keyboards

Pawsense, Kitty Keyboard Kover Prevents that Feline from Typipppppffffffssss

Cat owners know that 99.9 percent of felines love to walk all over keyboards, and these two products show that cat who really wears the pants in the house. The Kitty Keyboard Cover is a “simple and elegant” solution to the cat- walking problem. It is a clear acrylic cover that sits above the keyboard…

Microsoft Reclusa Gaming Keyboard Reviewed (Verdict: Great For the Average Gamer)

Microsoft makes fantastic keyboards, but when it comes to gaming peripherals, Razer’s no slouch either. That’s why this Reclusa, which is a combination of Microsoft and Razer, looks like what you would get if Microsoft were directing a movie, got fired halfway through, and Razer came in and finished it up. It definitely looks and…

Optimus Finds New OLED Manufacturer, Is Back on Track for Failure

Oops, excuse my editorializing in the headline, but seriously I have been calling for the failure of this thing for months. Anyway, if you remember, right after CeBIT the OLED manufacturer Optimus was going to use dropped them like a bad habit, but now they have found a super OLED manufacturer who is supposedly going…

Philips Intros Four Mice and a Wireless Desktop with an Unusual Feature

Philips rolled out four new mice and a wireless keyboard/mouse desktop combo, and the company touted their clean design, but the only thing that reminded us of cleanliness was the mice’s bar-of-soap-like appearance. The four mice include a tiny 1600dpi wireless mouse aimed at notebook users and equipped with Philips’s twin-eye laser sensor, a wireless…

Greybusters Pink Kiddie Keyboard has a Vanity Mirror

For when constantly monitoring your pictures and webcam feeds on MySpace isn’t enough comes this keyboard from Greybuster. It is pink, has swirls, stars and includes a small vanity mirror that rests right between where the palms sit. Come on girls (and guys), updating your MySpace and Facebook profile every 15 minutes is enough, no…

Microsoft Wireless Reclusa Gaming Keyboard Ships Tomorrow

We just got the advance word that the Microsoft Wireless Reclusa Gaming Keyboard will debut on Amazon tomorrow, and it’s now available for pre-order. To refresh your memory, Microsoft announced this swank LED backlit keyboard in January, ginned up especially for gamers with 12 custom-programmable buttons. https://gizmodo.com/microsofts-reclusa-gaming-keyboard-doesnt-read-fingerpr-227030 Look carefully and you can see the two…

Microsoft Goes WiLD with Wireless Laser Desktop 4000

Microsoft’s traditional ergonomic keyboard design (as opposed to their slim Ultimate Wireless design) this Wireless Laser Desktop 4000 combines has both lasers and Vista buttons. We’ve used previous versions of this keyboard (the optical 3000) and love both the soft-ish keys and the spread-out ergonomics. Other neat features are the Windows Live Call button, Windows…

Art.Lebedev Releases Pics of Newly-Named Optimus Maximus Vaporware Keyboard

It turns out that picture we showed you last week of the Optimus keyboard from Art.Lebedev Studio was not a fake, but was a picture of an actual model of a keyboard that may someday actually ship. The company rolled out its official portraits of the OLED-lit keyboard just before CeBIT opened in Germany, and…

Zune Pro|Type Keyboard Shots Promise Ergonomic Convenience

Remember the Zune Pro|Type keyboard renders we saw last year? There wasn’t much information then, other than 32KB of memory on board, but we just got some new shots in right now. https://gizmodo.com/razer-pro-type-multimedia-keyboard-zune-dock-193958 As you can see (with more after the jump), it’s a keyboard. With a Zune dock. What did you expect? But as…

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…

Real Picture of the Optimus Keyboard?

Hands-On With Microsoft’s True Ultimate Keyboard

Click to viewIf 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…

Happy Hacking Lacquerware Keyboard

We’ve talked about the Happy Hacking keyboards before…and before.…but never before have we seen this “Professional HG Japan” edition. A joint effort between Fujitsu and traditional lacquer makers at the Daitetsu-Yatsui Urushi Workshop, each key is hand-painted with 10 coats of lacquer before it’s dusted with real gold. https://gizmodo.com/happy-hacker-keyboard-professional-33097 While the keyboard will set you…

Eleksen’s Double-sided Keyboard Gives Your UMPC Media Controls

The same guys that brought us the UMPC pouch/keyboard are now bringing us a double-sided keyboard that includes your standard QWERTY keys on one side and a full deck of media controls on the other. The cloth has sensors built in so that when you’re typing on one side, it doesn’t activate the buttons on…

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…

Onkyo Flaunts Gleaming Aluminum Keyboards

We’re always on the lookout for the perfect keyboard and are also curiously drawn to aluminum, and Onkyo is more than happy to accommodate our fetishes. The company unveiled two new entries to its Wavio line, including a wireless desktop with a mouse, and also a wired USB keyboard both crafted in solid aluminum. Both…

Kinesis Freetyle Ergonomic Keyboard Reduces Wrist Pain, Makes You Look Like a Dork

Typing all day long can put a great deal of strain on your wrist (I call it “Giz-wrist) so peculiar-looking keyboards like this Kinesis Freestyle might not be such a bad idea to look into. Kinesis has two models up its sleeve, the Freestyle Solo and the Freestyle Incline with VIP package. The difference between…

Optimus Flips-Flops Back to Color, Delays Again

In less exciting news, it seems the whacky Russians have decided to ditch the whole monochrome-only Optimus keyboard and revert back to full color and OLED. The December pre-order date has also been canned. Yawn. https://gizmodo.com/optimus-keyboard-takes-another-hit-only-available-in-b-217311 Optimus Project Blog [Livejournal]

Win a Razer Tarantula Keyboard for Destroying your Current Keyboard

With the Optimus keyboard on a downward spiral towards death it is time to begin looking for other high-end keyboarding solutions. The Razer Tarantula may be it. This $100 keyboard is macro-able and designed with the gamer in mind. Razer will be giving away five of these bad boys, but at a cost. https://gizmodo.com/optimus-keyboard-price-release-date-announced-why-it-218081 They…

Optimus Keyboard Price, Release Date Announced, Why it is Destined for Failure

Before we bring the hate upon the Optimus keyboard, there is a bit of news that came about today. On December 12 Art.Lebedev will be accepting 103 pre-orders for the Optimus keyboard. The keyboards will ship “about May 2007” and will have a price tag of… (are you ready for this?) … $1,200. Yes. Twelve…