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The Best Keyboard You've Ever Typed On [What You Said]

October 6, 2008

Lifehacker / Jason Fitzpatrick

Last week we asked you to tell us about the best keyboard you've ever used, and the testimonials came pouring in. Today we've compiled the most popular keyboards into a handy list for your perusal....

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BlackBerry Bold goes to Taiwan with a special QWERTY keyboard for Chinese input

October 8, 2008

Unwired View / Ilinca Nita

RIM might have went official with the sleek BlackBerry Storm, but that doesn’t mean its other smartphones have to be neglected.

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Dollhouse von Slatt keyboard

October 7, 2008

MAKE Magazine / Gareth Branwyn

Stephanie was going through some watch parts she'd bought on eBay and some reminded her of Jake von Slatt's iconic keyboard, so she was inspired to make a dollhouse-size replica. Awesome.

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SteelSeries intros WoW-edition mouse, keyboard

October 10, 2008

Electronista | Gadgets for Geeks

Computer gaming peripherals maker SteelSeries has introduced two new World of Warcraft-edition products, the MMO Gaming Mouse and Zboard Limited Edition (Wrath of the Lich King, or WotLK) keyboard.

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M-Audio SP-2 US65010 Sustain Pedal Piano Style Sustain Pedal for Keyboards for $25.30

October 12, 2008

Retail Retreat

Classic-style sustain pedal for use with any electronic keyboard Designed to work and feel just like acoustic piano's sustain pedal Specially designed rubber bottom grips the floor while you play ...

5 landscape keyboards for iPhone/iPod Touch email

October 12, 2008

PalmAddicts / Andy J. S.

While we’re still baffled by Apple’s strange policy to restrict using landscape keyboard within iPhone’s/iPod Touch’s built-in Mail app, you can’t just sit there like a duck and wait till Apple change ...

Piano and keyboard guide part 2: Lesson 6 - syncopation and jazz

October 11, 2008

guardian.co.uk From the Observer: Observer

Syncopation is a rhythm that is played off the main beats in the bar

Piano and keyboard guide part 2: Schools and courses

October 11, 2008

Education Guardian / Inje Kjemtrup

Piano and keyboard guide part 2: schools and courses

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What keyboard for x51v please?

October 9, 2008

Mobility Site / Rob Barron

I bought a 'Universal PDA Keyboard' and found it wasn't as universal as they had told me! It came with drivers for PPC2003 and previous but nothing for WM5 and that is what I needed.

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Extended Off-Screen Keyboard

October 9, 2008

Greg's Head / graiz

This is a quickie concept.?? A while back I had an idea for a multi-touch keyboard. It was an interesting idea and I’m sure at some point it will become reality.

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5 (Yes, 5) Landscape Email iPhone Applications Released

October 9, 2008

The Apple Blog / Darrell Etherington

In what must be related to an internal policy decision on behalf of Apple, yesterday saw the release of five separate applications (Compose, TouchType, Sideways, Lettera, and Wide Email) that allow ...

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BlackBerry Bold Gets Special QWERTY Keyboard

October 9, 2008

Ubergizmo

Assuming you get one in Taiwan, of course.

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TouchType Allows for Landscape Writing in iPhone Mail [Iphone]

October 8, 2008

Gizmodo / Jesus Diaz

If you are like me and prefer to write in landscape mode in the iPhone, go and download TouchType for just 99 cents at the iTunes App Store. This program will allow you to write your emails faster...

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TouchType app for iPhone, iPod touch offers landscape keyboard for email

October 8, 2008

MacDailyNews

TouchType is a new application from Micheal Schneider that allows users to compose and reply to email messages...

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Build a keyboard from an old typewriter

October 8, 2008

MAKE Magazine / Jonah Brucker-Cohen

This vintage typewriter to keyboard conversion was built as a way of relieving RSI injury of this maker's wife's fingers and wrists since old typewriters offer "gradual resistance" when pressing ...

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Doll-house steampunk keyboard

October 7, 2008

Boing Boing / Cory Doctorow

What's better than a full-size steampunk keyboard? A dollhouse version for your little miniature anachronisms! Steampunk Keyboard, The Mini Me Version (via Craft)...

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Razer rolls out Lycosa Mirror, Arctosa gaming keyboards

October 7, 2008

Engadget / Donald Melanson

Filed under: Peripherals It's been almost exactly a year since Razer introduced its Lycosa gaming keyboard and it looks like the company's decided to celebrate by rolling out a new, slightly updated ...

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Razer Arctosa Budget Gaming Keyboard for Cheapass Gamers [Razer]

October 7, 2008

Gizmodo / matt buchanan

Razer has a pair of new keyboards, both spins on their Lycosa keyboard.

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Make Ubiquity More Ubiquitous [Featured Windows Download]

October 7, 2008

Lifehacker / Adam Pash

Software engineer and Lifehacker reader William Bartholomew loves previously mentioned Firefox extension Ubiquity, but would prefer it were a bit more... well, ubiquitous. One of the biggest...

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Piano and keyboard guide part 2: recommended piano books

October 11, 2008

Guardian Unlimited Books / Inge Kjemtrup

Recommended books for pianists

Album: Purcell, Keyboard Suites and Grounds – Egarr, (Harmonia Mundi)

October 11, 2008

The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed

Richard Egarr's tongue-in-cheek sleeve-notes sum it up: here is a composer as zanily English as the Goons, yet a composer whose suites and grounds are as sensually addictive as chocolate, the ...

real Keyboard

October 11, 2008

Quarter Life Crisis / ssp

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Mouse & Keyboard not responding under X, OpenSuse 11.1 b2

October 11, 2008

LinuxQuestions.org / AibLink

Hi Everybody I'v installed a fresh copy of OpenSuse 11.1 beta 2 (x86_64) on my desktop machine and it seems that keyboard & mouse not functioning at all under X I can work my keyboard in cli mode...

Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard 0.2.1 (Default branch)

October 11, 2008

freshmeat.net announcements (Global)

Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard is a MIDI event generator and receiver.

Yamaha introduces two new home keyboards: YPT-210 and YPT-310

October 11, 2008

Piano and Synth Blog / Andy

Yamaha has introduced two new keyboards aimed at the home user.

Wireless Multimedia Tiny Keyboard

October 11, 2008

TechLime / Rajan

Brando recently came out with a tiny multimedia keyboard for mobile geeks. This keyboard is a portable 78 key + 20 Multi-Media enhanced layout 2.4 GHz.

Best WinMo phone with (not slide-out) qwerty keyboard available today?

October 11, 2008

MoDaCo News

Hello,I'm planning to upgrade my second device soon (1st - phone calls, 2nd - email/web).

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