Gboard - Your Ultimate Gmail Keypad
Those who spent several hours replying their Gmails may find mouse pointing not as efficient as keyboard shortcuts, which often come in handy but difficult to master. Here comes GBoard. The Gmail-friendly keypad has a 19-button layout divided into 4 zones. The green-colored keys handle what most people would regard as the frequently used functions, such as email / thread navigation, select, open / close and inbox. Reply, reply all, forward, search and etc. sit in the blue zone. The yellow zone contains two keys: add star and archive. Lastly, the trash and spam key are colored in red for good reasons. It's also worth noting that there's no send to avoid accidental keystroke; however, you can hit tab-enter on your main keyboard to dispatch the email.
There's no special software to install for Gboard to work on Windows and Mac. But to activate the keypad, you first have to enable keyboard shortcuts in Gmail settings. The Gboard doesn't seem to cover all the shortcuts as Gmail offers 69 of them. For $19.99 each, perhaps Google can give out the Gboard to AdWords advertisers and Adsense publishers as X'mas present. Video demo after the jump.
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Certified Wireless USB in Dell Latitude Z & Precision M6500
Whether it's Wireless USB video kit, hard drive or docking station, you will find out a bulky USB dongle that acts as a bridge between the remote unit and the host. The oversized USB stick - called Host Wire Adapter (HWA) - is actually the Wireless USB host. Having the HWA built into a notebook removes the risk of the dongle breaking, and most importantly, significantly increases the transfer throughput. Unfortunately, only the current state-of-the-art Dell notebooks (i.e. Latitude Z and Precision M6500) offer WUSB optionally (420 UWB mini card) for $50 extra.
Particularly interesting is the Z600, which is touted as a minimalist notebook without any cable clutter (even battery charing is wireless for this model). So Dell offers a WUSB docking station alongside with the said UWB module for $349. What's not so cool about the station is the omission of an Ethernet port, and the interfaces only include a DVI port, analog stereo, and 4 USB jacks. Having said that, this really seems over-priced considering its features. Interested early adopters should check with Dell whether the so-called UWB module is WUSB certified. If so, it's logical other more competitively priced docks should work with the Z600 or other Dell notebooks with built-in WUSB modules.
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