Registered: May 2000
Location: UK
Posts: 87

ClipKee - E-Mail from Etherage

Following the release of two separate mini keyboards, I sent an e-mail to Etherage, the makers of ClipKee, regarding the availability of their offering. Here is their reply.

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At 3:59 PM +0100 9/21/01, Jim Nurcombe wrote:
>Greetings,
>
>I wonder if it is possible for you to give me an idea of when the ClipKee
>for the Visor will be released. Your web-site states Nov/Dec (I assume 2001
>. The reason for the query is that Seiko have released a similar device
>(http://www.seiko-austin.com/cgi-bin...040301&i=21),
>and I would like to know whether it is worth waiting a few months for your
>offering.

Thanks for asking about ClipKee.

To be honest, I would buy the Seiko unit if I were you. I hate to
lose a sale for EA, but in reality, the iPAQ and m500 versions will
be first. We've signed a deal with a larger company to manufacture
and distribute the ClipKees, but this move has cost us probably two
months of time. The first ClipKees won't be available until December
or later, so I really can't expect you to wait that long. For a
reasonably small amount (~$50), you can be enjoying the basic
benefits of the Seiko keyboard right away.



>Also, do you have any more information on the capabilities of the ClipKee
>v2? Once again referring to your website, it is stated that this could have
>CF, 802.11b or both. I am especially interested if you have gone for the CF
>route, especially if it supports VFS (similar to that supplied, for CF
>springboard adapters, by Kopsis Engineering
>(http://www.kopsisengineering.com/))

Our plans for the 802.11/CF versions are only solidifying for the
iPAQ version right now, followed again by the Palm m500. I don't
have any details about the Handspring version.

Thanks for asking. Sorry we can't satisfy you sooner.
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---- Lance Walley, CEO
---- EtherAge, Inc.

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Regards,
Jim Nurcombe
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Last edited by nurcombe on 09-27-2001 at 10:37 AM

Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Them Twin Cities
Posts: 1758

Wow! If I were in the market for one of these, I might wait for this one just because they're so straighforward. It's a nice comparison to ThinkOutside, whose delays and misinformation about their Edge Stowaway were a factor in my switch back to the brick form factor.

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