Giz Wiz - Weird gadget list: Meet the TREWGrip Keyboard, the mobile Qwerty Keyboard.

Every couple of years someone decides they’ve come up with a new break-through design keyboard. Unfortunately, they are often wrong, because people don’t want to learn a whole new system of typing. The latest attempt is called the TREWGrip, and it doesn’t look or work like any keyboard you’ve used. While holding it, you almost feel like you could play “Lady of Spain” because it’s kind of like trying to play an accordion. Unlike an accordion, the center of the keyboard has a grip pad to hold your smart phone or small tablet. You hold the device in your palms with your fingers wrapped around the back where the keyboard is. That’s correct, you do not see your fingers or the keyboard. I am a pretty good touch typist, but this felt so strange I didn’t type any of the letters I thought I was on. Mark at the show said there’s a learning curve, but within an hour you should be able to start typing okay. On the front of the TREWGrip you see a copy of the keys in the back, and the ones you finger, light up. It’s Bluetooth enabled and Mark showed me how the built in gyroscope and accelerometer let you use it as a wireless cursor on a desktop computer. (Assuming it has Bluetooth.) The introduction price is $149, which I think it up there for a mobile keyboard. I doubt if they’ll sell many of the suggested retail of $250. Maybe I’ll be totally wrong and this will be a mega-hit. Maybe. 

Giz Wiz Video: http://youtu.be/AVZYAi3X2C8 

www.trewgrip.com 

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