Ideazon Zboard Gaming Keyboard

Manufacturer: Ideazon
Supplied by: Ideazon
Street Price: $50

by Dean Barker (9/27/2005)

 

Introduction

With all the attention given to high end mouse pads.. excuse me, gaming surfaces, and laser mice capable of 1600dpi it only was a matter of time until a true gaming keyboard hit the market.  High performance mice and mouse pads all market themselves as having smooth gliding action to improve your game play.  When you think about it, this logic holds even more true for keyboards.  Any way to improve or simplify key bindings would be just as valuable if not more so to Joe Gamer than a gaming mouse.  Take Battlefield 2 for instance; sure it has far less keys for game play than a flight sim but once you graduate to VOIP and actually using the communication rose while fragging, its easy to end up with finger macramé pretty quickly. 

Most of us have heard of the Ideazon Zboard and have a basic idea of what it is.  Over the past several weeks, I have received several e-mails asking my thoughts on it.  In considering these e-mails it occurred to me that this type of product is all about first hand experience and I didn't know anything first hand.  In an effort to correct this we contacted Ideazon, who were very quick to sponsor this review and we wish to extend our thanks to them for doing so.

What you get

The basic Ideazon Zboard package has a bit of flash to it that should get your attention off your shoes to the shelf where its at in the local retailer.  Opening up the package we find the Zboard base, wrist guard, a standard keyset inlay, a gaming keyset inlay in addition to a manual with driver CD. 

  

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