Wireless Keyboards, anyone?
Seems as though this has been mentioned, so I will mention it.
This newfound adoption of Bluetooth seems as though it could bring forth the much hoped for wireless keyboard and mouse that reviewers of the iMac all seem to harp about. If you look at Apple's <a href="http://www.apple.com/bluetooth" target="_blank">Bluetooth</a> page, you'll notice that, under "Bluetooth Devices," it mentions "Peripherals (keyboard, mouse, etc) Sounds like a good idea to me. Who knows, maybe this is gigawire, after all, since Apple refers to Bluetooth replacing USB/Firewire, just as Airport is supposed to replace Ethernet. Comments?
This newfound adoption of Bluetooth seems as though it could bring forth the much hoped for wireless keyboard and mouse that reviewers of the iMac all seem to harp about. If you look at Apple's <a href="http://www.apple.com/bluetooth" target="_blank">Bluetooth</a> page, you'll notice that, under "Bluetooth Devices," it mentions "Peripherals (keyboard, mouse, etc) Sounds like a good idea to me. Who knows, maybe this is gigawire, after all, since Apple refers to Bluetooth replacing USB/Firewire, just as Airport is supposed to replace Ethernet. Comments?
Comments
-MJE
<strong>Why would Bluetooth be gigawire?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Well, it might not be. But Apple's bluetooth site is touting it as a wireless replacement for usb/firewire. And awhile ago, people on these boards dissected the gigawire patent as dealing with wireless communications, so theoretically, a bluetooth implementation in a mac (integrated into the box, not as a usb add-on) could be considered gigawire. Just blatant speculation though.
As a side note, anyone know the bandwidth of Bluetooth? I'd assume that's higher than the 11 Mbs of Airport (given its reduced range).
it would be bad if apple would give people a keyboard with their imac/pm that required them to put in new batteries every month. that's a cost that most people wouldn't want to pay.
well then, what about rechargable batteries? the problem with that is that a couple times a month, you would have to plug your keyboard into your computer to recharge, thus negating the whole idea of wireless. this is just a tiny flaw......
but who knows. hopefully apple will use the battery from the ipod for the keyboard/mouse. anyways, i wouldn't think that apple wouldn't release anything till they got a battery like up to 2 months.
Hmm long ways off....
I think they could do the Bluetooth, with a Firewire/USB cable for recharging a LiON battery. Once in a while, an alarm would go off (please plug your keyboard in with the firewire cable to recharge) - can you do this with USB?
I do have to say, I totally love having a wireless keyboard and mouse. They rock.
1)solar power-they have the power collector on the face of the watch. this is very unlikely for for a keyboard or mouse.
2)kinetic- basically have some kind of mechanism that moves back and forth while you walk, move your wrist; this is how they get the kinetic energy to keep the watch powered
those are the only 2 kinds i can remember right now. i think there might be another kind. i've heard people complain about the kinetic being really noisy.
i don't know about the mouse. maybe they could put a kinetic energy device inside the mouse, so it moves around, generating power just like the watch. but this isn't a good solution. the mouse would get moved around enough to keep it powered all the time.
i don't know if they would go back to having a roller ball in addition to the "optical eye." it sorta takes away the bragging right by saying it's optical, but then you flip the mouse over and see a roller ball.
if apple does make wireless mice and keyboards, i'm sure they will come up with good solution
Sort of like a phone dial. give it 30 turns and your good for a month on the mouse, and 2-3 months on the keyboard.
See ===><a href="http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9701/08/t_t/windup.gadgets/index.html" target="_blank">CNN windup technology.</a>
Also, remember when it was guessed that the iBooks would be windup???
That's because someone saw a prototype.
or this could all be a bunch of horse $#!?
Who knows..
MSKR
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