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Touchpad Meets Morphing Keyboard
Several sources are reporting on the new offering from the British firm Pelikon which combines a touchpad and morphing keyboard into a unique little device. "This isn't just any old morphing keyboard, you see. Not only can the board be dynamically reconfigured by backlighting different portions of the keys — the entire surface of the thing doubles as a touchpad, which you can probably imagine has virtually limitless utility in a mobile device where the space for a true touchpad simply doesn't exist. Pelikon already works with Toshiba on its domestic-market Biblio, but we'd love to see it hit devices around the world — in fact, we wouldn't really mind if they just released this prototype they're showing as a Bluetooth accessory. diNovo Mini competitor, anyone?"
Don't worry, they make a version for model-M users. It's a three foot wide block of cast pig-iron, and the keys are illuminated with nixie tubes. It can deflect a .50 round without missing a keystroke.
Redundant. Pig iron is what you get when you smelt iron ore. There is no other way to get iron metal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_iron
Pedantic, yes, but this is an IBM Model M thread.</Sparta!>