<![CDATA[Gizmodo: Aluminum keyboard]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[Gizmodo: Aluminum keyboard]]> http://gizmodo.com/tag/aluminum keyboard http://gizmodo.com/tag/aluminum keyboard <![CDATA[Apple's New Aluminum Keyboard Features Built-In Anti-Caps Lock Bias]]> If you picked up a wired version of Apple's new thin aluminum keyboard you may have noticed that the caps lock function is all but useless. Only a good long press of the key will activate the function, and if you so much as breathe on it, caps lock disengages. So, is Apple spearheading an anti-caps lock campaign? Discuss. [Wired]

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http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/peripherals/apples-new-aluminum-keyboard-features-built+in-anti+caps-lock-bias-307827.php http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/peripherals/apples-new-aluminum-keyboard-features-built+in-anti+caps-lock-bias-307827.php Fri, 05 Oct 2007 20:20:49 EDT Sean Fallon http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=307827&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[Certain Aluminum Apple Keyboard Function Keys Not Working For You?]]> If you recently purchased one of those new slim aluminum Apple keyboards, you might have noticed that a couple of the fancy function keys on top (where the F-keys are) didn't work. Namely, the F3 and F4 keys, which activate the Exposé and the Dashboard functions. Even using OS X's built-in keyboard shortcut remapping tool doesn't fix this. I've confirmed on my own Apple keyboard that it doesn't work. What's up with this, Apple? Is there going to be another keyboard software update soon? [Apple Support]

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http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/peripherals/certain-aluminum-apple-keyboard-function-keys-not-working-for-you-292242.php http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/peripherals/certain-aluminum-apple-keyboard-function-keys-not-working-for-you-292242.php Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:28:14 EDT Jason Chen http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=292242&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[Speed Link Aluminum Keyboard, Backlit in Blue]]> Speed Link has rolled out a another of its super-thin aluminum USB keyboards, and this one is jet black with LED-illuminated keys. Those flat keys resemble those on a laptop, and as you can see in that pic above, the thing's cross section is improbably thin. Looks neat. But looks aren't everything.

Although this is one fine-looking keyboard, we're a bit wary of what the company calls the "compact" arrangement of the keys, a seemingly unnecessary characteristic for a keyboard that probably won't be taken on the road. And what's with that tiny spacebar, not quite as small as the one we saw on that Onkyo aluminum keyboard last week, but still not big enough?

There's a row of hotkeys across the top, but unfortunately there is no calculator button which seems to be one of the more useful hotkeys in our office. And then there's the exorbitant price, clipping you for $97 for being so style conscious. As if aluminum is a precious metal. Don't they make soda cans out of it?

Product Page (German) [Speed Link, via Randomly Accessed]

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http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/peripherals/speed-link-aluminum-keyboard-backlit-in-blue-236516.php http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/peripherals/speed-link-aluminum-keyboard-backlit-in-blue-236516.php Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:27:02 EST Charlie White http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=236516&view=rss&microfeed=true