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PC Stats has posted a Zippy Electro-luminescent EL-610 Mini-Keyboard review



I've personally always preferred typing out articles on a notebook keyboard versus that of a full sized klunker. Notebook-style keyboards have a shorter keystroke which makes them 'faster'. Keystroke is a way of measuring how far you have to press a key down before it counts as a letter to the computer, and since a notebook doesn't have all that much free space the keystroke is typically just 3mm. Compare that to a full sized 104-key Windows keyboard which can have as much as a 6-8mm keystroke. This preference for 'fast' notebook-styled keyboards has held on for long time inspite of the sometimes cramped layouts and condensed key pitch (how far keys are spaced apart) that comes with territory. The Zippy EL-610 USB keyboard is a notebook style 'B5' keyboard with a twist - with the flick of switch it will glow blue. Behind the 88-translucent keys is a flat sheet of electro-luminescent material - the same stuff that puts the glow in "Indiglo" which lights up watch faces around the world.
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