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Only available for pre-order and only shipping to the US it seems. They got me interested enough to order one, but.. By the time it arrives in shops that deliv

Only available for pre-order and only shipping to the US it seems. They got me interested enough to order one, but.. By the time it arrives in shops that deliver to DE every single supplier will certainly make sure to offer a localized qwertz layout only. Shopping keyboards is hard here.

jacquesm 12y ago
I had the opposite, ordered a LT bluetooth keyboard in NL and it was a German version.
davb 12y ago
If you go to the bottom of the page and select "Change location", you might find that it's available in your country. I can pre-order for the UK (however unfortunately it's £49.99, a fair bit pricier than $49.99). I've also just found that Currys (our last major high street electrical/electronics retailer that isn't part of a department store and is ubiquitous in most cities) has it available for next day delivery - http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing-accessories/accessories-and-bags/mice-keyboards/keyboards/logitech-k480-wireless-keyboard-white-10025026-pdt.html http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing-accessories/accessori... - only the white version, sadly, and it's also £49.99. Edit: Also, when pre-ordering on the Logitech UK website, it asks me to select my layout and color.UK layout is available (thankfully - a lot of Logitech portable Bluetooth keyboards available on Amazon are US layout only).
- darklajid 12y ago
  Whoa, I totally missed that link. Thanks! Now .. I can order it in various languages, the only English one being the UK layout. ;-) I'm reasonably sure I want the US layout, trying to compare them now to spot the differences. Edit: Yeah. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_and_American_keyboards http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_and_American_keyboards - I am used to/want the US one. So still no luck unfortunately.
  - davb 12y ago
    For most users the changes aren't too troublesome (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_and_American_keyboards http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_and_American_keyboards) but I'm so used to coding on on the UK one I find it difficult to switch. The \, #, " and £ are the ones that cause my most difficulty. And to me, the little US enter key just strange (it's double-height on UK keyboards).
    - darklajid 12y ago
      Yeah, I'm both a Linux user/enthusiast (I need `~\|# in the Right™ places) and a developer (Switched from DE to US mostly for []{};: etc - the UK difference would be smaller here: A moved \ and @" would be most annoying). The tiny enter key is actually a requirement for me (to have \| in the right place). Hrm. So maybe I'll shoot one of these keyboards with the US layout on eBay in the future or something. Full circle: Shopping keyboards is hard..
anirudhan 12y ago
Not available in India
simias 12y ago
Learn to touchtype, never worry about what's printed on the keys ever again :) Seriously though, if you work with computers it's definitely worth your while to take a few weeks to learn how to touchtype properly in the layout of your choice.
- darklajid 12y ago
  Your assumption is flawed. I can touch type (although I've to admit that I'm not using the 'right' system. It works, both for text and code snippets and is quite fast, but .. well.. not the typical home row thing). That doesn't help me here: The keys are physically in different places on these layouts. Look at a US keyboard and compare it with UK (or DE). Enter key, backslash, left shift key: Even if you remove the labels or just ignore them, keys are 'missing'.
  - simias 12y ago
    Ah, that's a good point, I've had that issue before.

jacquesm 12y ago

I had the opposite, ordered a LT bluetooth keyboard in NL and it was a German version.

davb 12y ago

If you go to the bottom of the page and select "Change location", you might find that it's available in your country. I can pre-order for the UK (however unfortunately it's £49.99, a fair bit pricier than $49.99). I've also just found that Currys (our last major high street electrical/electronics retailer that isn't part of a department store and is ubiquitous in most cities) has it available for next day delivery - http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing-accessories/accessories-and-bags/mice-keyboards/keyboards/logitech-k480-wireless-keyboard-white-10025026-pdt.html http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing-accessories/accessori... - only the white version, sadly, and it's also £49.99. Edit: Also, when pre-ordering on the Logitech UK website, it asks me to select my layout and color.UK layout is available (thankfully - a lot of Logitech portable Bluetooth keyboards available on Amazon are US layout only).

darklajid 12y ago
Whoa, I totally missed that link. Thanks! Now .. I can order it in various languages, the only English one being the UK layout. ;-) I'm reasonably sure I want the US layout, trying to compare them now to spot the differences. Edit: Yeah. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_and_American_keyboards http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_and_American_keyboards - I am used to/want the US one. So still no luck unfortunately.
- davb 12y ago
  For most users the changes aren't too troublesome (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_and_American_keyboards http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_and_American_keyboards) but I'm so used to coding on on the UK one I find it difficult to switch. The \, #, " and £ are the ones that cause my most difficulty. And to me, the little US enter key just strange (it's double-height on UK keyboards).
  - darklajid 12y ago
    Yeah, I'm both a Linux user/enthusiast (I need `~\|# in the Right™ places) and a developer (Switched from DE to US mostly for []{};: etc - the UK difference would be smaller here: A moved \ and @" would be most annoying). The tiny enter key is actually a requirement for me (to have \| in the right place). Hrm. So maybe I'll shoot one of these keyboards with the US layout on eBay in the future or something. Full circle: Shopping keyboards is hard..

anirudhan 12y ago

Not available in India

simias 12y ago

Learn to touchtype, never worry about what's printed on the keys ever again :) Seriously though, if you work with computers it's definitely worth your while to take a few weeks to learn how to touchtype properly in the layout of your choice.

darklajid 12y ago
Your assumption is flawed. I can touch type (although I've to admit that I'm not using the 'right' system. It works, both for text and code snippets and is quite fast, but .. well.. not the typical home row thing). That doesn't help me here: The keys are physically in different places on these layouts. Look at a US keyboard and compare it with UK (or DE). Enter key, backslash, left shift key: Even if you remove the labels or just ignore them, keys are 'missing'.
- simias 12y ago
  Ah, that's a good point, I've had that issue before.