Eclipse Wireless litetouch Keyboard

by Eclipse

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 18.1 x 9.8 x 2.6 inches ; 2.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B003CQD95W
• Item model number: ECB43001N002/04/1
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 14, 2004

Product Description

Style: Wireless

From the Manufacturer

	wireless litetouch™ keyboard Communicating over a wireless 2.4GHz connection, the litetouch keyboard features an integrated 360° trackball with left and right mouse buttons, negating the need for a separate mouse and proving ideal for living room internet surfing. Low profile backlit quiettouch™ scissor keys combine with intelligent power control, reducing eye strain, extending battery life and allowing you to operate in a dimmed environment. Located to the right of the physical scissor keys, the unique litetouch LCD 3-in-1 touch panel provides you with unprecedented control over your digital life. With a single press, the LCD 3-in-1 touch panel switches between media mode, numerical-pad mode and ‘MyEclipse™’ mode, providing you with a host of commands which can be used to provide dedicated controls for a multitude of activities from replicating a simple office calculator to controlling a complex media center configuration.
a touch of Freedom When the LCD 3-in-1 touch panel is set to MyEclipse mode, you can personalize the touch panel to access their favorite websites and applications. at a touch of a button. Displaying 12 pre-defined icons covering topics such as shopping, finance, health and entertainment, you can assign each icon with your favorite websites, applications, games, and much more. You can even allocate up to a maximum of three individual websites along with an application of your choice to each icon, all of which will open at the same time and all at the touch of just one button, ideal should you access multiple websites and applications when shopping or dealing with your online finance. In addition, the MyEclipse mode provides 5 numbered buttons which you can choose to cover any topic not already included in the pre-defined icons. Setting up MyEclipse is as easy as drag and drop.
	litetouch™ LCD touch-sensitive Media Panel. trueview™ backlit keys. Low profile quiettouch™ scissor keys 2.4GHz wireless; Up to 30ft / 10m range Slim profile: A full sized keyboard for a compact space
	System Requirements: Bluetooth-enabled pc or mac (Windows 7, Windows XP, XP64, Vista and Mac OS X)
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Product Description

Communicating over a wireless 2.4GHz connection, the litetouch keyboard features an integrated 360° trackball with left and right mouse buttons, negating the need for a separate mouse and proving ideal for living room internet surfing. Low profile backlit quiettouch scissor keys combine with intelligent power control, reducing eye strain, extending battery life and allowing you to operate in a dimmed environment.Located to the right of the physical scissor keys, the unique litetouch LCD 3-in-1 touch panel provides you with unprecedented control over your digital life. With a single press, the LCD 3-in-1 touch panel switches between media mode, numerical-pad mode and 'MyEclipse' mode, providing you with a host of commands which can be used to provide dedicated controls for a multitude of activities from replicating a simple office calculator to controlling a complex media center configuration.

Customer Reviews

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This QWERTY is Quirky, July 30, 2010

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E. Funk "Funk, E." - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eclipse Wireless litetouch Keyboard (Personal Computers)

I like the concept of this keyboard, but is does not function as well as one might hope.

1) You have to reload any assigned settings everytime you activate the keyboard out of sleep mode. You'd think they could have at least put a token amount of RAM or flash memory in this thing to remember settings.

2) I've had a number of glitchy experiences with the keys getting locked in CTRL mode. When you type S it tries to save, you type O it tries to open something. This isn't the touchpad, which I expected would take some getting used to. I've had keys repeat on me, the typing experience with the traditional keyboard is not as smooth as with my Logitech wireless keyboard. This part of the technology is not new, they should have at least that down.

3) The touchpad, doesn't always register when you want it to and also has accidental false clicks. I'll be typing an e-mail my arm brushes against the touch pad and suddenly I'm looking at my World of Warcraft log-on screen. Then when I want to adjust volume... sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

Product is a really great idea, but the execution is not smooth.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I've had enough. This must be returned., September 22, 2010

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Jason! (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eclipse Wireless litetouch Keyboard (Personal Computers)

I have never seen a more devious or cunning piece of technology in my life. All of it's good qualities are negated and far surpassed by this product's superior ability to truly puzzle and confound you by playing increasingly elaborate tricks on you with your PC.

I bought this Eclipse Wireless Litetouch because my previous keyboard finally broke. I needed a wireless keyboard with at least a 15 ft range, it needed to be durable enough to withstand being picked up and moved around daily. This is for my HTPC, so it won't be sitting still on a desk at all. I also wanted a number pad for my wife.

After about 3 weeks of use, I'm fed up with the glitches and I want the unit out of my home and out of my life. This keyboard is just a headache and too much of a hassle. I'm returning this tomorrow. Here's why:

-first of all, there is very little documentation with this product. The manual is more just a list of features, which are repeated several times all over the packaging...so the "manual" is useless if you've already looked at the package or the product description here. It is all the same information as you see above in the product description. Speaking of the packaging, they really went out of their way to convince you with the packaging that this device is worth the price. Geez, magnetic strips to close a cardboard flap on a box i'm going to throw away? Really? That explains the price tag. Good thing I didn't throw that pretty box away, I'll need it for the return process!

