Posted on May 26th, 2015 by Joy Schwabach
If you’re like us, you make lots of mistakes typing on your phone. The new “Jorno” may be the best Bluetooth keyboard yet. It connects wirelessly to your phone and comes in a handy carrying case with a microfiber lining to grab onto any dust. The case folds up to become a stand. Rest your phone on it, unfold the keyboard and you’re ready to type.
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Posted on May 3rd, 2015 by Joy Schwabach
We gave away our $180 Cherry Corp keyboard, the one that automatically encrypts everything you type, for one simple reason: it didn’t have a mute button!
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Posted on March 25th, 2015 by Joy Schwabach
How’s this for perking up your paranoia: 45 percent of employers monitor every keystroke typed by their employees — email, web browsing, chat, sports results, you name it, according to a survey from the American Management Association. That’s nearly half! If only the workers could use an encrypted keyboard.
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Posted on June 17th, 2014 by Joy Schwabach
For reading books and articles, or watching videos, Joy loves to hold her iPad. But if the urge to write a long letter strikes, there’s nothing like a physical keyboard. Our favorite is the new “Wired Keyboard for iOS devices,” $60 from Griffin Technology. It’s about three-fourths the size of a regular computer keyboard, but still easy to type on and small enough to carry in a tote bag. We found we had to press a little harder than usual to make capital letters, but otherwise it felt as good as other keyboards. Having a wired keyboard can be better than going wireless. You don’t have to pair it with your Bluetooth connection, or worry about batteries. It’s especially handy […]
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Posted on October 28th, 2013 by Joy Schwabach
Bob uses what is called a mechanical keyboard. That is, there is an actual switch under each key. Press the key and you close a circuit that sends a digital code to the computer, perhaps a letter or a punctuation mark.
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Posted on June 18th, 2013 by Joy Schwabach
Happiness is a new keyboard that lets your fingers fly. Joy is a speed typist and has complained endlessly about her Hewlett Packard keyboard. Bob is a slow typist, but complains endlessly about his keyboard anyway.
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Posted on February 15th, 2012 by Joy Schwabach
The first time Joy took an iPad on a trip, she was floored by how much she missed a regular keyboard. But most iPad keyboards are bulky: You might as well bring a laptop. An alternative is the new folding keyboard from Logitech.
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Posted on January 20th, 2012 by Joy Schwabach
A company called Snapkeys has come up with a very innovative idea for replacing the tiny keyboards on smartphones and other handheld devices.
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Posted on July 14th, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
True story: A lady we know couldn’t figure out why her computer wouldn’t react the way she wanted it to and said: “I keep stepping on the pedal and nothing happens.” She thought her mouse was like the pedal on a sewing machine.
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Posted on March 30th, 2010 by Joy Schwabach
Use KeyExtender to create shortcuts and alleviate hassles. You may want to assign a key to automatically insert your email address, or assign a shortcut to the computer’s volume control.
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