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Showing posts with label keyboard. Show all posts

Thursday, 3 October 2013

WORLDS THINNEST KEYBOARD! ONLY 0.5mm THICK!

CSR keyboardFirst off, sorry for not posting in a while. I've been really busy, and I mean REALLY busy. Now moving on to what you're here for:
The world's thinnest computer keyboard has been revealed by tech company CSR.
The keyboard is as thin as a sheet of paper and works with tablets and computers, wireless, using Bluetooth.
It's flexible and measures just 0.5mm thick.
A hand typing on the thin keyboard. It looks barely thicker than a sheet of paper.The keyboard has a battery built into the top edge
It's hoped the keyboard could be built into tablet covers, books or desks.
It will go on display at the IFA tech show in Berlin, Germany on 6 September.

I think this could be a great new invention because you can fold or roll this keyboard up. This may need a cover depending of the price and it has a built in battery and we don't know if it's easily replaceable or not. It may not be easily replaceable, as it is so thin. Also we don't know how durable and firm it is so it may rip. My thoughts are that it will be firm to a certain point because this soon looks like it will be very popular.

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Friday, 5 July 2013

Archos Ultrathin Bluetooth Keyboard for iPad

Archos Ultrathin Bluetooth Keyboard for iPad
The Archos Ultrathin Bluetooth Keyboard for iPad aims to do for your iOS slate what Microsoft did for its Surface tablet with its smart keyboard cover: give you a screen protector that also doubles up as a physical QWERTY keyboard and laptop-replacement. Can it rival the current favourite from Logitech? I grabbed an Apple tablet and popped it on the stand to take a look.



                 PROS
The Archos Ultrathin Bluetooth Keyboard for iPad is as handsome as the case is solidly designed: it clamps neatly down using magnets, and though it moves slightly, this has the advantage of stopping it coming away easily as could happen with a more brittle connection. (One thing to consider though - that aluminium backing is easy on the eye, but won't stay polished if you're going to chuck your iPad in a bag using this to protect it. If that's your concern, you're probably still better off with one of Apple's polyurethane smart covers).

Pairing with your iPad is easy, and there's a simple switch and LED light to make it clear when Bluetooth is on: when you're done, just drop your iPad in and begin typing away. Though it's only 5mm thin, there's just enough space to fit a micro USB port on the side to charge it up, and Archos has somehow managed to minimise the amount of flex while typing - an impressive feat everyone wishes laptop manufacturers could pull off on bulkier machines.

                   CONS
Archos says the stand for the iPad is adjustable: in practice, it's anything but. When it's not locked into the steep default setting - which is secure - people found it more than a little distracting to type with: the iPad bounced in its cradle depending on the surface, and even fell down on the hinge, shutting it, leaving me longing for a laptop. Combined with the tiny henpeck chiclet keys - and a space bar that's bizarrely angled downwards, forcing you to push into the lip of the cover - you're left with a thin-yet-durable add-on that's not quite as productive as it really ought to be.



                  CONCLUSION
While Archos never fails to impress with its willingness to make anything and everything, as it so often seems to, it falters slightly in the execution. This keyboard does not cope well with multiple angles, and the keys are small enough that typing on them isn' a great deal faster than on the touchscreen itself, unless you've had years of training with a netbook. If you really want to get some work done on the go, consider a Chromebook - or even the new MacBook Air.

Thursday, 4 July 2013

BlackBerry Q5 review

BlackBerry Q5
With the BlackBerry Q5, the Canadian smartphone company is returning to its bread and butter: affordable, keyboard-equipped messaging phones for the masses. This time though, the Curve series successor packs the new BlackBerry 10 operating system and a touchscreen to boot: can it kick it with the low price Android and Nokia Windows Phones knocking around in 2013? Is it worth £20 per month?
                         PROS
Say what you will about the software, the BlackBerry Q5 packs something few rivals do these days: a physical keyboard. If you've been reared on QWERTYs and BBM, you'll be right at home here: though the isolated Curve-style keys are now in perfectly straight lines to make space for the larger screen above, they're just as easy to race along on as ever. Touchscreen keyboards have come on in leaps and bounds since the iPhone's debut in 2007, but if tactile buttons are what you're used to, the Q5 has you covered.
                  CONS
Speaking of the screen, the 3.1 inch display is crisp and clear, with roughly the same pixel per inch resolution as many other rivals with HD displays on the market. Its boxy aspect ratio means it's not ideal for watching films on, unless you've got a weird thing for letterboxing, but it's otherwise just fine for browsing the web and reading long articles. If only there were apps like Pocket to do that on BlackBerry 10.
The new OS does have its positives too however: courtesy of the 1.2GHz processor, it's zippy and easy to use, with intuitive gestures to swoop home and go back, plus access to the excellent universal inbox from anywhere in the OS - Apple could probably learn a few things from it if it really wants to fix Notification Center in iOS 7.
I hate to say it, but while the BlackBerry Q5 is being billed as the affordable way to join the BlackBerry 10 party, at £320 SIM-free, it's still not very cheap. You can get an app-packed Samsung Galaxy S3 for only £20 more these days, or a solid Android phone for as little as £50. For the money, it's just not very well built. The five megapixel camera is completely mundane, and the plastic feels creaky, and frankly, a little childish. It's a long way from the premium feel of the BlackBerry Q10 or a new Nokia, that's for sure.
Really though, the problems lie with the operating system. Dig beneath its friendly veneer and you'll find it's not that powerful, simply because it lacks the apps of Android and iOS - it's the problem Windows Phone suffers from, but multiplied. You have to watch out for the ones it does have too: you can download and run some Android apps on it, but they run like maple syrup down the side of a tree. Why put up with this when you could buy into an eco-system with more apps that work instead? It's a question BlackBerry is still struggling to answer.
               CONCLUSION

The BlackBerry Q5 is a reasonably well constructed smartphone with a productive keyboard and a sharp screen. That’s the issue though: it's only reasonably well made when you should expect excellence, and the problems with BlackBerry 10 remain, especially the dire lack of apps. That said, there are few options with a physical keyboard left these days, and BlackBerry’s fancier Q10 is eye-wateringly, wallet-empytingly expensive. Unless you really need those buttons though, the BlackBerry Q5 has little to offer