Anyone who has ever used a keyboard knows that it can become a problem if you are in a dark room, especially if you don’t know how to type from the home row. This can be an even bigger problem for those who use a laptop in the dark. Many keyboard, and a few laptop makers, now offer an illuminated keyboard that will allow you to see what keys you are pressing even in the darkest of rooms. One of these illuminated keyboards is from Logitech.

The Logitech Illuminated Wireless keyboard offers many great features that make it the keyboard you look at when you look for an illuminated keyboard. One of the best features is the size of the keyboard itself. The Logitech Illuminated Wireless keyboard features an ultra-thin profile of 9.3mm that also features a transparent frame. Some of the other features of this wireless keyboard are bright back-lit keys allowing you to use your keyboard anywhere, PerfectStroke Key System for silent and fluid keystrokes, soft touch palm rest, full-size key layout and instant access buttons to your music and Internet. With all of these features, the Logitech Illuminated Wireless will not only make working in a dark space easier but it will look elegant on your desk.

Technology has allowed things to come in much smaller packages then they used to. An example of this can be seen in how small some of the new laptops are being made while making them faster than ever. When people think about making computer smaller, they don’t often think about making them the size of keyboards. That wasn’t true for the people at ASUS who have developed the Eee Keyboard PC.

This is a keyboard that contains all of the things that would be in your PC. This allows anyone who has a HDMI ready TV they can take this keyboard PC into any room and use it. On the keyboard is a built in 5 inch multi-touch display that can be used to master the media available through the keyboard PC. It also features an Easy Mode that will allow you to access the Internet, photos, music and even Skype. The ASUS Eee Keyboard PC has a built in high speed wireless N network, ultra wideband technology and Broadcom Crystal HD technology. It also has a built in battery that allows for 4 hours of unplugged use. Right now the ASUS Eee Keyboard is available for pre-order through Amazon and costs $599.

Any laptop user knows how hard it can be to be so close to your screen when typing. This often causes eye strain and can make you more tired than you actually are. As someone who practically lives on their laptop I know that I suffer from horrible headaches. Well Microsoft has come up with a new keyboard that makes working on your laptop more comfortable (it also works great with desktops). Their new Microsoft Arc keyboard is about the same size as a 15 inch laptop keyboard and allows you to sit wherever you want because it is wireless.

The Arc keyboard is thin and lightweight making it easy to move all around the house or wherever you take your laptop. The Nano Transmitter can be left in your computer or neatly stored under the keyboard by being snapped in. Since it is wireless, you will have to buy batteries to run it. There is an on/off button that will allow you to conserve the battery life when not using the keyboard. It also has a two color battery indicator to warn people when to replace the batteries. With a four way directional pad, you get the benefit of arrow keys while not taking up space. The wireless function is 2.4GHz which will allow you to move up to 15 feet away from the transmitter. This is a must for anyone who suffers from eye strain and headaches from using their computers.

I’m pretty sure this concept won’t get to see the light, it’s good to see one every once in a while. Designer Kong Fanwen came up with what seems to be the ideal keyboard and though it’s not the most practical I’ve ever seen, the “No-key keyboard” concept sure looks great. It uses the latest motion capture technology to watch your fingers’ movement and keystrokes, because this little one has cameras instead of keys.

The things I would enjoy most about Kong’s concept keyboard is that it is waterproof (and I can spill tea or coffee) and comes with some snazzy lighting options to find those non-existent keys in the dark.

via Pocket-lint

I’m not sure if there are things that could be said about the “chocolate keyboard” other than stuff like the X tasted great or did you try the W it has vanilla. Would that be a perfect gift for a geek?

via Idealist

Yesterday I’ve heard some nice Apple news, from Jonathan Rentzsch, that said the new metallic keyboards (he bought one) have something against Caps Lock. The first thing that came into my mind was that this would be a manufacturing problem so I started to read about it and I found out that lots of people have the same problem.

To make it clear, the new Apple keyboards are taking ages and require a good bear press on the button to turn Caps Lock on, and will only need a you blow air upon it, to turn off. The matter was confirmed by so many other consumers so that brought me to the idea of an anti-Caps-Lock campaign that Steve Jobs is doing. I wonder if people scream at the office!
I am not saying that Caps Lock is a good thing, but if you think that you get to pay $47 for the wired version of the keyboard, and $79 for the wireless, wouldn’t you want all your keys to work perfectly?