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FrogPad Ion Alpha Numeric USB keyboard

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Technical Details

Quick and Easy to learn, 40 wpm in 6-8 hours of training, CD tutorial included
Fully functional keyboard with Patented algorithm, allows for all alpha-numeric functions
Performs all standard USB keyboard functions for host USB Products
Usable with either hand, ergonomically designed for right handed use
Standard 10 key numeric keypad operation

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Product Details

Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
ASIN: B0000X7KAU

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #152,871 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
Date first available at Amazon.com: November 5, 2003

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The FrogPad mobile keypad with its innovative 19 full-size key layout optimized around the most frequently used characters sets a new standard in information access with superior portability and ergonomics, global adaptability, rapid learning and ease of use. It's unique patented keystroke algorithms enable it to be used in either a right or left-handed mode and with any international language set.

The FrogPad mobile keyboard provides the first practical implementation of a full function keyboard for use in an anywhere, anytime, with any device mode of information access and input. It is a one-handed keyboard which enables its user to hold documents, tools or other items while entering information on a PDA, Pocket PC, smart phone, laptop or other mobile device.

Both the layout and use of full-size keys contribute to overall ease of use and small size to deliver the ultimate in portability. While presenting a unique key layout, the ergonomics have been shown to significantly shorten learning time compared with the traditional QWERTY layout (university studies indicate new users can reach 40 words per minute in 10 hours versus the 56 needed with QWERTY). Since over 75 percent of all users do not touch type but use a hunt and peck approach, the FrogPad presents an opportunity for faster keyboard input.

The FrogPad has been designed for fast data entry. The letter layout is based on the percent usage of each letter in the English language. Fifteen letters that are used 86 percent of the time by typists are placed in the most efficient locations on the keyboard. Overall layout uses the natural drumming motion of the hand to further optimize performance and enables international scalability for other languages.

Product Description
FrogPad® is an Alpha Numeric USB keyboard; the latest in portable compact one handed Keyboards. FrogPad is fully functional and generates every function and alpha numeric code of the standard keyboard. FrogPad's® current design is ergonomic and easy to learn and interfaces to all PC's and Apple's. Since FrogPad® is compact and portable and space saving. Frogpad® is perfect for CAD® and Photoshop® users, Tablet and Wearable pc's, and the ergonomically challenged. Excellent for Childrens Computing. Ergonomic keyboard for Disabled and Assistive Technology.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Very well thought out, not yet perfect., March 11, 2004

By	myles "myles2000" (Seattle, Wa United States) - See all my reviews

I'm actually typing this on a frogpad while I eat my lunch with the other hand( an unexpected ....bonus?). I bought the Frogpad to help fend off wrist trouble brought on by typing on laptops held stable with wrist strength. The Frogpad is very easy to travel with and allows me to have my shoulders much more open and my typing hand at any angle to the screen. The keys themselves have excellent travel and click.

I've only been using the Frog for a week or so, so I can't answer the all important questions of speed and learning time. I'm about 13wpm right now, down from 78ish on a qwerty. Learning is MUCH faster than the handykey twiddler (I gave up after a month without breaking 10wpm.) The strength of the Frogpad's frequency based chords really shines through. I'll be fumbling for the "z" one second, then I'll rip out an optimised word like "neither" at qwerty speed. The Frog is different enough that my hand gets tired, but some of that is probably me tensing up when I don't need to.

There are some bugs and gotchas: the first Frogpad I bought didn't work on OS X (It was fine on xp and linux). A new model has that fixed.
Most Unix commands are set up for qwerty and require more effort. "#!/bin/sh" or regex is possible on the Frog, but not as free as English. And the Frog is right hand only. I would love to flip a switch and mirror the keys for left hand use.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Causes frequent data loss., November 12, 2004

By	Michael (Indiana) - See all my reviews

If you frequently enter information into web forms--on message boards, in chat rooms, on intranet sites at work, or elsewhere for other reasons--avoid this product. I'll briefly explain the problem.

There are fifteen letter keys that type fifteen letters when pressed alone. By pressing another key, the Green key, in combination with the letter keys, one types the other eleven letters and some other characters. The letter keys double as number keys and arithmetic symbols, and twelve of them triple as function keys. To type numbers, one activates the Orange key. To press function keys, one uses the Green key while the Orange key is activated--but recall that one types eleven of the letters using the Green key, without the Orange key activated.

The user accidentally activates the Orange key very frequently (most often when he's using the Orange key to press Backspace or Delete, but also in many other situations). Since the user won't know Orange is activated right away, he'll continue typing. If he types 'L', his browser will refresh, because 'L' is typed by Green + H, and with Orange activated, that's F5.

For about two months, I exclusively used a left-handed FrogPad. I was extremely excited about being able to point with a pen tablet with my right hand while typing with my left, so that I wouldn't have to keep picking up and putting down the stylus. I was losing information multiple times per day from hitting F5, however, so I packed it up and moved back to QWERTY.

Of course, the same design flaw causes one to press the other function keys. When one accidentally presses F1, for instance, the Help window pops up.

I've spent hours in FrogPad's Technical Support forum urging them to address this problem (and explaining the simple solution), but I think they fear that if they admit there's a problem, it will hurt their sales. I hope they plan to fix the problem in the next product revision because a safe FrogPad would finally deliver all that I hoped to receive when I spent [money] and tens of hours of practice[...]

I would only recommend this product, in its current flawed, dangerous, and expensive state, to people with one functional hand. Some people tout its portability and small footprint, but if one's using a laptop, he has a portable QWERTY keyboard included and exposed. One might be tempted to use a FrogPad with a tablet PC, but I'd recommend a folding QWERTY instead. They are just as portable as FrogPads, and they won't cause data loss.

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