| A cheap awesome wireless keyboard/mouse at last! |
| I have been on the lookout for a decent wireless keyboard/mouse combo with reasonable range for a very long time. I tried couple of Microsoft 2.4Ghz before and a Logiech laser wireless keyboard/mouse combo as well. None of them could give me a decent 5 meter range for the keyboard. I was at Micro center and picked this up today. Install was a snap and the keyboard/mouse started working right-a-way from the desired range (my couch to TV) without any noticeable lag. I brought the pro set for about 30 dollars (which has some volume control keys etc on the keyboard) -but I think even the regular 2.4Ghz will work (which is 20 bucks). I will update my review once I see this work consistently for more than 2 weeks - but for now it seems to me that the price/performance can't be beat!.
| | The touch is great... and I'm really picky.
Normal sized fn keys
No mess of 'special' gimmic buttons all over the place.
The arrow and numpad keys have standard places and sizes.
It came with with one AA battery it needs.
I recommend this one for most users.
The only drawback is it uses the over-sized enter key with a backslash up next to the backspace key. This is a semi-standard which IMHO has plagued keyboard designs for decades. If you do a lot of typing (url or command line) you will use that \ key all the time, and wont want it moved.
I didn't use the mouse.
Dell has one just like this with the correct key layout.
http://www.amazon.com/Dell-Keyboard-wireless-Bluetooth-adapter/dp/B000YQUTVK (says it is $165 but it isnt)
http://www.amazon.com/Dell-Bluetooth-Wireless-Keyboard-68031-0100/dp/B0023UHLHA (note no bt adapter, but they are under $10)
| | I can't tell you how it works because I didn't even plug it in. Who cares about functionality if the product is an egronomic failure. The only goal of the designers was to make it lightweight, and lightweight it is. As a result the keyboard moves under your strokes and you have to hold it with your other hand (maybe it's OK though if you sit on the couch and hold it in your lap). In addition the designers used this fancy font for the keys where half of the letters are unfinished which looks like the paint is peeling off. The mouse was too small even for my wife's hand and absolutely unusable for me. I still give it two stars because if you want it for your 10-years-old with small hands and no font bias, it may be a good buy for you.
| | use it for htpc, 10 meters away, no problem w. keystroke or mouse, mouse click is actually pretty nice.
bought it for $15 at local frys.
looks cheap but works great.
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