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Product: Das Keyboard Professional
Price: $129.00
Rating: One thumb up, on down; 76/100; C; * * 1/2 out of five.
Pros: A sturdy, well constructed keyboard that offers plenty of clicking, two USB ports and a 12-simultaneous-key-press guarantee.
Cons: Very loud, a bit deep and pricey.
Overall: If you can, try before you buy. Otherwise, you might not want to invest in such a loud keyboard

If you have noticed extra typos on the site the past month, there is a reason (and no, I have not developed especially fat fingers).

I’ve been using the Das Keyboard Professional as my primary keyboard to give it a thorough try. It’s big, it’s shiny, it’s thick, it’s loud and, thanks to German engineering, it will exploit your every ill-timed typing flaw.

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The most recent issue of ThinkGeek catalog has been delivered and, as usual, it features several gamer goodies. Here’s a list of the more (and less) notable game-related goodies in the June 2008 ThinkGeek catalog.

On the more notable side there’s a programmable keyboard with mini OLEDs, Mario Kart slot cars, Halo 3 replicas and Zelda plush…

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Sony revealed more Playstation Portable peripherals were revealed at CES 2008. The new and the old are both represented here, in the form of the old PSP camera and the new PSP keyboard. The company announced that the camera will be available in 2008, and the keyboard in 2009.

The PSP camera, which was discussed in detail in last week’s Important Importables, is a small camera that attaches to the top of the PSP. The camera was originally released in 2006 in Japan and Europe, but is only now being prepared for a North American release. Both the Japanese and European versions also included a UMD of software which allowed owners to edit the pictures and movies taken with the device, so it is likely the NA version will also come with one.

The PSP keyboard is the enigmatic addition to the lineup. No mockup was presented at CES, and GameSpot reported that Sony representatives were hesistant to confirm or deny if it would look anything like the mockup presented at E3 2005. A keyboard would undoubtably be a welcome relief for users who wished to make use of the PSP’s internet abilities. Typing an email on the system now is considered a form of torture originating from the third circle of hell.

Read [GameSpot] Also Read [Next-Gen.biz] Site [Sony CES 2008]

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Product: Merc Gameboard System by Ideazon
Price: $39.99
Rating: 5 out of 10
Pros: Takes the place of a regular keyboard with multimedia buttons, programmable hot keys, butterfly key pad with programmable hot keys, sleek wave design and extra USB ports.
Cons: Rather huge keyboard, the butterfly pad turns your left hand inwards making it tough to reach all of the hot keys.
Overall: A neat keyboard despite its bulky size. The butterfly key pad is nice except it’s tilted inwards because of the wave design making all the buttons on the left hand side of the direction keys slightly difficult to press with a small pinky finger without having to stretch it out to reach.

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