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 enlarge | Brand: IBM
Category: CE
List Price: $158.06
Buy New: $84.62
You Save: $73.44 (46%)
New (20) Used (2) from $63.72
Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 10925
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 14.6 x 1.5
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: 31P9490
Model: 31P9490
UPC: 087944860983
EAN: 0087944860983
ASIN: B0002PUIAA
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Showing reviews 6-10 of 15
 Great Mobile Keyboard October 9, 2007
Todd Sanford (New Orleans)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought the IBM UltraNav Travel KB to replace the USB unit made by Adesso that came from Motion Computing for my tablet. The original KB had persistent problems with the touch pad, and finally the pad died. From the web I learned that many of the Adesso KBs suffered the same issue. The IBM KB, on the other hand, is a little more expensive but worth every cent. Stronger, lighter, thinner and better! Plus it has two USB ports and a pointing stick as well as a touch pad.
 not thinkpad quality, disappointing September 14, 2007
Zhibin Yang (Ann Arbor, MI United States)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought it to extend my thinkpad keyboard experience, which was wonderful, to my new Toshiba TabletPC. It has about the same looking and layout as my old thinkpad laptop, which is what I expected.
However, the build quality is poor, compared to the one mounted on the thinkpad laptop and to the mac at my place. The functions keys on the top are shaky. I got a chance to detach some keypads from both the laptop and this keyboard. The plastic components suspending/mouning the keypads on this keyboard are poorly made, tend to be very soft.
These top-row keys are dull as well, not picking up every stroke. Especially bad is the "delete" key, which works only if I hit it with extra attention. I found this to be very distracting.
Also, motion components beneath the keypads seem not well lubricated, squeaking in quiet nights.
For a price around $90 and such a quality, I will hesitate to recommend it to anyone, except that you cannot live without a thinkpad keyboard.
Nice little keyboard. August 27, 2007
Carl Hess (Keeseville, NY USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am a fan of keyboards with a short keystroke, and this one fits the bill. I am using it on my desktop, and it's nice to have the same keyboard as my thinkpad. The touchpad and trackpoint work well although I also use a mouse. The only complaint I have is that the USB cable is too short to reach my tower under the desk, so I had to put an extension on it. The keyboard comes with a nice soft case. I just wish I could find something to use it for, because this keyboard never leaves my desk.
 Not IBM Quality August 5, 2007
J. Lund
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Like a couple of the other reviews, the features on this keyboard are great. I love not having to take my hands off the keyboard to move the cursor.
I was expecting the keyboard to be the same (quality and feel) as my older IBM A31p and A21p, but this is certainly not the case. It might be the quality of newer Lenovo laptops (I don't know since I don't own one).
As another reviewer points out, the keys are not uniform in feel. Some of the keys require so much throw that I find my self having to hit the key multiple times (Specifically Insert/Delete/HOME/END/PgUP/PgDN). I don't have issues with the Dell Precision M70, Kensington Slim Type Keyboard or Logitech DiNovo.
Out of the box without drivers, the keyboard and input devices work in both Vista and XP.
For some strange reason, on the machine with Windows Vista, the keyboard always enables the num-lock key at the login screen. The same machine has XP SP2 and this does not occur... Could be my hardware.
Too bad the logitech dinovo doesn't have a trackpoint.
Lots of Features But Not Great Quality. July 25, 2007
Jonathan A. Watmough (Houston, Texas)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Summary
I ordered one of these hoping that it might meet the same quality standards set by the last ThinkPad Laptop I owned, and whilst I was impressed by the features and ease of setup, I was not impressed by the quality of the item.
Features & Quality
The keyboard is a very compact size and fits a normal USB plug. Out of the box, with no additional drivers, the keyboard, trackpoint, and trackpad were all supported by my Ubuntu Feisty box.
However, the key feel quality was poor, and patchy across the keyboard, with an inconsistent feel between keys, and a generally flimsy feel. For the money, I would expect a more solid feel, much more like a real laptop.
In comparison, the keyboard on my Dell M65 is rock solid and *extremely* high quality in feel. In turn this is beaten out by the Mac Book Pro keyboard.
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