Comments on: Gadget gifts under (US)$500

By: Mac

Mac — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:05:18 +0000

Folks: I stumbled upon this keyboard on macmall\’s website, price is listed at $29.50. Currently, they list it as out of stock.

By: Nicholas Tolson

Nicholas Tolson — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:14:05 +0000

That bamboo keyboard is freakin’ awesome! And gorgeous. But I think the $500 price limit on that list is a bit out of reach for most, especially given the state of the economy.

I’d say most people are looking for gifts that are 1/10th that much for most people on their list this year. Here’s one list of tech gifts under $50 from Degeeked.com: http://www.degeeked.com/answers/detail/top-10-tech-gifts-under-50-for-2008

Speaking of eco-friendly stuff, DeGeeked also has a cool list of tech gifts for environmentalists that includes a personal wind turbine! Who knew you could get one of those! http://www.degeeked.com/answers/detail/top-10-tech-gifts-for-environmentalists-2008

BTW, do you guys know of any other lists in the cheaper (sub $100 range?). I’m looking to create a list of lists of that sort. Thanks.

By: Timothy

Timothy — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:24:09 +0000

Oh, BTW
The logo on the keyboard and mouse is Micro Innovations

I checked their site but found nothing

By: Timothy

Timothy — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:05:24 +0000

Hey Maggie
Yea, I’m not sure who the manufacturer is supposed to be. A quick Google search for MSI Computers gives me http://www.msicomputer.com but it they dont appear to sell peripherals.

Nikki
The link Maggie provided:
Translated Page

or if you can read Japanese:
http://www.links.co.jp/html/press2/news_takekyel.html

By: Nikki

Nikki — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:22:31 +0000

Thank you for your response. The link above does not work for me. I will keep looking. I was excited to see this product as it would be perfect for my 80 year old father in law who is a tree farmer and loves to grow bamboo. And as luck would have it, he is in the market for a new keyboard and mouse for his laptop…

By: Maggie James

Maggie James — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:20:43 +0000

I’ve checked… As far as I can tell, the keyboard and mouse have been discontinued by MSI… Not sure why… But there’s a link to the manufacturer’s own Web site in Japan:

http://www.google.com/translate?u=http://www.links.co/html/press/news_takekyel.html&langpair=ja|en&hl=en&ie=UTF8

Alas â€” puzzlingly â€” there appear to be no current North American vendors or distributors for these products…

By: Nikki

Nikki — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:19:26 +0000

I am trying to find the eco-friendly keyboard & mouse cased in bamboo. I have tried to search MSI Computer website without success. Does anyone know where I can find these online. I have found a few websites that have different bamboo keyboards/mouse but they are overseas and out of stock.