http://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/ Switched Comments for http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/http://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/Jun 18th 2008 8:48AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/http://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/Of course if you are like many people that still need letters so you can hunt-and-peck then more power to you. Everyone had to start somewhere. They still make keyboards WITH letters so don't fret!]]>Jun 18th 2008 9:02AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/http://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/Jun 18th 2008 11:44AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/http://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/Jun 18th 2008 8:06PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/http://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/Jun 18th 2008 1:44PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/http://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/Jun 18th 2008 11:40PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/http://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/
Sarah, I don't know what "In today's world where products and portions are shrinking, this is a pretty good idea!" has to do with this. This doesn't seem to have anything to do with giving the consumer more.]]>Jun 18th 2008 9:19AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/http://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/Jun 18th 2008 9:28AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/http://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/Jun 18th 2008 9:38AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/http://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/
I agree with the poster that says there's nothing here that clearly offers the customer more. I'd actually have to try it and feel it to see if the leather keyboard was really more comfortable than a standard plastic keyboard, or if it slips (smooth leather) or sticks (suede) or gets all sticky with sweat and humidity. If they cheapened production with vinyl or other synthetics it surely would. The lack of numbers and letters does not seem to be an added luxury feature that I can identify, and there isn't even the number pad on the right, at least not pictured.

No, you could take the numbers and letters off of an antique nineteenth century typewriter with metal keys and bars, and that would not make it
a luxury. I'm not sure whether the leather is a luxury or a liability for typing, or merely an oddity. ]]>Jun 18th 2008 9:41AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/http://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/]]>Jun 18th 2008 10:10AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/http://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/Jun 18th 2008 10:24AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/http://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/Jun 18th 2008 11:22AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/http://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/Jun 18th 2008 12:11PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/http://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/Jun 18th 2008 12:23PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/http://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/Alright is a word, though not the preferred spelling. It has been in use since the 1880's as an adjective and an adverb. If you were as educated as you claim to be you would know that one of the best features of the English language is its malleability. Language is a tool to serve humans, not vice versa. Dictionaries and grammar rules are only a snapshot of a language at an instant in time. Do we use the same English that Shakespeare used? Shakespeare understood that language should serve people. He invented hundreds of words because the existing words did not serve his art. People today are continually inventing new words and stringing them together in ways that challenge the rules of grammar. So what! Language is meant to change.]]>Jun 18th 2008 2:18PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/http://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/Why would they make a keyboard that is missing parts and sell it for more?
That's like the other day I went to the food mart and there was a whole cake for $8.49 and a half cake for $9.08...I just stared at it like, why would I pay MORE for HALF of a cake?? And it didn't even include the cherry on top like the WHOLE cake.
Terrible.]]>Jun 19th 2008 2:15PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/http://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/alright
adv 1: without doubt (used to reinforce an assertion); "it's
expensive all right" [syn: all right, alright]
2: an expression of agreement normally occurring at the
beginning of a sentence [syn: very well, fine, alright,
all right, OK]
3: in a satisfactory or adequate manner; "she'll do okay on her
own"; "held up all right under pressure"; (`alright' is a
nonstandard variant of `all right') [syn: okay, O.K.,
all right, alright]
adj 1: nonstandard usage
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Alright, We all knew it was wrong but didn't want to embarrass her,
so you are right.Alright is a word...... now thats out there,
Anna dear, you have formally been corrected !!!! ]]>Jun 18th 2008 11:03AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/http://www.switched.com/2008/06/16/kazuharu-sakuras-leather-keyboard-only-touch-typists-need-appl/Jun 18th 2008 10:44AM