Hasta La Gadget!

Good news for Mac-loving accountants, software-pirates and data-entry clerks everywhere: this standalone numerical-keypad will sit aside your svelte aluminum Bluetooth keyboard and (almost) match it perfectly.

The wireless pad adds in the usual numbers, forward delete and extra function keys, comes in the same finish as the Apple keyboard, tilts to the same angle and also requires a pair of AA batteries. It even comes with a rather clunky female-female plastic clip to join the two together.

But for Apple users, accustomed to a level of fit-and-finish high above the average, one thing will drive you crazy: the font. Look carefully at the numbers and you’ll see the typeface doesn’t match the one on Apple’ ‘board. The giveaway is in 3,5 and 8: the bottom is bigger than the top of each number, whereas on the original they are equal.

The radio-powered pad has just popped up in the FCC’s database, so while the pad could be near to shipping, we have no launch date or price just yet.

Finally, a number pad for Apple’s Wireless Keyboard [Wireless Goodness via Oh Gizmo!]

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