126-KEY Inet Multimedia Access Keyboard with 22 Hot Keys

by Micro Innovations

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 2.4 x 18.4 inches ; 2.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0009B0DU2
• Item model number: KB565BL
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 11, 2005

Product Description

Control Windows applications music and the internet with a touch of a button22 hot keys which provides customized productivity and maximum performanceIncludes USB to PS/2 Adapter installation CD user s manual and warranty information

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Looks nice, feels clunky, and not even worth it., February 15, 2007

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M. C. Willis "Mim" (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 126-KEY Inet Multimedia Access Keyboard with 22 Hot Keys (Personal Computers)

I just bought this keyboard at a brick-and-mortar place, and frankly, it pales in comparison to even the cheapest keyboards I've ever owned. I probably should have just come here the first time around, but I was already out and grabbed the first multi-media keyboard that jumped out at me. Bad move. My fault. Won't happen again.

For starters, it feels hollow - like there's nothing really in there to justify its chunky look and feel. To me, it feels like it's sitting up way too high from the surface of my desk, and it's even worse when the "legs" are popped up from the back. The keys are very responsive, which I like, but they're loud enough to let anyone in the house know that you're typing, which is where that 'hollow' feeling really becomes evident. Furthermore, the backspace key is tiny (about the size of the regular letter keys), while the Enter key is huge. This bugs me to no end, and throws my fingers off a full key every time I go to hit something in that general vicinity of they keyboard; but some may prefer that sort of layout. Similarly, if you look a the image of it, you'll see that the home, end, page up and down, insert and delete keys are in two columns rather than two rows (like most good keyboards are), and while I do realize this is yet another matter of preference, the latter two should really be flip-flopped for the sake of convenience. I keep hitting "insert" and overriding text, rather than deleting it, simply because logic dictates that the delete key should be closest. (I never use insert for any reason - and I don't know very many people who do - while I use delete quite frequently.)

Lastly, and probably most importantly, given the nature of the keyboard, the multimedia keys don't even work. I was able to pull up my mp3 player by pressing the music key, but then it wouldn't even play when I hit the play key (and for the record, yes, I installed the software that came with it, with no problems in the process of doing so). I also tried opening My Computer using that key, and it worked. But really, if it's not going to play the music, then it has automatically failed to do what it's supposed to do.

As the last person said, if you can afford something better, I highly recommend that you skip over this one in favor of one that not only works like it's supposed to, but is also more user-friendly.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars It's cheap- that's about it., January 21, 2007

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Justin Seiferth "Me" (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 126-KEY Inet Multimedia Access Keyboard with 22 Hot Keys (Personal Computers)

Like other Micro Innovations keyboards keep your manual and drivers around- their web site is seldom up (beyond the first page) when it comes to manuals and drivers. The keyboards are OK- keys are a bit stiff and I find they die within a year or two. Layout of the extra keys is not good- no logical grouping or unique visual queing- you just have to remember what does what or stare the tiny labels. All in all, if you can afford better, get it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Short-life Koyboard, January 8, 2008

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JadeDeath1984 "Silent Hill Lover!" (Maine, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 126-KEY Inet Multimedia Access Keyboard with 22 Hot Keys (Personal Computers)

I bought this keyboard less than 4 months ago, it replaced my original Dell keyboard that was accidentally spilled on.

It's very uncomfortable to use, the backspace button is smaller than it is on most keyboards, and the section that is home to the insert, delete, page up and down, home and end keys is a different shape as well.

After four months of having this akward keyboard I still wasn't able to write or delete words without having trouble.

It eventually died. Before dying, however, it would take at least 5-10 minutes for the keyboard to be usable so I could enter my password and use my computer.

I have not spilled or dropped the keyboard, it was kept clean and used with care and died in within months of purchase. I'm currently using my Dell keyboard which has been spilled on, and is over a year old, and it still works.