Imagine this - you are sitting in the airport trying to get a few emails sent before your 8 hour flight to New York for that monthly business meeting. You need to get those emails sent now, or else it will be 2 working days before their recipients back in the office get them, with the time difference. With all handheld computers, typing is slow, no matter how fast you are. Don't you just wish you had a full size keyboard in your bag?
Enter the Celluon Magic Cube.
It's a nifty idea, being able to type on any surface. The Cube projects a full sized keyboard onto just about anything - in our case, the slightly gritty airport coffee lounge table - or the latest copy of the Economist. It uses a laser to display all the "keys" onto the surface, then clever technology to pick up when you type a letter. And via bluetooth, your words of wisdom are transferred wireless to your phone. A little pricey at almost $170 dollars, but for something this compact and light, with a rechargeable battery giving you 150 minutes in-the-office-away-from-work, it could well be worth a look.
I've tried it myself and I must admit a few things;
Enter the Celluon Magic Cube.
It's a nifty idea, being able to type on any surface. The Cube projects a full sized keyboard onto just about anything - in our case, the slightly gritty airport coffee lounge table - or the latest copy of the Economist. It uses a laser to display all the "keys" onto the surface, then clever technology to pick up when you type a letter. And via bluetooth, your words of wisdom are transferred wireless to your phone. A little pricey at almost $170 dollars, but for something this compact and light, with a rechargeable battery giving you 150 minutes in-the-office-away-from-work, it could well be worth a look.
I've tried it myself and I must admit a few things;
- Novelty factor is fantastic - you will be writing a short novel just to be able to use this thing!
- People will be jealous - using a colleague's in the airport, I got shot quite a few wishful looks from those men in suits pounding away at blackberry keys
- There is a learning curve - don't expect to be able to type quite as fast as you do on a physical keyboard - at least not straight away. It does require a little getting used to when you don't have that "feel" of a key.
Overall, it's a huge step in the right direction. Maybe someday, something like this will come built into your smartphone? I certainly hope so!
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