Hasta La Gadget!

Oh sure, we’ve seen hacker after hacker brag about their success in connecting some sort of keyboard to Apple’s iPhone, but have any of them bothered to take the time to explain the process behind the magic? Exactly. The man behind AwghBlog, however, is a kinder, gentler soul, and he’s found the time to detail in quite specific terms how he connected a legacy PS/2 keyboard (you know, the one you’re not using any longer) to Apple’s cash-cow of a smartphone. Best of all, the guide actually explains how to build a PS/2 keyboard-to-iPhone converter, so you’re not necessarily tied to a certain board. Hit the read link if you’re down for a weekend project.

[Via MAKE]

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How-to guide details PS/2 keyboard-to-iPhone mod, just for you originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Logitech, the company that’s dropped more than a billion mice in our laps, is back with a glossy, gold-accented new laptop accessory kit. There’s not an overwhelming amount we can tell you that you can’t already see above, so we’ll go ahead and point out that the laser mouse (M505) and keyboard duo are controlled wirelessly via Logitech’s teeny tiny Unifying Receiver (which comes as part of the package), and the laptop stand is capable of accommodating machines with screens up to 15.6 inches diagonally. The riser also has three elevation levels, while the keyboard packs a full numeric pad — something at least Excel-loving accountants should appreciate. Expect the set to show up in Europe and the US this November with a price around $100.

[Via Electronista]

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Logitech Notebook Kit MK605 asks ‘what multitouch revolution?’ originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If there’s one thing scarier than going to the hospital for some potentially harmful harmfulness, it’s getting sicker due to some minor slip-up in the carefully-observed hygiene practices of your own personal Zach Braff M.D. That’s where Vioguard’s newly shipping UVKB50 self-sanitizing keyboard comes in, with a proximity detector to let a set of freshly sanitized keys slide out for use by a health care professional, which slide back once they’re not in use to get re-sterilized with anti-bacterial ultraviolet light. The $899 pricetag isn’t too bad given the application, but it probably won’t be making our own cubicles safer any time soon. Video of the keyboard in action is after the break.

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Vioguard’s self-sanitizing keyboard means maybe we don’t all have to die this year originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Das Keyboards are pretty well known for the tactile and auditory assault they delight fingers and ears with. Well, the mechanical Ultimate S — an updated model which has just surfaced — is just as tactile and noisy as all the other models, but it’s also got a few added features, including two USB ports, an external PS / 2 adapter, plus full ‘n’ key rollover with PS / 2. The board is also KVM switch compatible, and of course, the keys are still blank. The keyboard is now shipping, and runs $129.

[Thanks, Rocky]

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Das Keyboard Ultimate S unleashed for the tactile experience-loving typist originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Well, well, what’s this? A new Apple Bluetooth keyboard and mouse have arrived at the FCC, and they’ve got new model numbers of A1314 and A1296 — the current wireless keyboard is A1255 and the Mighty Mouse is A1197. That’s pretty much all we know for now, but these keyboard dimensions are also smaller than the current model, which rules out a return of the numeric keypad — sorry to dash your hopes, Excel jockeys. Is this the new keyboard rumored to accompany an iMac refresh? We’ll have to wait to find out — but on a similar note, AppleInsider says Steve Jobs himself is leading the development of this new mouse, featuring some kind of multitouch and potentially housed in an aluminum shell. That would certainly explain those multitouch mouse patents we’ve seen in the past, as well as bring the desktop mousing experience in line with the multitouch action found on the MacBooks — AI says the new mice somehow enable iPhone-style kinetic scrolling, which would definitely be interesting. So… you want to maybe schedule an event to launch all this stuff, Steve?

Update: And… Apple’s managed to yank the images out of the FCC filings, which is about as fast as we’ve ever seen that happen.

Update 2: Revised images have been posted, carefully cropped to show only the relevant FCC labeling — although model numbers remain. This is absolutely the fastest we’ve ever seen the FCC database change, it’s rather impressive.

Update 3: AppleInsider’s revised their post to say an aluminum mouse is just speculation, so this thing could be plastic after all.

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New Apple Bluetooth keyboard and mouse arrive at the FCC originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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