Apple Keyboard Revision [with Picture]
One reader noted that a new Apple Store banner contains a side view of a revised Apple keyboard -- with a larger base, and no USB ports on the sides (as on current keyboards).
Additional reports indicate that in the new Keyboard design, the USB ports have been moved to the back, positioned on either side of the keyboard cord.
Minor mouse revisions are expected as well.
Previous rumors, which are felt to be accurate, indicate that the revisions will feature only minor updates. (no bluetooth, only a one button mouse).
Update: Photograph of the new keyboard can be found here: Keyboard Photo. Image provided by Andy Raffensperger.
Photo of the full Banner at an Apple Store.
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115 months ago
Intriguing. We'll just have to stay tuned while arn pumps his army of highly-unpaid secret undercover informants for more information.
115 months ago
So is this just a simplification of the current enclosure to reduce parts count/cost?
115 months ago
Originally posted by Sun Baked
So is this just a simplification of the current enclosure to reduce parts count/cost?
I doubt it. Apple (usually does) needs to innovate, and keeping
the same enclosure wouldn't be an innovation. Although there
isn't much apple can add to the keyboard, I'm sure there is
something they could improve.
115 months ago
I have a video tape under my keyboard between the bar and the main part. My desk is raised up by a couple of bricks, becasue of a small flooding problem, so I need it at a different angle to be comfertable. Anyway, Apple could use a new radical, functional keyboard design. I love the keyboards now, but I just love it when Apple releases new products.:p
115 months ago
I wonder if Apple will add "touch sensitive" buttons to the keyboard, like the ones added to the iPod. Not to the entire keyboard, but either some at the top or on the side.
Maybe these could be for volume, screen brightness, eject, etc. The keyboard could also add a scroll wheel (like the iPod) that would work like the Powermate for volume, video scrubbing, or even include a center button, and work like the iPod, in the Finder's column view. (I personally think this could be pretty cool.)
Maybe these could be for volume, screen brightness, eject, etc. The keyboard could also add a scroll wheel (like the iPod) that would work like the Powermate for volume, video scrubbing, or even include a center button, and work like the iPod, in the Finder's column view. (I personally think this could be pretty cool.)
115 months ago
I hope the letters glow and are light sensative much like the ones on the 17 and 15 inch powerbooks
115 months ago
The reader reported a thicker keyboard . . . isn't that required for a wireless/Bluetooth keyboard?
And as previously suggested, a video scrubber would be awesome (in my dreams, anyway).
And as previously suggested, a video scrubber would be awesome (in my dreams, anyway).
115 months ago
Ambient light sensors would be great for my little recording studio since the lights are always down low.
Is USB capable of this? (I'm assuming yes given the existence of the Flylight).
Bluetooth certainly isn't.
(Someone should make this at least.)
Is USB capable of this? (I'm assuming yes given the existence of the Flylight).
Bluetooth certainly isn't.
(Someone should make this at least.)
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