Zboard Fang

[Peter Korsten]

Got this as an early birthday present on Friday (actual birthday isn't 
until next month, but my parent are flying back tomorrow, so...):

http://www.ideazon.com/europe/products/fanggamepad.asp

So, obviously, it's a gaming keyboard. It comes with a lot of templates 
for popular games, so you can take each game's default key mappings, 
press the special button at the top left, and choose your game.

The really good thing about this keyboard, though, it's that it's very 
intuitive to use. It takes you mere minutes to start playing a game 
(whether FEAR, Counter Strike or Max Payne) using this thing.

Now, is it useful for music? I don't know. The good thing, obviously, is 
that you can use it blind. And you can make your own key maps (at least, 
I presume so, haven't been able to confirm this). There's also media 
buttons, but I can't tell whether these can be remapped as well, because 
of the aforementioned problem. It's USB, so it should work on any device 
that can work with USB keyboards.

Oh, and we paid €32 for it in Malta. I've mostly seen higher prices, but 
given what you get for it (and it feels solid enough), it looks like 
good value for money.

- Peter