The Enabling Keyboard
By Neil Schuldiner

Most individuals never contemplate that most-often used piece of computer hardware—their keyboards. Keyboards only enter user's consciousness when late night cups of chicken soup or cans of soda spill onto their generic input devices, thus rendering their keyboards useless. In the classroom, these odd moments include those nasty grins and sighs which classmates pitch towards their fellow students who are typing notes using so-called “quiet-click” keyboards found on most laptops.

To alleviate such odd situations and mishaps, Crywolf has recently introduced the Amazing Enabling Keyboard, their specifically education-branded product. Featuring 106 full size PC/Mac keys and a USB or PS/2 connector, the Enabling Keyboard's claim to fame is its “amazing” flexible architecture which enables users to literally bend, twist, curve, and fold their keyboard.

Based on our experience with our review model, students can quickly and easily “roll” their keyboards into the shape of a cylinder measuring 3.75 inches wide for easy transport, and silently type their notes in class with its mute, no-click keys. While initially the no-click keys were uncomfortable, as time elapsed they felt
as natural and more ergonomic that a regular keyboard.

For the typical student who crams all night and is prone to flooding their keyboards with liquids, the Enabling Keyboard features a waterproof silicone casing. After showering our keyboard with 12 ounces of soda, a can of Budweiser, and even a tepid cup of tea, the Enabling Keyboard still functioned perfectly, albeit wet.

Keep in mind that the Windows version of the Enabling Keyboard is exclusively sold factory-direct. So if you're the conventional student who mistreats his/her computer equipment, it pays to contact Crywolf at their toll-free number (866) 466-5622 to attain their “amazing” product.#

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