Hey all,
From the department of Public Service Announcements:
I checked with PFU yesterday, to order a wood/leather wrist rest and one of their soft cases, and discovered that the soft case was no longer listed on their web site. I wrote PFU, asking if they were out of stock, and I received a very nice, prompt response, indicating that they had stopped selling the soft case at the end of September, but they would still accept orders for another week (for shipment to Japan only) from the following URL:
http://www.pfu.fujitsu.com/direct/hhkb/detail_softcase.htmlI went to order one from crescent-shop.com, and they got a little bit confused, because apparently the page above says that they stopped accepting orders on 30 September, so they found the same item for sale here:
http://item.rakuten.co.jp/vshopu/0342-1511/although with only two left in stock, and not able to renew their supply. There's only an appx. US$2 price difference, so I didn't argue, and has them order it from ShopU.
So anyway, the days are numbered for the HHKB soft case, if anyone wants to get one.
(While I own the so-called hard case, and think it's pretty spiffy, the soft case seems more practical, in that it would make it easier for me to carry along the keyboard in my laptop case.)