Also a reply from Edgar Matias himself (em@halfkeyboard.com).
On my question "in what way does your keyboard differ from the Kensington StudioBoard (apart from a different return-key and the (nice!) key caps prints)?", he replied:
"Those are the main differences. It also has different electronics from the Kensington. The Kensington has a serious phantom key problem. Certain Shift+Option key combinations will not work on the Kensington."
Well, there it is from the other horse's mouth. Anyways, all things considered, I've ordered the Tactile Pro from Matias. Support should always go to David, not Goliath.
Cheers,
Jurgen.
After mailing Kensington and bluntly asking about the difference between their StudioBoard (http://www.kensington.com/html/2529.html) and the Matias Tactile Pro (http://halfkeyboard.com/tactilepro/index.php) their Technical Support reply was:
"The only difference would be in the maker of the keyboard. Our keyboard will use the Alps Keyswitches."
which was followed by:
"The product which you have been talking about [ed: the Matias board] is also Kensington's except that it is sold under different brand name."
Well, FWIW, there it is from a horse's mouth. Looks like Matias does some additional keycap printing and has a different return key done on the board made by Kensington. And does better marketing?
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Also a reply from Edgar Matias himself (em@halfkeyboard.com). On my question "in what way does your keyboard differ from the Kensington StudioBoard (apart from a different return-key and the (nice!) key caps prints)?", he replied: "Those are the main differences. It also has different electronics from the Kensington. The Kensington has a serious phantom key problem. Certain Shift+Option key combinations will not work on the Kensington." Well, there it is from the other horse's mouth. Anyways, all things considered, I've ordered the Tactile Pro from Matias. Support should always go to David, not Goliath. Cheers, Jurgen.
After mailing Kensington and bluntly asking about the difference between their StudioBoard (http://www.kensington.com/html/2529.html) and the Matias Tactile Pro (http://halfkeyboard.com/tactilepro/index.php) their Technical Support reply was:
"The only difference would be in the maker of the keyboard. Our keyboard will use the Alps Keyswitches."
which was followed by:
"The product which you have been talking about [ed: the Matias board] is also Kensington's except that it is sold under different brand name."
Well, FWIW, there it is from a horse's mouth. Looks like Matias does some additional keycap printing and has a different return key done on the board made by Kensington. And does better marketing?
Cheers,
Jurgen.