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Media boxes are great, but we still haven't found one that offers all the flexibility of a dedicated home theater PC (HTPC). One of the tradeoffs with HTPCs is that you'll need to rock a wireless mouse and keyboard to take full advantage of what it has to offer. Or do you?
The Mimi Wireless Gaming Keyboard urges you to ditch the keyboard/mouse combo for an all-in-one gamepad instead. According to Firebox, it's only slightly bigger than a PSP, but functions as an all-in-one HTPC keybaord and 3D motion sensitive mouse, and comes with a pair of analog joysticks to boot.
Other features include hotkeys, gaming style shoulder buttons, built-in accelerometer, a range of up to 10 meters, and up to 20 hours of constant use before needing a recharge.
The Mimi Wireles Gaming Keyboard is available now for around $150.
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qhoa1385
March 08, 2011 at 10:05am
definitely an interesting product, but for that price I prefer the diNovo Mini, and pair it with a xbox controller or F710 controller or something,
the diNovo got a sweet looking backlit keyboard
routine
March 08, 2011 at 12:34pm
Been using the dinovo for about a year. It's a solid OK product. It doesn't have a full keyboard -- which means no ALT-F4 to close. Also, have to do some funky acrobatic hand gestures for some key combo (for example, SHIFT-FN-DEL to delete a file).
It wouldn't be so bad if it's a secondary keyboard. But as a primary keyboard for my HTPC, it leaves me wanting.
Still looking for the ultimate HTPC keyboard.
routine
March 08, 2011 at 9:54am
The've got another one w/o the game pad:
MIMI-KEY-002 - Mimi wifi Keyboard & Air Mouse
www.veho-uk.com/main/shop_detail.aspx?article=140
