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| Kensington SlimBlade Media Notebook Set with Wireless Keyboard, Laser Mouse, and Numeric KeyPad (Graphite) K72279US | 
 enlarge | List Price: $129.99
Buy New: $84.73
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 23 reviews)
Category: CE
Publisher: Kensington
Studio: Kensington
Brand: Kensington
Label: Kensington
Format: Cd
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language)
Platforms: Macintosh, Windows
Color: Graphite
Media: Electronics
Autographed: 0
Memorabilia: 0
Batteries Included: 1
Keyboard: QWERTY
Special Features: nv:Device Type^Keyboard And Mouse Combo|Connection Type^USB|Hand Orientation^Ambidextrous
Warranty: 5 years warranty
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 19.5 x 9.7 x 3.5
MPN: K72279US
Model: K72279US
UPC: 085896722793
EAN: 0085896722793
ASIN: B000VE2RQA
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
nice keyboard October 31, 2008
The keyboard doesn't have the 10-key keyboard on it so it is just the right length for short-armed persons, especially me. It works by battery so it doesn't have any lights which means you don't know when you're in the CAPS mode, but I can live without that knowing that my arm doesn't have to be stretched to use a mouse.
The mouse didn't work right and the battery cover didn't stay closed. I gave up on it and used my old mouse. I sure am glad that I was able to use my wired mouse with the new keyboard.
It has a wireless 10 key keypad but I don't use it. No light on it either.
 Perfect fit! October 22, 2008
This setup replaced a Gyration keyboard/mouse combo on a Media Center PC (the mouse battery life was down to a few minutes and the keyboard was always a little mushy for my taste.)
The build quality is quite good, and the footprint is perfect for my needs. The keyboard feels a lot like a good laptop keyboard...shallow yet solid action. The only gripe I have is with the layout of the CTRL, Windows, ALT, and Apple keys to the left of the space bar. The inclusion of the Apple key forces the others to be skinnier than usual, which is forcing me to look when I need the CTRL and ALT keys.
The mouse is nice, and I could really get used to the ball they've used instead of the typical mouse wheel. It's the perfect control if you deal with documents or web pages that require horizontal scrolling in addition to the usual vertical scrolling.
Near-perfect touch-typing; combines function, form and dual platform versatility September 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
At this price point one might expect out-of-the box plug-in convenience, but ordered set had defective USB receiver. Help phone was 'no longer in operation', online FAQ remedy required a third hand, and email contact was needlessly frustrating. But once the problem was pinned down to the 'dongle' (after several wasted hours), the entire unit was replaced ... turned out to be well worth the aggravation.
The key that ejects a CD/DVD in either Mac or PC mode from the Mac's sealed optical drive alone makes up for some (as yet) unrecognized combination keystrokes. As are the shaped and lively keys, the elegantly functional graphited chrome design, and the non-sliding metal case (far preferable to Apple's chicklets pasted on fancy plastic). If your needs are for a multibutton multimedia form-over-function control center, rather than a functional office typewriter, then this isn't for you. Conversely, if you want just a solid office tool without bells and whistles, then the SlimBlade is a rewarding choice. Adding to the cord-free keyboard are the laterally scrolling mouse wheel for spreadsheets, the removable numeric keypad, and wireless operation. [The also detachable remote media control unit is a $20 option.]
Although a 5-star performer, with lightly sculpted touch-typing (rather than flat slippery) keys and the delightful ability to switch painlessly between Mac and Win operation, the keyboard falls short in some lesser areas: "Caps Lock" ought to have an integral LED to show it has been struck unintentionally (rather than the 'a'-key); not all keyboard shortcuts are recognized--even with the Mac-driver installed--notably the strokes that use modifiers (alt/option, Ctrl, shift) with a command key (eg, shift-Cmd-F to preset Mac's search dialog to filename detection), or Ctrl-Eject to bing up the logoff dialog for Mac.
Note: I haven't yet fully tested the Micosoft 'Office' for Win shortcuts--thus far they seem to do the trick. I anticipate broader multi-key shortcut compliance in a version 2 driver release.
 wonderful keyboard, bad mouse September 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
keyboard looks great, really. All of my friends said "looks good and color also great." and work really fine.
problem is mouse. I hate mouse. it looks good also but, wheel is too small and I use wheel click a lot (which is same funtion as Control+left buttton click) but there is not wheel click funtion.
I'm using Vista and I installed driver for using keyboard hot key
but If I install then hot key is work fine but I get problem with ms word
Zoom short key is not working!!!! (control+wheel up/down)
so I unintalled driver, cuz I am using more ms word zoom short key more than keyboard hot key.
I'm gonna use only keyboard and get the other mouse!!
Great design that performs poorly September 8, 2008
I have owned this product for 5 months and use it while sitting on my couch. I have this connected to my HTPC which is plugged into my 37inch LCD TV. The design looks great and the trackball for the scroll function is a nice idea that works pretty well most of the time. But unfortunately the wireless performance doesn't match the look. My primary gripe about this is that the range is too short to work from my couch. I sit only 6 feet away from the USB transceiver witch is plugged into the front USB connector of my PC with direct line of sight and both the mouse and keyboard occasionally skip or are unresponsive. Sometimes they completely lose the wireless link and I have to move the keyboard and mouse right next to the computer in order to regain the connection. I thought that maybe the problems were related to low battery, but the battery indicator light on the keyboard has never turned on and I still have problems at times even with fresh batteries. The mouse also has trouble tracking on some surfaces, like my couch fabric, but that may be expecting too much. Even though the keyboard is nice and small I would not recommend this product for an HTPC setup with distances longer than 5 feet.
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