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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Gadgets - Virtual Bluetooth Keyboard

Ok, I'm a self-admitted gadget freak.  I have too many, but that's still not enough - I want more.  I do a lot of surfing to find the coolest gadgets, or what I think are the coolest gadgets anyway, and I come across a lot that intrigue me.  However, last week I came across something that I'm going to define as a "need," not a "want."

The Celluon Magic Cube, a virtual bluetooth keyboard, that's fully compatible with Android 2.2, which is the OS that my Archos 101 runs. 

http://celluon.com/products/laserkey1_3.htm?sm=2_1

I've been taking my tablet to more and more meetings, using it to show PDFs and other documents.  What I really want to use it for is taking notes during meetings.  I really hate writing my notes on a pad, and then having to go back and type them up later.

The problem is, however, typing on an on-screen keyboard doesn't work very well for me.  I type around 100 wpm, which I've learned requires physical keys.  So, going back to two-finger typing on an on-screen keyboard is just a little frustrating to me.  While I don't think this virtual laser keyboard will keep up with me typing at full speed, I think that it will work a lot better than the on-screen keyboard.  And, if nothing else, it looks pretty cool!

Now, I just need to learn how to justify spending $200 on a keyboard...

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