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I like how they mention keyboard manufacturers using the term up to as a way to deceive customers, and then in the next paragraph mention the same phrase when r
by User8712 13y ago
I like how they mention keyboard manufacturers using the term up to as a way to deceive customers, and then in the next paragraph mention the same phrase when referring to the Microsoft keyboard.
'Another marketing strategy is to state that the keyboard allows "up to" some large number of key presses.'
'Microsoft's SideWinder X4 features multitouch technology that allows it to detect, and report ANY combination of QWERTY keys, up to 17 keys.'
- mistercow 13y agoIf I understand correctly, that's just a slight error of wording. They actually mean "any combination containing less than 18 keys".
- leoc 13y agoIt seems to be largely-non-misleading in this case though, since the Sidewinder can apparently do "[a]ny combination of up to 17 Alphanumeric and Navigation keys" http://www.microsoft.com/appliedsciences/content/projects/SideWinderX4.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/appliedsciences/content/projects/Si... . The only gotcha is that numpad keys share in that same any-17-keys pool.