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Zippy Keyboard Roundup

There are things that you never think about upgrading or just push aside for other upgrades that may look more vital. The keyboard is one of those upgrades that needs to happen but does not. There are a lot of different vendors out there and Zippy has some great keyboards for that upgrade.

Company:

Zippy Technology Corp, www.zippy.com

Price:

WK-722 $38.99
EL-725 $39.99
WK-9100 $19.99 at newegg.com

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Getting Started

There are things that you never think about upgrading or just push aside for other upgrades that may look more vital. The keyboard is one of those upgrades that needs to happen but does not. There are a lot of different vendors out there and Zippy has some great keyboards for that upgrade.

From Zippy there are a variety of different keyboards which will fit your style may it be office, on the road, or at home. Of these different varieties we have the Aluminum Multimedia WK-722, Super Slim Electron-Luminescent EL-725, and the Turbo Office Keyboards WK-9100. Each has its own little uniqueness that gives it an edge over many competitors' products.

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Usability

The Aluminum Multimedia when first taken out of the box catches the eye as it looks very clean. As in the name yes this keyboard is aluminum, it has an outer aluminum cast that is around the keys. The keys don’t seem to be aluminum but are very well color matched to the outer case so to mistaken them as aluminum. When using this keyboard it is very quiet and has numerous feature keys that run along the top edge. These range from opening your home page to e-mail, to pausing your music. This keyboard has a good slim wrist angle for typing unlike other keyboards I have tried. Another thing that you may look at it the lights on the keyboard, do they match your case or are they a normal green color. On this keyboard they are a bright blue which is somewhat attractive and stylish. For the layout of the keyboard, if you are used to a laptop keyboard and want to have a external keyboard for it, the layout is very similar in the way that the keys are somewhat squished together. The last plus about this keyboard is that it is USB. All in all when using this keyboard it is very comfortable and stylish.

The Super Slim Electron-Luminescent is one of those keyboard for the night owls that need the extra light in there room, to see what they are typing. When first plugging in this keyboard it lit up like the forth of July, and I don’t mean that in a bad way. This keyboard has a feature that not many keyboards have, as every key is back lit with LED lights. The backlighting can be turned either off or on with a simple key press. Another feature that seems to be going into a lot of keyboards lately is the hot buttons on the top of the keyboard. This keyboard has a variety of them from e-mail to putting your computer to sleep. It also is USB and is easily found by windows. The keys seem to be very well made and are very quiet. When using the keyboard as it does have much of an angle so it was somewhat hard to adjust my wrist to conform to typing with it. The key layout again is like a laptop squish layout. In the end there is not too much bad with this keyboard if you like the very slim style.

For the Turbo Office keyboard it has many features and stylish design. When looking at the keyboard you will see there are a lot of extra buttons around. They all serve a very important purpose to someone who is working in the office typing up the memos or composing the spreadsheets. These functions consist of copy, cut and paste and a scroll wheel for switching between active windows, these are on the left side of the keyboard and on the right has your music controls with another wheel for volume. Along the top there are three groupings of buttons that open certain programs like Word or Excel, log off the computer or just power off. The last set is for the internet user which has e-mail, favorites, and search. Another cool feature is that they have made another use for the F keys. They now can be set to open a new document, save, spell check, and send and print e-mail or word documents. When using this keyboard it has the traditional layout, not too cramped and not too far apart. The Turbo comes in 3 different colors white w/black keys, grey w/grey keys, and black w/black keys. The one drawback to this keyboard is that it is PS-2 only but you’re not out of luck if all you have is USB as Zippy has an optional adapter that converts it to USB.

Specifications and Features

• Stylish, real brushed aluminum upper case
• Ultra slim design
• Multimedia Function Hot Keys
• Vapor deposited matching metallic-paint coated key caps
• Scissor-Type key structure for ultra smooth, tactile and quiet key strokes
• Responsive slim key design promotes effortless typing
• USB, PS/2 compatible
• Hyper Blue LED Indicators
• E-mail and internet keys: Previous page, next page, WWW home, Stop, refresh, my favorite, search, e-mail
• Multimedia keys: Mute, previous, play / pause , next, stop, Volume down, volume up
• ACPI keys: Wake, sleep, power

• Patented EL Technology - IC controlled Sapphire Blue Illumination
• Modern Simplicity engineering
• Mature and sophisticated looking master piece, ideal for home, office and on-the-go!
• Super Slim design makes it the perfect companion with Desktops, XP and Media Center PC's
• Fully compatible with Windows XP/ME/2000 (98 through driver)
• Plug-and-Play
• Precision patented Scissor-Key Structure; ultra responsive feedback and feel
• Hyper Blue LED indicators
• Stylish Dual-Tone finish
• E-mail and internet keys: Previous page, next page, WWW home, Stop, refresh, my favorite, search , e-mail
• Multimedia keys: Mute, previous, play / pause , next, stop, Volume down, volume up
• ACPI keys: Wake, sleep, power

• Advanced "Hyper Spoiler" design
• With two built-in scroll wheels and popular Internet/multimedia hot-key function
• Useful and efficient keyboard and mouse around
• Compatible with Win 98/NT/2000/ME & XP MS-Office and other leading applications
• Built-in 2 wheels for scroll and volume up/down function
• Six enhanced function blocks:
• Office application key block: Short-cut keys launch in to MS Office programs namely word, excel, power point, calendar
• Enhanced function key block: One office lock key + 14 embedded Office keys + Euro sign
• Clipboard key block: 5 Keys + Wheel: cut, copy, close, back
• Internet key block: 8 Keys: www, e-mail, back, forward, stop, refresh, search, my favorite
• Multimedia key block: 5 keys + Volume control wheel: play/pause, stop, mute, pre-track, next-track
• Application keys: 5 keys: my computer, calculator, log off, sleep, power

Pros:

• Stylish
• Extra function keys

Cons:

• Key layout
• Wrist angle on the Luminescent keyboard
• PS-2 only on the Turbo

Adding It All Up

Zippy has made some great keyboard for a variety of uses and with these 3 they come out on top. They are all very sleek and streamline and have their own quirks that make them the right keyboard for the job. If you are looking for a new keyboard and don’t want to spend too much but want to get a great quality with all the features then go on over to zippy and look at what they have and try them out and you will be amazed at what you will find.

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