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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: d2v on Sat, 03 October 2009, 09:57:09

Title: Lenovo compact keyboard with trackpoint
Post by: d2v on Sat, 03 October 2009, 09:57:09

I was searching for keyboards with integrated trackpoint, and stumbled upon this
http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:item.detail?GroupID=38&Code=55Y9003¤t-category-id=E6710B8C5A5F44239217E34D281CCDD9 (http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:item.detail?GroupID=38&Code=55Y9003¤t-category-id=E6710B8C5A5F44239217E34D281CCDD9)

Interestingly, Lenovo says the UltraNav model is no longer available, which has a trackpad in addition to the trackpoint.

Does anyone have any experience with these ?

Title: Lenovo compact keyboard with trackpoint
Post by: ch_123 on Sat, 03 October 2009, 10:09:05

Excellent, they got rid of the Trackpad on them. I mean, who buys a Trackpoint keyboard to use some crappy trackpad? It was just a waste of space.

Title: Lenovo compact keyboard with trackpoint
Post by: d2v on Sat, 03 October 2009, 10:27:45

Some (maybe all) trackpads can be configured to scroll the page/document on the right and lower sides. I find it pretty useful on my work laptop.

Title: Lenovo compact keyboard with trackpoint
Post by: Rajagra on Sat, 03 October 2009, 15:11:20

It was mentioned in this thread (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=6973). I think it's great that you can buy a low-width board with built-in trackpoint for $60. You could recommend this to anyone who likes soft keys.

(BTW, on the Ultranav you can configure the trackpoint to work as the mouse, and the trackpad to do scrolling.)