IBM 09N5549 Media Access Pro Keyboard

by Micro Innovations

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005BAUO
• Item model number: 09N5549
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 1, 2001

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Media Access Pro is an Internet multimedia keyboard with a built-in 2-port USB hub. With it you can surf the Internet, stay in touch with family and friends, and manage your multimedia files right from your keyboard through dedicated command keys, including one-touch commands for initiating Web surfing, e-mail, and tech support. The Media Access Pro even controls DVD and CD playback, from starting and stopping to adjusting volume and muting sound.

The keyboard features eight shortcut keys, two of which you can customize. An LED lights up when you receive e-mail in Outlook Express, and page-back and page-forward keys simplify Web surfing using Internet Explorer. The unit, only an inch high in the front and less than two inches at the rear, is designed to withstand 10 million keystrokes per key.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Built in USB ports, May 3, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: IBM 09N5549 Media Access Pro Keyboard (Personal Computers)

The IBM Media AccessPro keyboard has a wide range of services at your finger tips. E-mail Launch,Internet Launch, Tech Support Launch and many more. I think putting two USB Hub ports built into the keyboard is a great idea and very useful. The keyboard itself is excellent quality and feels great.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent product, April 2, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: IBM 09N5549 Media Access Pro Keyboard (Personal Computers)

This keyboard is one of the best I have used. You get more for the money than you will with any other Microsoft and Logitech keyboard. This comes with a load of features, including two USB ports(a large plus for those who have only two USB ports), 8 shortcut keys including two that can be customized, DVD and CD playback can be controlled right from the keyboard, there is a back and forward button for Internet Explorer, and the volume can be adjusted also. Try finding a keyboard with features like these, it will be [expensive]. The keyboard itself is extremely comfortable to type with and the buttons take alsmost no force to push down and it has such good response. The black and the look of the keyboard is sleek and nice that will go with any computer. It looks wonderful with a black computer. The only negative is the different keyboard layout that IBM has used. The Insert, Delete, Page Up/Down keys and the Arrow keys are a little bunched up. This saves space but it does get awhile to get used to, especially if you are one of those people who use those buttons a lot.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb travel keyboard for laptop users, December 4, 2001

By 

Jeff Duntemann "Writer, editor, tinkerer, con... (Colorado Springs, Colorado USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: IBM 09N5549 Media Access Pro Keyboard (Personal Computers)

I bought this item for my IBM X21 subnotebook, and it's phenomenal for those times when I'm stuck in a hotel and have to do a fair amount of writing. The X21's keyboard is about as good as something so small can be, but it's agonizing to have to do any long-term keyboarding on it. The Media Access Pro has a very nice feel, is very light (which matters for travel) and relatively compact. I can do 100 WPM on it without cramping, and that's a fine thing in my line of work. (I'm a writer.)

But the kicker is the 2-port USB hub. The X21 has the canonical 2 USB ports, but with the Media Access Pro installed, you still have 3 USB ports to play with. I can thus plug in my compact Targus USB mouse, a USB ZIP drive, and the X21's USB CD-ROM drive all at the same time. (Before, I had to choose between ZIP and CD-ROM access.)

The media access features (basically configurable hot keys for Internet access and program launch) work well, but they're less useful on the road, when I'm typically not surfing but logging in and out quickly for email or rapid fact checking. I haven't tried the DVD controls, but the audio volume control works well.

In short, a big winner [...]!