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Ajazz at Computex 2024: Keyboards with Large Touchscreens, OLED Control Decks, Magnesium Alloy Mouse

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Ajazz had a brisk show in its Computex 2024 booth, with the main attractions being keyboards with large touchscreens. The first one is a low-profile mechanical keyboard with a 5-inch (well, 4.9-inch) true-color capacitive touchscreen. The keyboard has physical dimensions comparable to the 85% format, but has a 75% layout, with that touchscreen located where you'd expect the Numpad to be. But that's not the strangest contraption, it's actually the Smart Screen Mechanical keyboard. This is also a 75% keyboard, but with a 10.1-inch rectangular screen with a crazy aspect ratio. You plug the keyboard to your PC, and this display as an HDMI device, and basically give yourself a second screen that prove useful for mapping macros in games, or even during creative work. It's just that the keyboard looks like a computer from the 1980s.

Perhaps the most interesting aspect about these keyboards with touchscreens, is that they're not all that expensive. The keyboard with the 10.1-inch screen, for example, is priced under $50. It's quite possible to pull off these prices if you're digging into the spare parts bins of smartphones. Don't need the big touchscreens? Ajazz has one with a tiny LED segment display.



Next up, Ajazz showed us their Magnesium Alloy gaming mouse, which as their name suggests, uses a magnesium alloy frame body, which is lightweight, and with good tensile strength. If you don't need the frame to stay open and gather dirt, a plastic outer shroud is included. Lastly, there were two control decks from Ajazz targeting game streamers and creators. The first one has 15 buttons in a 5x3 layout, with a vertical infobar; while the second one has 12 buttons in a 4x3 layout, flanked by two vertical infobars, six programmable rotary knobs, and six opaque programmable buttons below.



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I have same ;)
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Wheel reinvented !
 
Yea I've got one or 2 of those laying around somewhere too :)

Copyright infringement lawsuit incoming ?

I know Radio Smack/Tandy Corp went the way of the dodo in the past few years, but maybe they still have a few grubby lawyers sitting on their duffs that could persue this ??

And, for those to young or old to remember, here's a quick history lesson:


Aint karma a finnicky biotch, until it turns around & bites ya in the arse, that is !
 
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Next up, Ajazz showed us their Magnesium Alloy gaming mouse, which as their name suggests, uses a magnesium alloy frame body, which is lightweight, and with good tensile strength. If you don't need the frame to stay open and gather dirt, a plastic outer shroud is included.
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I read "Magnesium Mouse" and thought: "Finally! Someone got the right idea."
Then, I saw *that*... Just doubling-up on problems.

I don't get it?
If the mouse is only contacting the surface on 3-7 pads, and the whole idea is to make the whole assembly as light as possible
-why is everyone subtracting material from the top? Wouldn't you want the mouse 'on stilts' (basically)?
 
those fingerprints make me think how much spread of bacteria is going on at this show cause people cant wash their hands properly.
 
This is a 60% keyboard with a 10.1-inch rectangular screen with a crazy aspect ratio.
Isn't it supposed to be 75%? (60% usually lack function key row as well as arrows and Home/End/PgUp/PgDn)
Anyway looks like a nice product especially wrt. pricing, hope it's going to be available soon and offer linear switch variant.
 
those fingerprints make me think how much spread of bacteria is going on at this show cause people cant wash their hands properly.

I know right? Yuck! :fear:
 
Isn't it supposed to be 75%? (60% usually lack function key row as well as arrows and Home/End/PgUp/PgDn)
Anyway looks like a nice product especially wrt. pricing, hope it's going to be available soon and offer linear switch variant.
Yep! 75% is my favorite layout (not sacrificing the arrow keys to a layer like on 60%)

Very excited to see if this comes out at the expected price point (in blues of course!)
 
60%? 75%? I want my battleship!
 
It is a shame they are not ISO (e.g UK).
 
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