Half Keyboard, Full Bore

PDA User writes: "With more and more innovative items coming out this year, it's not surprising to say the least that a new product has come out, this time it's called a "Half Keyboard." Well, what does this half keyboard offer you? Available for the home PC or any PDA, it's got some pretty interesting features....check out the review @ G3D:Gaming In 3D for some nifty info on this $99 Half Keyboard." An excerpt: "Touch typing was invented over 100 years ago. In all that time there have been no significat advances in how people type. Until now. This motto, taken directly form Matias Corporation's manual, states their goal. But, have they achieved it?" Nothing like trying one out, but a review is better than just looking at the pretty pictures and wondering whether a wacky keyboard is as useful as it is intriguing. (The review says "it's not all that stellar in gaming," though.)

Comments

Grandmother Test

[zpengo]

The question is, will this pass the grandmother test? Any grandmother could have figured out a normal QWERTY (or Dvorak or whatever) keyboard, but I doubt that this will "change the way people type" for the simple reason that nobody's grandmother could use it.

Keeps your right hand free

[Narmi]

for uhm... other stuff. *cough*pr0n*cough*

Fast Typing

[devnullkac]

From the review:

I can type approximately near 80 WPM with a full keyboard and needless to say I can type pretty fast. =)

Apparently he types faster than he can decide which adjective to use.

Truth will out...

[RareHeintz]

What I think is a kick is the URL for their "Advantages" page:

http://www.halfkeyboard.com/propaganda/index.html

Nothing like an honest webmaster, eh?

OK,
- B
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