Wireless keyboard with built-in trackpad or trackball for HTPC?

scwilson · 12 Oct 2011 at 13:40

Can anybody recommend a good wireless keyboard with built in trackpad or trackball for use with a HTPC?

Won't be for gaming, just for surfing and media playback.

I saw a nice Logitech one but it was bluetooth and for the PS3. Seem to be a number of makes I have never heard of either for around the £30 mark.

scwilson · 12 Oct 2011 at 17:57

Ooooh, the lenovo one does look preety good.

scwilson · 17 Oct 2011 at 17:13

OK - can you guys let us know what they are like once you've had a play with them?

scwilson · 18 Oct 2011 at 17:09

Oh bummer about the Keysonic. Thanks for the feedback though.

scwilson · 20 Oct 2011 at 23:35

Yeah - was looking at the xebecs, look neat.

scwilson · 21 Oct 2011 at 23:44

What about any sort of decent bluetooth keyboard? I see the bluetooth USBs are only a couple of pounds and they would have much better range.

scwilson · 1 Nov 2011 at 10:06

Folks - just bought a Rii mini bluetooth wireless keyboard for £25 and so far so good. Very neat size, very responsive, has blue backlighting if you want it on, obviously not designed to write large emails but for general navigation of XBMC etc and web browsing it is excellent. Good range also, I can sit 20 feet away from the screen and it works fine. Have yet to build my HTPC but got this ready for and tested on home PC.

scwilson · 2 Nov 2011 at 23:23

scwilson said:
Folks - just bought a Rii mini bluetooth wireless keyboard for £25 and so far so good. Very neat size, very responsive, has blue backlighting if you want it on, obviously not designed to write large emails but for general navigation of XBMC etc and web browsing it is excellent. Good range also, I can sit 20 feet away from the screen and it works fine. Have yet to build my HTPC but got this ready for and tested on home PC.

This didn't last long. Started behaving odd, battery life lasted only an hour or so on a full charge. Cack basically. Will be returning.

scwilson · 16 Nov 2011 at 23:02

Jay794 said:
SANDSTROM SKBAIO11 Wireless Keyboard with Trackpad ***!

So this is something you own? What is it like to use? Is it full size?

scwilson · 21 Dec 2011 at 14:23

Sounds good. Yes, I finally got a Logitech DiNovo Mini for £49.99 (1/2 price more or less) at a well-known Uk retail store and I must say, its ****** awesome.