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WOWKeys integrates keyboard and iPhone dock

A keyboard called WOWKeys is trying to make good use of your little touchscreen-based iPhone when it's just sitting there charging itself up. The keyboard includes an actual iPhone dock, and with a switch on the device, you can go from controlling your computer wirelessly to using the keyboard on the phone. The US$100 USB keyboard even has a set of hotkeys that allows you to control things like song changing, volume, and even go to your iPhone's home screen straight from the keyboard itself.

And depending on the apps you have loaded, you can of course use the iPhone to control any number of other devices, as it obviously works as usual while plugged in. My iPhone does sit next to me all day (and I will sometimes pull it up while a program is loading on my Mac to play a quick game or check Twitter), but a dock like this might help me include it in my workflow a little more officially. $100 is perhaps a bit steep, but it's an interesting device.

[via Engadget]

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Ryan

this would be cool to use with Mobile Mouse Pro (formally AirMouse)

November 10 2010 at 10:25 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
lex-tuaw

if your app takes that long to load, you might want to think about getting a new computer before a keyboard...

November 10 2010 at 1:04 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
k from chicago

useless unless i can use the keyboard to respond to texts instead of undocking every time i need to respond to one.

November 09 2010 at 10:19 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Michael Quinn

So nothing to actually do with World Of Warcraft then...

Bugger.

November 09 2010 at 7:46 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
iomnio

This can be a bridge between the PC and iPod/iPhone.
The functionalities like multi-touch of iPhone can be used in the PC.
Any kind of Apps can be used in the PC. Of course, keyboard typing on the iPhone will be useful.

Awesome as I believe.

November 09 2010 at 7:43 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
silvio

WOW thats a lot of money

November 09 2010 at 7:30 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Bergamot

Windows key = fail.

November 09 2010 at 6:52 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Donn

Beat me to it. Total shame about that Windows key.

November 09 2010 at 7:02 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
SIP

And are the CMD & ALT keys the wrong way around?

November 10 2010 at 6:08 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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