HP Wireless Mini Keyboard XB387AA

HP Wireless Mini Keyboard (XB387AA)

So you have your new home theater PC (HTPC) set up in your living room, but you have no keyboard to navigate it with? The HP Wireless Mini Keyboard ($59.99 list) is small - as small as a netbook keyboard - the keys are half-sized, but manageable if your needs are just navigating the Web, watching videos, and consuming media. Its wireless USB dongle has a special feature called "Link-5" that allows you to pair up to five other HP devices to one USB receiver. Its features are thoughtful and design is simple but in an "Apple" kind of way - a welcome sight compared with the other home entertainment keyboards out there. The HP Wireless Mini Keyboard is plastic, but it has a black soft-touch matte frame that leaves its chassis free of fingerprints and smudge marks. Its compact structure measures 0.8 by 10.5 by 4.8 inches (HWD), not big enough for a full-size keyboard - hence its name. The chiclet keys are sized down to fit the frame and the right Shift key is halved to squeeze in the arrow keys. In the top right and left corner of the keyboard are two buttons that are part of the integrated mouse. The right button is a small glossy nub in texture and acts as a touch navigation function: it looks like a Lenovo laptop pointing stick, but you navigate like it's a touchpad.