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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: RESPRiT on Fri, 28 March 2014, 02:00:32
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Link to the product here: http://www.pfu.fujitsu.com/direct/hhkb/detail_enebrick.html
It seems to act as a device that allows your HHKB to have Bluetooth connectivity, as well as act as a smartphone/tablet stand/charger. The price is around $130, so rather steep, although I don't know of any other solutions for a Bluetooth HHKB.
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Looks pretty cool, its from PFU (HHKB manufacturer) too so it should be fairly decent quality. The price is definitely stee, I'm guessing it has a much larger battery than competing devices though as it seems to be a fair bit larger than the ones I've seen.
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Yes it seems the battery is a big part of it, it will charge devices. Looks great but they don't mention it working with a PC/Mac via bluetooth although I am guessing it would. That price plus shipping and customs though is just too epic.
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I don't like that I still need to connect to the brick via a cable because if I still need a cable, I might as well connect directly to the PC or the monitor (nowadays, monitors have USB hubs). Of course I can't think of a better design - perhaps something flat in which I can put the HHKB on top of, or perhaps it acts as a wrist rest but is actually the battery.. that, at least, is more practical than this brick.
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I think they specifically targeting mobile devices so a stand made sense but I agree with you.
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I don't like that I still need to connect to the brick via a cable because if I still need a cable, I might as well connect directly to the PC or the monitor (nowadays, monitors have USB hubs). Of course I can't think of a better design - perhaps something flat in which I can put the HHKB on top of, or perhaps it acts as a wrist rest but is actually the battery.. that, at least, is more practical than this brick.
Something like a flat slicebattery for a laptop would be interesting, if the HHKB case had a slot in the bottom allowing for it to 'dock' then that would bypass having any cables and add some weight!
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Looks like Fujitsu's answer to making the HHKB a bluetooth keyboard is to add a battery brick to it. They call it the EneBRICK (http://www.pfu.fujitsu.com/direct/hhkb/detail_enebrick.html).
I suppose it could be used with any keyboard, but it feels a bit like going around your elbow to get to your butt doesn't it?
Mod Edit: Merged with existing thread
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Just a bit late... (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=56433.0)
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Interesting, but couldn't you just plug a camera to usb adaptor for ipads rather than plugging it into a power bank?
It's still adding bulk for a "wireless" keyboard. :-X