abKey Revolution
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Benefits of abKey
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Learn typing in ONE Hour |
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Reduce typing fatigue – half the effort on the same typing job done |
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Comfortable and Ergonomic - prevent Carpal Tunnel Syndrome |
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Type faster and more accurately |
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Convenient USB ports |
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Easy to use - Plug and play |
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Features |
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4 choice colors: White, Silver, Black, Red |
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USB input – works with both PC and Mac machines |
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Flexible V-shape and multiple tilt angles : it adapts to you, not the other way around |
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World’s Coolest Keyboard |
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Sample Endorsements |
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Barbara Blackburn , of Salem, Oregon, USA, officially recognised as the world’s fastest typist (Guinness Book of World Records 1975-1985), and with extensive experience with both Qwerty and alternative keyboards, endorsed abKey, as follows: “abKey is simple, and makes sense. It is the way that keyboards should have been invented from the beginning. It is (superior to the Dvorak and) 99% better than Qwerty – in fact, if given a choice, I would not even consider the Qwerty.” |
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According to Dr Nelson Lim, Chiropractic Physician, founder of Singapore’s Discover Chiropractic Clinic, who graduated with top honors from the world renown Palmer Chiropractic College in Davenport Iowa (U.S.A): The abKey's revolutionary ergonomic design reduces repetitive stress injuries due to the reduced load in the muscles involved in carpal tunnel syndrome. Its fashionable v-shape design along with ergonomically placed keys allows natural movement of the hands, wrist & arms to help lessen symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome and arthritis. This product is a breakthrough health solution for many desk-bound executives! |
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Ms Sandy Chua , beauty queen (Ms Singapore/Universe) and university engineering undergrad, took 25 minutes to learn to type with abKey, which she wasn’t able to do with Qwerty after 15 years! : “The woman in me loves its beauty; the engineer in me digs its brains.” |
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Jacky Tai , renown branding guru, and author ofTransforming Your Business into a Brand: “If you are …looking to invest in the next big thing, look to the small guys with big ideas. I am talking about companies like abKey , a new set-up that invented a new category of keyboards to challenge the 128-year-old QWERTY..From companies like this will come Singapore’s next big brand.” |
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Sample Press/TV Coverage |
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According to Jack Schofield of the Guardian (UK): “A new, easy-to-learn keyboard design could - in theory – save billions of dollars” – Schofield outlined potential savings in shorter learning time, efficient typing and health. Schofield himself learned the abKey layout in 5 mins., which is better than what he could do with Qwerty after 35 years! abKey, he said, is the first keyboard he’s seen that has a chance of replacing Qwerty.
Jan 20, 05 |
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4.2 Steve Simon, veteran TV reporter, in KYHWB-TV, Houston, said:
For those of you who get tired hands and wrists every time you use a computer, help could be on the way. A company has redesigned the keyboard and it could be the way we all type in the future!
January 12, 2005 |
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Spanish website – Jan. 14, 2005
TRANSLATION -- “This keyboard from abKey revolutionizes the way to type by changing the position of the keys to those places closer to where we rest the fingers. It is a revolutionary idea with an innovative design.”
http://www.noticiasdot.com/publicaciones/2005/especiales/0105/ces2005/htm/ces2005-35.htm |
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Maarten van de Rakt, Consumentenredactie, GPD, the Netherlands.
“It is about time that someone invented a keyboard for this new millenium.” |
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Eurotrade April 2005
“The keyboard revolution is here at last!” |
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Research findings |
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Studies show that:
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Students with several years of using QWERTY could perform just as well on their first trial on abKey typing a given passage, – in terms of speed as well as accuracy. |
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On blindfolded-typing tests abKey typists do better than Qwerty typists showing abKey’s clear advantage for touch-typing. |
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Students overwhelmingly select the abKey when given a choice between it and QWERTY (between 66.6% to 100% prefer abKey) – citing, in their own words, that abKey is easier to use. |
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Students from 7 to 17 years old can learn the abKey within One Hour! |
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Product Pipeline |
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Premium Desktop Keyboard |
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Low-cost Popular Keyboard |
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Toy (Disney) Notebook |
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Notebook PC |
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PDA/Mobile phone |
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