Zboard System Base and Internet Explorer Interface - Black/Silver

by Ideazon

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00008WFJ3
• Item model number: ZW2USE1-A2XPL01
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 15, 2003

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Universal Design & Great Value! The intelligent Zboard design allows you to easily swap keysets using one universal base & create your own collection of Zboard custom keyboard solutions without spending a lot of money!

Programmable Hot Keys

• Of the 10 buttons located along the top right-hand side of the base, 9 are fully programmable. When you receive your Zboard Base, these buttons are preset to popular defaults such as the Calculator and Word Pad
• Programming the Zboard Hot Keys is easy! Simply go to your desired destination & hold down the Hot Key for 3 seconds and you’re done!

Multi-Media Controls

• Volume control (+, -, and mute), play, pause, stop, rewind, and fast forward
• Designed to work with Windows Media Player 6.4 and up

Integrated Wrist Rest & Keyboard Height Adjustment

• For your comfort and convenience, the Zboard Base is equipped with a removable wrist rest and extendible legs

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Caused MAJOR system instability - even with latest drivers, May 16, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Zboard System Base and Internet Explorer Interface - Black/Silver (Personal Computers)

I was so in love with the idea of this keyboard! Use one keyset for photoshop, use another for games- I loved it... until I actually installed the keyboard that is.
As soon as it was installed, I ran into strange things happening every once in awhile- in the middle of a game I'd be interrupted by a BUNCH (20-30) webbrowsers opening up for no apparent reason. Not pop-up ads mind you, just to my homepage! I noticed that everytime I had this happen, if I unsnapped the keyboard keyset, it would stop. If I unplugged the keyboard, it would stop. The keyboard would start opening web-browsers, and keep doing it until I either unplugged it, or removed the keyset!!! TALK ABOUT ANNOYING!! I downloaded all the latest drivers, but it didn't stop. So 2 months later, I finally told myself I would get around to buying a new keyboard.

Then, to top it all off, I tried to start my computer today, and it would keep getting to the "windows XP Pro loading" screen and crash. I knew the rest of my system was solid, so I ditched the keyboard and reinstalled my old, beat to heck MS Office keyboard. System starts like a charm now.

I am here today, to buy a new keyboard- to replace my 2 month old Ideazon ZBoard. I look forward to taking the zboard out to the target range and blowing it to tiny bits with the M1 Garand.

This was an awesome idea, just poorly executed unfortunately.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Nice, August 21, 2003

By 

R. Thurman - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Zboard System Base and Internet Explorer Interface - Black/Silver (Personal Computers)

So far I am very pleased with this keyboard. The first time I saw an advertisement for it I just thought it was another gimmic for the PC market. I was pretty much prepared to laugh at it when I went up to Ideazon's booth at E3. I figured it would feel really loose and cheap but it doesn't at all. It feels like a perfectly normal keyboard. Whenever I got back from the show, the Z-board was the first thing I ordered.

Right now I only have the internet explorer interface and it is really nice. All of the hot keys are great and the secondary functions on the number pad are very useful. One of the biggest reasons I purchased this keyboard, besides the great quality, was that there are Photoshop and 3DS Max interfaces.

You should go for something like this over a Microsoft keyboard anyday.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your time, February 21, 2004

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"razbus" (Pittsburgh, PA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Zboard System Base and Internet Explorer Interface - Black/Silver (Personal Computers)

I have 3 computers in my house - Dell notebook, Alienware Desktop, and a home built system for the kids. I could not get the Zboard to work on any of them, and I bought mine from the manufacturer (ideazon)