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Das Keyboard, a division of Metadot, today unveiled a keyboard with has mechanical, gold-plated key switches for reportedly greater typing speed and user comfort. The new Das Keyboard 2 is priced at $90 and available now for use with multiple operating systems.

The Das Keyboard 2, said its maker, is a 104-key USB PC keyboard equipped with black keys mounted atop gold-plated mechanical key switches which reportedly offer a distinct, tactile click feeling. The keyboard’s keys have no letters on them, forcing users to more quickly adapt and memorize the key’s positions, which in turn reportedly results in faster and more accurate typing.  Read more...

The keys are blank. The keyboard is black. Is it cool looking or a silly idea? While the verdict may be out until individual user reviews say, the Das Keyboard from Austin, Texas-based Metadot is shipping now.

This USB compatible, $79.95 “uber geek” keyboard, according to a press release, is unlike other keyboards in the market in that all of the keys are blank. This supposedly forces users to stop looking down as they type, speeding up key memorization and “resulting in faster and more accurate typing”. In addition, the keyboard features five different levels of activation force, which corresponds to the strength of the finger typically used to strike it. The result, Metadot says, is more comfort for the user’s hands.  Read more...