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Sony VAIO Wireless Keyboard Kit - VGP-WKB1

Sony VAIO Wireless Keyboard Kit - VGP-WKB1

MPN: VGPWKB1

Rated 4 Star Review out of 4 reviews

Description: This wireless keyboard kit is compatible with VAIO Notebooks and Desktops that come with pre-loaded Microsoft Windows XP operating systems, excluding the PCV-LX series desktop. The wireless keyboard and mouse with USB interface allows you to easily become more productive in ... read more

This wireless keyboard kit is compatible with VAIO Notebooks and Desktops that come with pre-loaded Microsoft Windows XP operating systems, excluding the PCV-LX series desktop. The wireless keyboard and mouse with USB interface allows you to easily become more productive in just a matter of seconds. Use at distances up to 32.8 feet from receiver. minimize
 
 

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KEYofR

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Oct 2005

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5 Star Review awsome awsome awsome

Strengths:

* long battery life * bulletproof RF * Styyyyle! * auto power on/off * ability to disable touch pad * Works on Linux

Weaknesses:

* touch pad is a little flaky, jumps around sometimes * no scroll-wheel equivalent or 3rd button on the touch pad * almost no multimedia keys * Touchpad doesn't work on FreeBSD

Posted Oct 25, 2005 - I use this in my living room with a diskless client hooked to the vga port of my plasma tv. The way it folds up to form it's own dust cover over the keys, and hides the keys for a nicer appearance, it's just perfect that kind of setting where you would like the use of technology without having to make your living room look like your office. It works "out of the box" no special drivers needed on Windows and recent Linux kernels. (2.6.x aka, Suse9.3, Knoppix 4.0.2, etc.) But still not on FreeBSD as of 6.0-RC1. On FreeBSD the keyboard works but not the touch pad. I use it mostly with Linux, with the diskless client pxe booting Knoppix from a freebsd box in the cellar. It works in the bios (before loading any OS) of every motherboard I've tried it on that's new enough to work with any usb keyboard. (approximately 10 different boards of various ages and makes) I don't know how long the batteries last as I'm still on my first set after 3 months. I wish there were dedicated pgup/pgdn/home/end keys but between the "Fn" versions (shared with the arrow keys) and the numlock/keypad versions it's ok. The keys are like a good laptop keyboard. They feel like good scissor type, but I can't actually see the scissor mechanism so I can't be sure. None of the keys has shown the slightest tendency to stick or hang up. Testing by pressing on the absolute tip of the corner of the space bar and other keys, large and small, they always move smoothly. By "bulletproof RF" I mean the rf (radio as opposed to infra red) is solid. Lots of wireless keyboard drop keystrokes, some do it a lot, this one has been perfect like a wired keyboard as far as I can tell. Personally, I don't actually miss the multimedia keys or the extra mouse buttons and scrolling regions, I just listed them as "weaknesses" for information. The mouse flakiness is hard to quantify. I can say my HP ZD7000 laptop is much worse, and that my old Dell Latitude D300XT was much better. Some touch pads are just smooth and accurate and some are jumpy and unfortunately this one is middle of the road. About like most laptops. It's absolutely lap friendly. You can slouch down in the couch with this on your lap and work or play away with no awkwardness. Your palms/heels can rest on the flat surface that the touch pad is on, which is something most wireless keyboards don't have. I never even turned on the separate mouse that comes with it. I can only say that it is optical and has a scroll wheel. And that I think it's shape is both ugly and awkward to use. Happily, got the unit because I specifically need a built-in pointing device, not a standard mouse, and probably so do you. If all you needed was a normal wireless keyboard and mouse, there are more and better products out there for that. It's the built-in touch pad that makes this unit unique.

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AIR

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Jul 2004

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5 Star ReviewThis Is The High Quality & Awesome SONY Wireless K ...

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Posted Jun 2, 2005 - This Is The High Quality & Awesome SONY Wireless Keyboard Kit!!! I Think If You Are Sony's Fans, You Can't Miss This Products. If U Have No Keyboard Kit, Just Buy It!!!

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nazka011 from GA

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May 2006

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User has 2 Weeks of experience with this product

4 Star Review Sony VAIO Wireless Keyboard Kit - VGP-WKB1

Strengths:

2.4Ghz signal.

Weaknesses:

Short battery life time.

Posted Feb 16, 2007 - Nice piece of equipment. I purchased it for my livingroom, and It has performed beautifully for the almost twoweeks we've used it. Both the keyboard and mouse pair instantly with the computer with FULL HD LCD TV. Connections are never lost- a problem I've had mouse battery, because I changed today. I do recommend, though that you follow the included instructions and turn off both the keyboard and mouse when not in use. They do consumme quite a bit of battery power when left on and idle.

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glr

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Jun 2006

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2 Star Review It's not as good as I hoped

Strengths:

wireless range is very good. Line of sight with receiver is not neccessary.

Weaknesses:

The touchpad was not very responsive at first. Touchpad completely stopped working after 3 months of periodic use on my HTPC.

Posted Jun 19, 2006 - Strengths: wireless range is very good. Line of sight with receiver is not neccessary. Weaknesses: The touchpad was not very responsive at first. Touchpad completely stopped working after 3 months of periodic use on my HTPC. It costs too much for the quality and reliability issues it has. The mouse is not always responsive and has to be reset a couple times a week. The keyboard part is the only thing that is reliable. I would not purchase this keyboard/mouse/touchpad combo again.

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