Those of us who have owned an iPhone are familiar with the multitouch keyboard and overall interface of Apple’s smartphone. According to ex-Apple executive Tony Fadell, an iPhone with a physical keyboard made the final list of 3 prototypes before getting scrapped just before launch in January, 2007. According to Apple Insider: Fadell, who officially left Apple in 2008 but was kept on the payroll as a special advisor to the late Steve Jobs until 2010, worked on 18 versions of the iPod as well as the iPhone up to the 3GS before leaving to start “smart thermostat” company Nest. Steve Jobs sided with…

There’s really no reason to get up in arms every time an Apple patent is dissected, but this is particularly interesting – especially if you’re a die-hard fan of a good, sturdy mouse. In other words: if you hated the Magic Trackpad, you’re really gonna hate this. Apple is apparently looking into yet more options to kill the world’s favourite rodent-inspired electronic peripheral, and one of them is this hybrid motion-sensitive keyboard. Four sensors located around the keys track the motion of your right hand, which you wave around like a Mac magician, moving the cursor on-screen. Your left hand…

One of the deciding factors that made me go Blackberry instead of picking up an iPhone 4 was the tactile keyboard. I’m sorry, but there’s just no replacement for real buttons. I don’t care how swiftly you tapdance around that onscreen keyboard – the fact remains that it’s a f***ing screen. But maybe if I’d held out just a little longer, I could have gotten the tall glass of water in the iPhone desert that is this wicked rad flip out keyboard from ThinkGeek. The TK-421 (catchy name, guys) needs no explanation, so I won’t insult you by giving you one. Just bask in its rad, maybe put on a little music. It’s Bluetooth…

Yo, dawg. I heard you like Twitter, so I installed a keyboard in your shoe, so you can tweet while you walk. Seriously, not much is known about this shoe, beyond that it exists. An exercise in geek chic (oh man, exercise… pun totally not intended, but welcome), the keyboard is almost certainly non-functional, and just a hip sole design. And yes, it would probably be unwise to stick a keyboard on the underside of one’s footwear anyway. But imagine if you could get good at it, or something? Like, sure, you’d be walking like a tap-dancing zombie, but if you live in a highly populated urban center, you won’t…

If you use a Mac your keyboard is most likely aluminum or white. If you use a PC, your keyboard most likely cost around $8 and is either black or beige. Aren’t you fed up with staring at the exact same keyboard as everyone else, tapping away on the same boring plain lettered keys day in, day out? Keyscaper is aiming to spice up your typing time. These aren’t decals or stickers, these are actual keyboards and mice with crazy cool graphics printed directly onto them. These are probably only of interest to those who are capable of touch typing – if you had trouble picking out an apostrophe on your old beige keyboard,…

Nerds are a funny bunch – we don’t like daylight or exercise, or girls, for that matter. But we’re a growing demographic, and as the market grows there will obviously be some watering down of our key characteristics. Nerds who care about their appearance, embrace the great outdoors and associate willingly with the opposite sex are now commonplace, and with them comes some inevitable personality traits. This product is certainly aimed at the narcissistic nerd. Minebea Co wants nerds to care more about their appearance, and is taking active steps to help with their ‘Cool Leaf’ keyboard. Completely…