Gadgetory

so we are venturing into the world of computer peripherals with this product showcase and what a better way to start it off than with this futuristic hybrid keyboard from eclipse this is the wireless light touch keyboard and it's not really intended for gamers so much as it is for home and office use it has a very professional feel and adds that little bit of tech goodness to make people really take notice the wireless version of the keyboard retails for approximately $100 so there is definitely a bit of an extra cost to get your gimmicky goodies so let's take a look it has a full sized 87 key physical keypad and includes a relatively comfortable rubber wrist rest now the design is very slim less than an inch thick and while being relatively lightweight it definitely has a solid construction it's not that cheap flimsy plastic feel at the back you see you can raise it with the usual snap feet there is a discrete power button and it uses a USB connection for charging or connecting to your PC and of course the most important feature the LCD touch panel ok well it's actually just sticker on a piece of glass at the bottom of the touch panel our left and right mouse buttons as well as a blackberry styled mini trackball then you have the three-and-a-half inch by two and a half inch LCD now turning the LCD on shows a virtual button numpad layout illuminated in white the physical keys as well are also backlit so let's put this keyboard to work and see how well it fares in the office and as you can see in regular light the LCD is actually quite bright it has a perfect viewing angle from just about any angle I found this pretty typical with media keyboards but the wrist rest is a bit short for normal typing but as far as the actual physical keyboard goes it is really well designed so moving on to the use of the LCD the first thing I noticed was that it can take a bit of time to grow accustomed to tapping on the flat glass I started off having to repeat my typing quite frequently without the same physical cues of a regular keyboard there is a tendency to miss things but then again this isn't really intended for extensive typing there are three separate displays that can be used with the touch panel all that have a unique set of 18 keys the first being the regular numpad on the right there is the option to adjust the LCDs brightness which also doubles as a volume control it also shows the battery life and signal strength the next screen is media mode here you find options such as the calculator a whole bunch of file options such as access to your favorites or anything in my documents and the other typical media keys finally my Eclipse mode here you have full customization options you can attach keys to launch your favorite game open up whatever website or focus on any installed program however all of the icons are locked in there's no uploading or altering them so you are stuck working your shortcuts around the icon images that Eclipse has provided mind you they have also included five numbered keys on the my Eclipse screen which are a little more ambiguous and that wraps up the product showcase on the eclipse wireless light touch keyboard now I can't say I would enjoy a fully touch panel keyboard but the way this feature combines what would normally take 54 separate keys is pretty brilliant and very well implemented sure it's a bit of a novelty product but if you can look past the gimmicky nature it actually has quite a bit of usefulness and it offers a degree of flexibility that you can't find on any other keyboard as the wireless light touch keyboard is one of the first of its kind at least with a reasonable price tag and overall a very well designed and solid product it has to be awarded as pretty damn innovative hope you guys enjoyed this review and definitely subscribe to get more video updates we'll see you next time