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Toughball 2.4GHZ Wireless Keyboard with Optical Trackball | 
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| Brand: Accuratus
Category: CE
List Price: £59.99
Buy New: £52.99
You Save: £7.00 (12%)
New (4) from £52.99
Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 9771
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: Yes
Battery Type: Alkaline
Battery: 4 x AA
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 15.2 x 7.2 x 1.9
MPN: KYB-TOUGHBALL
Model: KYB-TOUGHBALL
EAN: 5060055462562
ASIN: B000IZU51G
Release Date: May 1, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | USB | | • | Compatible with Windows Me / NT / 2000 and XP. Works with Linux Operating system (The top Hot-Keys will not work) Works with Mac Operating system (The top Hot-Keys will not work) | | • | Runs on 4 x AA Batteries (Up to 3 months use) - Included | | • | Mini 2.4GHz USB dongle to enable the wireless connectivity | | • | Integrated 800dpi Optical Trackball |
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Product Description
Going cordless means no trailing wires and a tidy desk. The toughball has an inbuilt Optical Trackball (mouse). as as you move, the mouse and keyboard moves with you. Ideal for those who like to sit back and have everything at their fingertips. Finished in a tactile rubberised finish, the Toughball not only feels good, it has a range of upto 10 meters.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 not a reliable keyboard September 14, 2008
Mark Ormesher (London, UK)
Toughball 2.4GHZ Wireless Keyboard with Optical Trackball
Straight out the box, the driver install ok, no problems.
The problems arise when you try move the mouse to quick, the pointer gives up, I have to tease the pointer across the screen. Then typing omits the odd letter, a lot of my addresses look like "ww.mcrosft.cm" It's not a sticky key issue as it happens to most keys.
My suspicion is that it's process priority linked as the more work my machine is doing, the worse the problem is. I haven't looked for solutions yet, that's my next step.
Physically, it's a nice solid unit that feels good in the hand, I just wish that it would work!
I'll update this if\when I find a solution.
 Strongly Recommended August 21, 2008
S. Marshall-Unitt (London, UK)
Overall, a very well put together media keyboard that I'd strongly recommend - there seems to be very little competition to this available in the UK.
Unforunately, the keyboard was delivered faulty by Amazon - one of the microswitches underneath one of the mouse buttons had shattered, preventing it from working.
However, the manufacturer is a small scale operation, and the support line included in the documentation put me straight through to an engineer who was very familiar with the keyboard design. As such, he was able to confirm the problem very quickly and send me a replacement component within 48 hours (for a nominal postage fee) which I could fit myself with a screwdriver and wire clippers. No call centres, and no beauracracy. That sort of pragmatic service simply wouldn't be available from a larger manufacturer.
very pleased March 2, 2008
M. Turner (UK)
I bought this keyboard after reading other customer reviews for my media center pc, the microsoft ir keyboard is next to useless as the infra red receiver is blinded by both plasma and lcd displays, it works great if you turn your display off! This Accuratus keyboard is as others have said, absolute quality. probably the best keybaord I have ever had. The track ball does seem a bit quick and does not slow down if you adjust the mouse speed in control panel, but I you rest your thumb on the ring around the ball and use the tip of your thumb you soon get the hang of it. It is a clicky keyoard, I know some people dont like that, but I do, I feel the click , I know the key has pressed. there are no media centre controls, but there are play stop and volume controls, so you will still need your microsoft remote for media center. I would have prefferd to use microsofts ir due to poor security on wireless keyboards, if you are not aware of the risks you should be before buying!
Goes the distance February 19, 2008
David R (UK)
I am already impressed with the keyboard even though it only arrived today. It feels sturdy and robust, the trackball seems to track very accurately and their are two options to replace the 'left mouse button' one on either side of the keyboaard. My one fear before purchase was that the 15M distance for the wireless connection was exagerated but I am happy to say that it works over a least that distance even through a brick wall. I miss not having an LED for the Keylock status but It is not a major problem and would no doubt have shortened the battery life, having read the previous reports I thought I may have to change the BIOS settings to ensure Numlock was off on startup however this was not necessary.
All in all one of my better purchases which did exactly what it said on the box!
Dave
Works with Mac Mini December 4, 2007
JohnK (UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this keyboard elsewhere but thought that Mac users would benefit from the knowledge that this keyboard works fine with the Mac Mini. The keyboard is recognised by OS X (I have 10.5.1) and the only issue is the usual swap of " and @. There are online fixes for that. In addition to this, and contrary to what the documentation states, the silver buttons on the right hand side (multimedia ones) actually DO work with the Mac and control volume, stop and start of tracks in iTunes etc.
I use the Mac as a Media centre on the bedroom telly and this keyboard is perfect as an all-in-one control unit.
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