Perfect mini HTPC wireless keyboard

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:18 am

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/rii- ... t-your-wi/

eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:24 am

That's pretty nifty!

TheSovereign · Post by **TheSovereign** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 2:20 am

damn u pengy, after seeing that i needed to buy it. on its way now.

EvilHorace · Post by **EvilHorace** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 10:36 am

For those of you with an Iphone or Touch, there's an app that makes it a wireless mouse, touch pad device too (by Logitech) and it'd probably be great if you used a PC through your TV but otherwise I don't really see the point of it:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/touch-mo ... 37450?mt=8

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 4:29 pm

Sov, where did u buy yours? I'd like one for my living room HTPC as well.

TheSovereign · Post by **TheSovereign** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 6:46 pm

http://www.tomtop.com/24g-wireless-mini ... 10332.html 50 bux so i got 2

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 8:06 pm

Egads. Bad review of that reseller here: http://www.ripoffreport.com/Audio-Elect ... -3cf24.htm

and here:

http://www.xomreviews.com/tomtop.com

LMK how it goes.

TheSovereign · Post by **TheSovereign** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 5:58 am

FlyingPenguin wrote:Egads. Bad review of that reseller here: http://www.ripoffreport.com/Audio-Elect ... -3cf24.htm

and here:

http://www.xomreviews.com/tomtop.com

LMK how it goes.

thanks for heads up, order wasnt shipped so i canceled it.

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:01 pm

Way nice ... Let me know if anyone finds a retailer. This would be great for the HTPC.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:57 pm

I know someone who's ordering it from TomTop. I'll let you know how he makes out.

normalicy · Post by **normalicy** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 1:12 am

I've been using this for a while now & am quite happy with it. I'm not much into eraser type mice on laptops, but it's rather intuitive for HTPC use. Despite being IR, I hardly ever have line of sight on the receiver & still it works darn good. Oh, and I like the normal size keyboard. I don't even have the little remote thingy. Didn't come in my auction (only cost me like $20 shipped though). It's older for sure though, think it was developed before XP even (WebTV?).

http://www.parex.com.tw/old/product_wir ... ir9703.htm

http://cgi.ebay.com/WIRELESS-KEYBOARD-R ... 0347136993

Not to say I don't like that. If they can take it down another $20 I'd bite.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:33 am

Follow up. A client of mine ordered one from the place that Sov tried to get one: http://www.tomtop.com/24g-wireless-mini ... 10332.html

It was back ordered for a while and we thought maybe he'd get screwed but eventually he got it. It really is rather nice. It recharges via a USB cable.

I'm going to order one for my new HTPC from Amazon for $60: http://www.amazon.com/Portable-Wireless ... 469&sr=8-3

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 7:49 am

Okay the keyboard arrived the other day. I got it very promptly - about 5 days.

It looks exactly like the one in the photo. It's very thin and contains a rechargeable lithium battery. It has a mini USB receiver that hides in a compartment in the keyboard. The keyboard itself also has a micro USB jack for recharging either from a PC's USB jack or a USB charger (the keyboard itself didn't come with a charger).

The touchpad works extremely well and you also have keyboard arrows under the touchpad. There are HTPC controls along the top and just about any function a regular keyboard can do it can do via a function key - even CTRL-ALT-DEL. Amazingly it's even got a back-light.

Overall a VERY cool HTPC remote and I would also highly recommend it for presentations. It even has a laser pointer built in although it's not the brightest one I've seen.

I'm thinking of ordering another pair for my other two HTPCs.