Anyone want to take a stab at what kind of drugs Toshiba was doing at the R&D lab when they thought up this product? Anyone? This “gaming keyboard” from Toshiba is the company’s first and hopefully its last. Sporting 55-keys and a circular design, the keyboard is supposedly called “Wolverine” even though it doesn’t look a thing like the X-Man.
Designed with RTS and FPS games in mind, I could see how it could be a tad useful, but what if I want to type a message to my friend in-game? Yeah. Thought so.
Toshiba unveils gaming keyboard [Ubergizmo]
There’s lots of products like this on the market, and some of them are pretty good… not sure about this one, though. Anyway, if you want to get a message to a friend in-game, you have two options:
1. Move your hands to your actual keyboard – if they’re both USB, they’re not mutually exclusive. And believe it or not, it’s not that much effort.
2. Use your microphone. Duh. If you’re enough of a gamer to get anything like this, you already have one.
Gamers have friends?
“…but what if I want to type a message to my friend in-game? Yeah. Thought so…>
God Vince, and you write for a Tech site??? Have you ever tried plugging in more that one keyboard, it works fine.
With that said, the thing looks like a terrible steaming pile. Can’t stand Toshiba.