Is there a foldable keyboard I can carry with my laptop?
The good folks over at Matias send us their Matias Folding Keyboard. When it is unfolded you have yourself a full sized keyboard at your disposal. Its full size is 18 x 5 inches. When you decide to fold and store the keyboard it shrinks to a 10 x 5 inch size.
I really liked its form factor and weight but I was unable to use it in my lap like I had hoped for (without hacking it a little). You see she kept folding up on me when I tried to type. So I added a make shift latch to the bottom that keeps it locked in place.
It is the right size for the job but it needs to be tweaked a little. What do you guys think? Do you use your laptop keyboard? Do you have other similar gadgets that you like?
Overall it is a good idea not VERY expensive at $60.00 and I know a few people that will be very happy by its existence but guys for $70 couldn’t you have thrown in a track pad? That would definitely make it worth $70 and maybe even $85! Hey how do you get a patent anyway…
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about 3 years ago
How about a roll-up keyboard
http://www.gadgets.co.uk/item/USBRK/USB-Flexible-…“> “>http://www.gadgets.co.uk/item/USBRK/USB-Flexible-…
about 3 years ago
How about a roll-up keyboard
http://www.gadgets.co.uk/item/USBRK/USB-Flexible-…“> “>http://www.gadgets.co.uk/item/USBRK/USB-Flexible-…
about 3 years ago
USD 60? That's quite expensive for me. -_-
Multiply it by 3.3 and it is like RM200 like that.
I'll pass. O_O
Anyway, I am using a dell keyboard for my notebook. Not fold-able, but very small.
Erm, small as in the design is quite compact.
Kinda hard to describe.
Perhaps I will take a screenie of it.
about 3 years ago
I would love to see it. Smaller than their normal desktop slim keyboard?
about 3 years ago
The keyboard on my Gateway laptop is probably the only nice thing about this piece of junk. Now, if I had to pick between a MacBook and that keyboard, I'd go with that keyboard. It is just not possible to type on something as soft as a MacBook. There's no chance that foldy thing sounds like machine gun fire when you type, is there? That's how you know a keyboard is good ;)