아이오매니아의 키보드 이야기 - Keyboard Story by IOMANIA

Korea Keyboard Comapany - IDFactory released new tenkeyless keyboard in Friday, last week.

This keyboard have been developed with TAIWAN company cowork. In Korea, this product sells as Groove 87 FR4, except Korea, this keyboard sells as Cooler Master's gaming brand.

Two products are same to design and internal sturucture but there is some diffrence in keycap printing, internal metal frame's color or bundle keycap.

Groover 87 FR4 model use a dual layer and FR4 material PCB. As this componets, this keyboard will show rather durability and some increase of typing feeling than existed single layer PCB keyboard.

ALso This product is composed of Keyboard, Manual, detachable mini USB cable, PS/2 Gender even Keyboard brush for cleaning, total 9 bundle keycap (for cursour, WASD, and ESC). it's quite good package contents to most mechanical user.
 
Keycap of Groove 87  is ABS like a most existed keyboard. Overall heigh of keycap or structure is same to Majestouch keycap.  So, this keyboard use a various accessory keycap that is developed for Majestouch.

Like a Model name, this mode have typincal 87 Layout. And this model for Korea market. Korean and Alphabet is printed on top of each keycap.

Anyway, this year will be mechanical tenkeyless keyboard's year. It just start as Groove 87 in Korea, various tenkeyless model will be released too.

Realfore 10th year anniversary keyboard released in Korea. It's first release as 10th anniversary year Realforce model over the world. (it's not clear to be released or not to be release this model in other countires)

It use a diffrent color keycap like a Sky blue as functional keys and some medium bright gray as character keys. As my thinking, it's quite cool, definetly rather than Realforce black model. :) Also it use keyboard coating like a HHK Professional II. So it give a some coloring and feeling rather than existed Realforce keyboard. Red color LED is installed in this model, it is not bad feeling with considering color variation.

All things and price are same to existed Realforce models.

Total six models are released as a KR printed 87 regular, diffrent 55g, slient and US printed 87 regular, diffrent 55g, silent models.


Diatec - Japan keyboard company release Majestouch 2 NINJA version.

It is a idea product between non printin keyboard (or OTAKU version) and normal printing keyboard.
There is no printing in top side of keycap but you can see text in front side of keycap. It's a simple as a non printing in top side and it is better than whole non printing keycap as a front side printing. It is a sort of fresh idea keyboard. ^^;

Majestouch 2 NINJA version use a same FR4 board as Majestouch 2 series. Total 6 models (Standrad click, Non Click, Linear and Tenkelyess Click, Non Click, Linear) will release in soon or later. Retail price of Majestouch 2 NINJA is same to normal Majestouch keyboard.
Normal embosing windows key is installed to Majestouch 2 NINAJA, but for match balancing to other keycap, this keyboard incldue two windows keycaps (non embossing and front printing only) and Filco Wire keycap remover.

Majestouch 2 NINJA use a ABS material keycap with non coating and front side's letter is processed as laser.

Release date of Majetouch in Japan or other countries is not fixed. But anyway in Korea, Majestouch 2 will start sales in mid or late May, 2011.

What do you think white (or Light gray) keyboard?
As I know, Black is aboulute color in Computer Peripherals industry, specially in Far East Asia.

May be vendor seems do not release white keyboard. it means customer don't buy white keyboard. I think proportion is may be 9 (black) : 1 (white or gray). Anyway, although, tendency of black favrite, FC200R white was released in Monday, in this week. It's same specification and design to FC200R black version, just changed color as white (or light gray).

First of all, feed back is not bad. But it's very difficult to expect how white keyboard sells in Korea market. As already I said, most people like a black rather than white (or light gray).

FC200R white sells as 9 types (so many ^^;).

Basically there are three type switches - Click, Non Click, Linear. And as follow to keycap printing - Korean or English or Non priting, it be a total 9 types. (3 switches x 3 printing types = all 9 type model). Retail price is 125,000KRW and user can recevie some gif for a event sales period.

I add some pictures to FC200R white (or Light gray). Enjoy it.

Mechcanical keyboard be introduced to common people more and more.
Majestouch is something special existence of many mehcanical keyboard. Firstly, Majestouch opened new design concept to mechanical keyboard with space saving and thin outline frame. So it have been effect to other third party mechanical keyboards quite so much.

Yesterday, we recevied Majetouch 2. It's nearly smillar model to Prior Majestouch N key rollover. Most big change is new PCB applied to Majetouch 2. As a FR4 material and improved durability may help to upgrade quality of Majestouch. And although it's not a big, I can feel more clean keytouching than prior model.

I post two product descirpiton. One is Majetouch 2 standard type and the other is Majetouch 2 tenkeyless. Although, all thing are written in Korea, it's not difficult to check Majestouch 2.