-There is a power button under the edge of the keyboard. What is the purpose of this? The keyboard turns on automatically when you press any key (or just walk by it). It turns off after a minute of the last keystroke, so why is there a power button? The "manual" doesn't say, but I'm guessing it's there as your only means of defense against the sporadic attacks the keyboard makes on your computer. By this I mean when it just decides to tell your PC that you are holding down the CTRL key, so everything you do is messed up. Or like when you're scrolling a webpage with your mouse's scroll wheel, and out of the blue the keyboard tells your PC "scroll wheel down = zoom out! scroll wheel up = zoom in!" That's always fun, and the only way to stop it is to power off the keyboard.

Oh, tonight I encountered a whole new little game the keyboard likes to play. I walk into the living room and somehow the keyboard lights up on it's own. That's the 5th time it's done that since I hooked it up, but ok. Maybe it's haunted? Whatever. I double click the hulu shortcut on my desktop and somehow the keyboard gets my PC to simultaneously open my recycle bin AND set a copy of the hulu shortcut directly on top of the original shortcut. Right click on shortcut, Properties, and...what's this? Why do I see the properties of my Recycle Bin where the hulu shortcut properties should be? I drag the shortcut to the side and there's another one underneath it. And another, and another, and another. They all stay highlighted (selected), as well as anything else I click on. Nice. Turn off keyboard and things go back to normal. Go ahead and look at the price of this product again. Yeah.

-How long does the battery last per charge? Don't bother with the manual or the website, they can't help you. My last keyboard ran on 2 AA batteries and they lasted a good 10 months. In the 3 weeks I've had this keyboard, I've recharged it 3 times. The included "manual" doesn't even say how to know when it is done charging. I had to go to their website and look at the FAQs to find out when it is done charging. I'm not complaining about charging about once a week, thats understandable for a backlit keyboard. I'm upset there's no documentation about it.

-Oh, and the rechargeable battery is not removable. So once that goes, you gotta replace the keyboard. Look at that price tag again. Yep.

-The number pad. Practically useless as a number pad. If you use the number pad a lot for data entry, you will immediately notice that you will be slowed down significantly with this keyboard. It's a touch screen, so there is no key to feel. You have to look where you're typing because its just one flat surface. That sort of defeats my point in picking this keyboard for the number pad since now we're just as slow typing numbers on the key pad as we are using the numbers above the qwerty.

So what is good about this keyboard??
-it's very durable build quality. This is necessary for living room use, and hardly any other keyboards compare to the Litetouch in this regard.
-backlit keys (the space between keys is lit, and the letter on the keys themselves are lit). This is extremely useful for a HTPC keyboard being used in a living room.
-range. The unit "works" from every seat in my living room.

All of those pro's are useless towards redeeming the amount of frustration brought on by the Litetouch's random onslaught of evil-genius plots to show you the horrible things you didn't even know Windows could do. Shortcuts on top of shortcuts, AND making those shortcuts open the recycle bin? Why? What madman thinks up stuff like that? When I come home from work, I just want to pick up my mouse and keyboard, sit on the couch and turn on a tv show, movie, or some music and relax. I don't want to get sucked into some mind game or test of wits against a psychotic machine.

Don't buy this keyboard. You will regret this purchase.

Oh yeah, there's a trackball on it too. Good luck with that.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Functionality Eclipsed by Beauty, September 4, 2010

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Clint Pachl (Phoenix, Arizona) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eclipse Wireless litetouch Keyboard (Personal Computers)

I just bought this keyboard at Best Buy tonight because of the mouse/keyboard combo. It was the only one they had.

My first impression was that this is a very beautiful product. The keys feel amazing. The palm rest is velvet-like. Even the packaging is impressive with its magnetic flip open information panel and see through product window. Once I arrived back home, I immediately plugged it in. I was astonished. The back-lit keyboard and illuminated multi-function pad are just gorgeous.

However, after a few minutes of using it, all of my astonishment turned into disappointment. This keyboard is not very easy to use and has some glitches.

First, the mouse (2-button + trackball) is a joke. The trackball is 5mm diameter and is loose in its hole. It is extremely hard to achieve precise cursor placement with this unit. Moreover, when you lift up on the trackball, it sticks to your finger, inadvertently moving the mouse cursor. Selecting text is a challenging task and annoyingly slow.

Secondly, I also discovered a few glitches during the hour I have been using it. For example, problems arose when using modifier keys in sequence (i.e. Ctrl+f, Ctrl+f, Ctrl+b, Ctrl+b). If continuously holding down the Ctrl while pressing f, f, b, b, the first b press is unresponsive. However, if I lift up on the Ctrl key each time, the sequence works. (BTW, these modifier keys are used for scrolling forwards and backwards in my editor).

I also noticed a problem with the LCD pad's volume slider as well. It would only slide from 100% to 50%. After restarting the keyboard, it worked properly: 0% - 100%.

I am experiencing unresponsive keys as I type this review. It may be due to the wireless interface. Currently, the keyboard and USB receiver are about 14 inches apart.

Another drawback for me is the LCD 10-key. If you're a touch-typist and use the 10-key, you will be disappointed. I need those physical keys under my fingertips to achieve 100% accuracy. I enter a lot of numbers into my business's Quickbooks and I wouldn't trust myself on this keyboard.

Overall, this is an extremely beautiful keyboard. However, it's functionality and ease of use is poor. Definitely not worth the $129.99 I paid. As someone that uses a keyboard 8+ hours a day, I would not recommend this Eclipse keyboard, especially if you're a heavy mouse user.

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