Help me resist Brando's Super Tiny Keyboard
Imaginary hot tears of shame pour from my eyes as I offer devotions to Brando's $25 miniature QWERTY keyboard with retractable USB cord.
You see, we all know that the promise is a phantasy, that no-one can type properly on it, and that posting it merely propagates the lie. But I can't help myself. To this day, I still nurse the idea that I might buy a Jornada 728, which is about as useful as an old teabag. I still nurse the idea that I may write with it. In the face of hand size and keyboard size failing to match, the spirit of every human Utopia whispers. "The system is perfect; it is your hands that are wrong."
Brando's crap gadget is 6.7 inches wide, 3 inches deep, wafer-thin.
Super tiny keyboard [Brando CrunchGear]
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vegipowrd
#1 – 9:50 AM September 22, 2008
This thing looks photoshoped as hell. What is that flesh bump by the #4. What sort of mutant hands are these?
strider_mt2k
#2 – 9:51 AM September 22, 2008
I can't blame you one bit.
It's charming as hell.
Rationalization can get you far here:
It's a BACKUP keyboard!
(kicking several "backup" keyboards back into the closet)
ansate
#3 – 10:04 AM September 22, 2008
If it had a trackpoint, I'd be ordering now...
Mister N
#4 – 10:35 AM September 22, 2008
Is that a giant's hand?
wil9000
#5 – 10:37 AM September 22, 2008
Resistance is futile! You will be assimilated!
The USB is a bit of a drawback, though. If it were wi-fi, and you could strap it to your forearm, and train yourself to type with one hand...... SOLD!
And #1 is definilly right. Freaky lemur handed SOB's selling us tech we want so badly. It's not fair.
Sam
#6 – 10:48 AM September 22, 2008
@#4 - did you ever see "An American Werewolf in London"?
http://www.comiccitytn.com/amwerewolf.jpg
Um... plus maybe an electric shaver.
DTPhantom
#7 – 10:57 AM September 22, 2008
If you want a small keyboard check out this one. http://store.gameshark.com/viewItem.asp?idProduct=2883 it's like a smartphone one, and wireless to boot.
strider_mt2k
#8 – 11:11 AM September 22, 2008
-and made for the PS3 to boot. :(
DTPhantom
#9 – 12:01 PM September 22, 2008
it's usb and works just fine on a PC.
RikF
#10 – 2:12 PM September 22, 2008
Make it bluetooth and work with my WiMo phone and I'm all over it. Back when I was using my Tosh e800 I had an IR fold up keyboard that I'd take to work with me. Bluetooth to my cell phone and the keyboard gave me IM access without having to wrestle with the company firewall :)
strider_mt2k
#11 – 2:33 PM September 22, 2008
Cool beans, DTPhantom! Thanks!
Anonymous Anonymous
#12 – 5:24 PM September 22, 2008
It is not your hands that are wrong, it is the horrible mutant hands in the picture.
Not a Doktor
#13 – 9:43 PM September 22, 2008
So are you supposed to thumb type with it?
neurolux
#14 – 12:48 AM September 23, 2008
The keys don't look much smaller than regular sized keys. They just chopped of the rarely used keys and made it a little smaller..
Antonio Silva
#15 – 2:09 AM September 23, 2008
The reference to the Jornada reminds me of Psion 5MX which also had a surprinsingly usable keyboard, and was a wonder of technology in general. If only Psion had not chickened out and transformed itself in software only Symbian.
Anonymous Anonymous
#16 – 6:29 AM September 23, 2008
Oh man I miss my Velo 500 so bad.
That sucker was awesome. Even had a built-in 28.8 modem.
I used to do nothing but play text adventure games on it.