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Hey I wanted to follow up on this.

Right after a I posted above I was informed by Man & Machine that another vendor had an exclusive on this product for 90 days. AT that point I decided to halt the full review testing for a couple of reasons - 1 if the testing went well we had no ability to capitalize on it because the product wasn't available to us. Hey we participate and help on the forum but we didn't want to potentially advertise to the extent we intended. A full on controlled test is a lot of work (ask BarJohn) 2 if the review was negative I didn't want to impact the other sponsors. So I decided to revisit this when things were quieter on our end.

We have been using it over the last 4 weeks with a variety of "typists"

Here are some of the observations we have;

Typing speed seems unlimited without lag - though the fastest typist here is about 80-85wpm... I was able to pound non-stop gibberish into it as fast as I could without apparent lag.

The keys are larger than other portable keyboards.

The tactile response of the "rubber" keys is somehow lacking the feedback of say the think outside. I suspect you would adapt over time as I have.

There is no built in stand - so using the raw BB can be cumbersome

The USB pig tail length is adequate, but just.

You must use this KB on a flat solid surface.

It is spill proof - day 2 had a full diet coke on ours.

The keyboard is rechargeable via the miniUSB charger with the BB. Battery life was never an issue though we did not test absolute on time.

The price tag is fully outrageous!!! I know that MM put a lot of time into this and they need to recoup there costs but with BT keyboards getting better it may be a tough sell at $189 retail.