What Moog did, in 1964, was to produce and market a practical instrument, a small keyboard synth which could be used with relative ease.
Something that size, with a hardware if small qwerty keyboard, plus connectors to allow adding a full scale monitor, mouse and keyboard, would actually do me nicely.
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Tablets are cool, sure, but they have their limitations: lack of keyboard, small screen size, lack of under-the-hood power, lack of serious business applications.
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It features a tiny keyboard built for small hands, as well as parental control software that can limit log-on time or block access to certain Web sites and applications.
Whether you touch buttons on the screen or on the keyboard is a very small part of your interaction with the device.
Another used a Stylophone, a metal keyboard played with a small stylus.
Despite its small size, this notebook has a keyboard with large keys that make typing more comfortable.
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" The laptop also curiously features a small "gaming LCD" display above the keyboard, for providing "additional information about the system or applications.
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Again we had to take it easy on the Durabook, turning it completely off and pouring a small amount (100cc) of water onto the keyboard.
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In designing the Jukebox, Creative's engineers faced an interesting challenge: how to manage 2, 000-plus songs without keyboard or mouse, with only a small monochrome screen for visual cues?
The Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K750 for Mac comes with advanced 2.4 GHz wireless connectivity to virtually eliminate delays or dropouts, and a plug-and-forget Unifying receiver that is so small it stays in your laptop, so your keyboard is always ready to use.
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The PC Station is loaded with five USB ports, four that use the newer USB 3.0 technology and one that uses USB 2.0, but this USB 2.0 port is designed for a small Bluetooth dongle that corresponds with the included Bluetooth keyboard and mouse.
Only a small segment of enterprise users will continue to stay on the traditional keyboard model out of habit.
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The idea is that small screens on devices like smartphones were never meant to have a full keyboard, so users should be able to see more of the screen when typing and interacting.
The mitt's creator says the traditional mobile keyboard is "either too big to be portable, or too small to be easy to use, " adding that his solution would eventually become second nature just like touch typing.
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Sadly the keyboard is a bit of a mixed bag -- the short travel and small surface area of the individual keys will be an issue for some.
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Save for a few small modifications, this is more or less the same six-row, island-style keyboard Lenovo used on the X230 and some other recent systems.
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