Visti
January 11th, 2009, 09:58 PM
Don't rejoice.
I do, however, think I need a really small keyboard for my laptop. I have wrist pains (I stretch before and after using it, as I'm prone to that particular wrist injurt, that I can't for the life of me remember what's called in english) from using the idiotic touchpad and writing in awkward position on the keyboard. So what I'm looking for is a nice, preferably wireless keyboard that I can move around to accommodate various sitting positions.
One-handed, ergonomic use would be a huge bonus.
Stuff I already considered and would like more opinions on:
Frogpad :
http://www.hackerstickers.com/products/images/frogpad.gif
First thing that sprang to mind. Ultraportable, linux-friendly, onehanded. Even mentions carpal tunnel friendliness on the site. But really, my primary coincern with this one is that it doesn't really look like it justifiably costs $150 AND shipping to Denmark. I mean, I would bite the bullet for sure, if that was the solution to my wrist problems, but I don't know if it will help and it's a lot of money for finding out, so here I'm mostly looking for people who have tried it and can vouch for quality and so on.
Logitech Dinovo Mini:
http://www.xpmediacentre.com.au/techreviews/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/dinovo-mini-2.jpg
Not too sure about this one. Looks really good, is again ultraportable. Has a little touchpad in it, which is pretty awesome. I think the full keyboard thing might actually put a lot of strain on my wrists. It's not really designed to be ergonomic at all, but rather aimed at the media center market. It does, however, look damn snazzy and that's probably the main reason I still consider this one, which is really counterproductive, I know. Costs the same as the frogpad.
Matias Half-keyboard:
http://www.aruffo.com/eartraining/graphics/halfboard.jpg
I don't actually know too much about this one, but would love to hear more. It's basically laid out like a regular keyboard, except only a half at a time. When you hold the space key, it becomes the other half. Dreadfully simple concept that could potentially relieve stress from stretching. Looks like it might be ideal for a lefthanded only operation with a pointing device in the right hand. It costs the same as the others, a downside seems to be that they now focus on the full keyboard, which is not at all what I need. That means I have to again, order it from the states adding P&P to the $150.
So, that's it. Those are the ones I've looked at so far. They all cost exactly the same (I've just realized while typing this up. Also typing sucks, which is the root of the problem here. But I digress. END PARENTHESIS!).
If anyone have other suggestions, I'd love to hear them. Likewise, should anyone have opinions on any one of these. I have invested in a little mouse, that relieves the touchpad problems, but if anyone have a totally awesome(tm), better solution for that, I'd love to hear it as well.
I do, however, think I need a really small keyboard for my laptop. I have wrist pains (I stretch before and after using it, as I'm prone to that particular wrist injurt, that I can't for the life of me remember what's called in english) from using the idiotic touchpad and writing in awkward position on the keyboard. So what I'm looking for is a nice, preferably wireless keyboard that I can move around to accommodate various sitting positions.
One-handed, ergonomic use would be a huge bonus.
Stuff I already considered and would like more opinions on:
Frogpad :
http://www.hackerstickers.com/products/images/frogpad.gif
First thing that sprang to mind. Ultraportable, linux-friendly, onehanded. Even mentions carpal tunnel friendliness on the site. But really, my primary coincern with this one is that it doesn't really look like it justifiably costs $150 AND shipping to Denmark. I mean, I would bite the bullet for sure, if that was the solution to my wrist problems, but I don't know if it will help and it's a lot of money for finding out, so here I'm mostly looking for people who have tried it and can vouch for quality and so on.
Logitech Dinovo Mini:
http://www.xpmediacentre.com.au/techreviews/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/dinovo-mini-2.jpg
Not too sure about this one. Looks really good, is again ultraportable. Has a little touchpad in it, which is pretty awesome. I think the full keyboard thing might actually put a lot of strain on my wrists. It's not really designed to be ergonomic at all, but rather aimed at the media center market. It does, however, look damn snazzy and that's probably the main reason I still consider this one, which is really counterproductive, I know. Costs the same as the frogpad.
Matias Half-keyboard:
http://www.aruffo.com/eartraining/graphics/halfboard.jpg
I don't actually know too much about this one, but would love to hear more. It's basically laid out like a regular keyboard, except only a half at a time. When you hold the space key, it becomes the other half. Dreadfully simple concept that could potentially relieve stress from stretching. Looks like it might be ideal for a lefthanded only operation with a pointing device in the right hand. It costs the same as the others, a downside seems to be that they now focus on the full keyboard, which is not at all what I need. That means I have to again, order it from the states adding P&P to the $150.
So, that's it. Those are the ones I've looked at so far. They all cost exactly the same (I've just realized while typing this up. Also typing sucks, which is the root of the problem here. But I digress. END PARENTHESIS!).
If anyone have other suggestions, I'd love to hear them. Likewise, should anyone have opinions on any one of these. I have invested in a little mouse, that relieves the touchpad problems, but if anyone have a totally awesome(tm), better solution for that, I'd love to hear it as well.