iTablet has found itself at the pages of Engadget before, primarily for vaporware slates and inexpensive attempts to garner attention with its iMoniker . Now its parent company AHX Global is back with a precise product — a thumb-friendly Bluetooth keyboard. That’s right, no capacitive touch screens here, just backlit QWERTY keys and a “patented rear-facing touchpad” (oh, you mean just like the Backflip ). You could order the inventively named Thumb Keyboard now on the source link for £79.99 (about $132) but, having only seen renders and considering the company’s track record, we’re hedging our bets on whether this thing is de facto shipping yet. Full PR is after the break.
The pro alternative to onboard virtual keyboards used on mobile devices
AHX Global has announced the immediate availability of the itablet Thumb Keyboard, a brand new Bluetooth keyboard with patented rear-facing touchpad. It really is compatible with a variety of Bluetooth-equipped devices including iPad, iPhone, tablet computers (Android & Windows) and cellphones.
The itablet Thumb Keyboard also is compatible with many other Bluetooth-enabled devices including the newest interactive IPTV systems providing a convenient way for users to have interaction with screen content from the relaxation in their armchair. As well as, it is usually used with conventional gaming platforms including the Sony PS3 and Nintendo XBox 360.
Based on Francis Davis of AHX Global: “The Thumb Keyboard provides a quick and intuitive method to create emails, tweets, texts and documents. It’s the perfect antidote to the awkward onscreen keyboards used to go into data and text into today’s mobile devices that don’t have proper keyboards.”
The itablet Thumb Keyboard is battery operated and ergonomically designed to be comfortable to hang and simple to make use of jointly. The patented rear-facing touchpad provides fast and accurate cursor control using either index finger, and the keys are backlit to be used in low lighting conditions. The compact size of this new keyboard (5.9 x 3.5 inches) also signifies that it may fit right into a standard tablet carry bag.
This new keyboard is supplied in black or white versions with US and UK keyboard layouts. Other ordinary keyboard formats might be launched in Q3 2011.
About AHX Global
Formed in 2010, AHX Global is a partnership between X2 Computing, some of the UK’s leading suppliers of mobile computing solutions, and AMtek Systems, the leading Taiwanese designer of tablet computers which first registered the itablet trademark in 2004.
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