth-enabled mice,
keyboards, and other devices no longer
work 08/22/2004 07:35 PM
Tech-Recipes Aug 23 2004 0:25AM GMT

PDA News - Bluetooth keyboards, SPB
bundles, Software updates and releases

PDA News - Bluetooth keyboards, SPB
bundles, Software updates and releases 12/11/2003 03:57 AM
bargainPDA.com Dec 11 2003 2:43AM ET

Microsoft promises biometrically
authentic Christmas with new keyboards
and mice

Microsoft promises biometrically
authentic Christmas with new keyboards
and mice 09/03/2004 06:47 AM
Computer Buyer Sep 3 2004 11:24AM GMT

Meet the Michibl0ggers — the
people behind the keyboards at the
state's best Internet journals

Meet the Michibl0ggers — the
people behind the keyboards at the
state's best Internet journals 09/16/2004 07:14 AM
Freep.com - Thu Sep 16, 09:34 am GMT

Northwestern Memorial Study Finds That
Computer Keyboards May Harbor Harmful
Bacteria

Northwestern Memorial Study Finds That
Computer Keyboards May Harbor Harmful
Bacteria 04/19/2005 05:59 AM
Science Daily Apr 19 2005 9:43AM GMT

Adesso Cuts the Cord with New Elegant,
Wireless Keyboards with Integrated
Cursor Control Devices

Adesso Cuts the Cord with New Elegant,
Wireless Keyboards with Integrated
Cursor Control Devices 02/01/2005 09:13 PM
New 2.4 GHz and Infrared wireless keyboard series feature integrated touchpad, trackball, or cursor pad [PRWEB Jan 31, 2005]
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