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Datadesk's "Smartboard II"
« on: Wed, 05 May 2010, 04:50:15 »
Regarding the upcoming Smartboard II keyboard from DataDesk:

Quote from: DataDesk Support
We are hoping in about 60 days, which we have said before. *However, we have started to build them with only a few snags so far!
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« Reply #1 on: Wed, 05 May 2010, 10:28:16 »
Auuuggghh! Their website is unbearable, but they have some cool looking stuff. Do they make mechanicals?
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« Reply #2 on: Wed, 05 May 2010, 10:31:46 »
I believe most of their 'boards are ALPS (compatibles); I know the Smartboards are for sure.
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« Reply #3 on: Wed, 05 May 2010, 10:34:29 »
SmartBoards are neat gimmicks I guess. If with used with a ceiling projector they'd be more useful.

Ah, that's the one I was think of. Epson BrightLink.

I work for Epson btw (only for 2 more weeks :D), with printers/scanners though.
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« Reply #4 on: Wed, 05 May 2010, 14:00:23 »
The eBay special from last year with the crushed ESC spring:



My spring has recovered, and then regressed when I stored another keyboard on top.
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« Reply #5 on: Wed, 05 May 2010, 14:03:03 »
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SmartBoards are neat gimmicks I guess. If with used with a ceiling projector they'd be more useful.


Ceiling projector?  I don't understand the reference/relationship.

As an owner of a 10 year old SmartBoard, and a 6 year old SmartBoard, I can say the layout isn't bad once you get used to it (and has some advantages I think), and it's one of a very, very small number of mechanical split-ergo keyboards.  It also has feet in the front that have two different height settings so that you can elevate the front of the keyboard.  I'd certainly take a SmartBoard over a Microsoft ergo.
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« Reply #6 on: Wed, 05 May 2010, 14:35:46 »
He's referring to this company's products - whiteboards that use a projector to display an image, and electronic markers and such that communicate with the board.
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« Reply #7 on: Wed, 05 May 2010, 14:44:09 »
Can't compare until we see one...
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« Reply #8 on: Thu, 06 May 2010, 08:22:43 »
The ceiling projector comment seemed like a joke to me...  I took it to mean the boards are so ugly that one would have to look straight up when using it so it was out of their line-of-sight.  I chuckled.
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