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Microsoft WED 8000 Keyboard Pushed Back to September

If you were looking forward to getting your hands on a Microsoft Wireless Entertainment Desktop 8000 this summer, we have some bad news. Microsoft's just told us they're pushing back the release date to September, which means your only choice now is to go with the $100 cheaper 7000, which is just about as good if all you care about is how it types. – Jason Chen More »

4:15 PM on Wed Mar 7 2007
By Jason Chen
1,699 views, 16 comments

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Hands-On With Microsoft's True Ultimate Keyboard

If you're the kind of user who enjoys either soft, laptop-like scissor keys or a curved ergonomic keyboard, you're already gonzo'd over Microsoft's earlier keyboard, the Wireless Entertainment Desktop 7000. But if you're looking for the top of the line—the real grandaddy of Microsoft keyboards—you're looking for the Wireless Entertainment Desktop 8000, otherwise known (by Microsoft) as the Ultimate Keyboard.

So what makes this keyboard so "ultimate"? Well, if you take the already impressive featureset from the 7000—the wireless connectivity for mouse and keyboard, the impressive styling, the comfortable key placement, the extra media keys, and the rechargeable mouse—but add in a specialized magnetic dock and an even sexier aluminum finish, you're going to end up with one beautiful input device. More »

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3:00 PM on Thu Mar 1 2007
By Jason Chen
8,804 views, 40 comments

Latest by n/a: Everything else functions okay without the hub. I just got this keyboard since it was just released (September 2007). I must say -- I am VERY impressed with the tactile response, I am VERY impressed with the ability to make more »

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The Real Microsoft Ultimate Wireless Keyboard Gallery: My Fingers Are In Love

This is probably the sexiest keyboard we've ever played with. Beating Microsoft's own Wireless Entertainment Desktop 7000, the WED 8000 is the ultimate in design coming out of their exceptional peripherals department. This, my friends, is Microsoft's Ultimate Keyboard. More »

9:55 PM on Thu Feb 22 2007
By Jason Chen
14,474 views, 42 comments