Apple’s Wireless Keyboard has been nothing short of great. It has a good feel to it, it doesn’t take up much space on a desktop, and it looks awesome, thanks to the aluminum panels that perfectly matches any modern Mac. Problem is, some people still need a numeric keypad—for long-time Apple Wireless Keyboard users, that’s the area to the right of a standard keyboard. The one with the cluster of number keys. It makes for easy number-crunching, which makes for quick spreadsheet and calculator work, which makes it handy for people who always work on spreadsheets and calculators. Personally, this writer uses the numpad for a few games too. Anyway, you get the picture: Apple Wireless Keyboard: great. Lack of a numpad: not too good if you’re the type who needs one. Solution? This LMP Keypad that hooks up seamlessly to a Wireless Keyboard.
This here is Logitech’s new Wireless Illuminated Keyboard K800—a keyboard that looks mighty classy with the curved keys and non-neon backlighting, but packs enough smarts that make it ideal for extended use. The K800 packs an ambient light sensor that it uses to detect the amount of light in the room and adjust the backlighting, as well as a motion sensor that turns the lights off when your hands move away and on again when you get close. Both features work to save the keyboard’s battery life, which comes handy when you’re using a wireless keyboard with backlighting.
MSI has just unveiled the Air Keyboard, a wireless 200-gram keyboard that comes with built-in motion sensors that you can hold up and wave around to move the mouse pointer. Yeah, like a Wii controller, but see, it’s shaped like a keyboard with 80 keys including the standard QWERTY set plus multimedia buttons. (more…)
