Happy Holidays to Our Customers from Metadot

We've almost reached the end of 2011 and while it feels like the year flew by way too fast, we're excited to ring in 2012. The Metadot team, the people behind Mojo Helpdesk, Das Keyboard, Montastic, and typrX, thanks you for your continuous support. We wish y'all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Enjoy this video of an Angry Birds Christmas Light setup:

(Cross-posted from the Metadot blog.)

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Video of Ultimate Typing Championship Final

Two of the fastest typists in the US came to SXSW for the Ultimate Typing Championship Final. Sean Wrona and Nate Bowen competed head to head to determine who is the fastest typist. Pay attention to the complexity of the text they typed during the second race... Sean Wrona won.



Here is the interview of Daniel Guermeur on Austin KXAN TV channel:



Originally posted on Das Keyboard blog.

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Announcing the Ultimate Typing Championship

How fast can you type? Do you think you’re fast enough to be the Ultimate Typing Champion?






Now you can prove it.

If the title isn’t enough for you, perhaps $2,000, a free trip to South by Southwest in Austin, TX, a free keyboard, or a few other prizes will entice you to compete.

Today we launch the Ultimate Typing Championship. At its core is TyprX, a multi-player typing game that allows players to race in real time over the internet. The idea is to help you show off your mad typing skills and/or to increase your typing speed. TyprX will keep track of all your scores from when you’re signed in and enter you in the Championship.


Check it out at www.UltimateTypingChampionship.com.

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More great awards and press for Das Keyboard

We are glad to announce more press coverage and awards for our keyboard. The one thing most people seem to agree on is the addictive nature of the Das Keyboard tactile feedback. Check that out.

• Businesss Week: Das Keyboard Ultimate
• Wired: hands-on with the Das Keybaord III
• The Tech Loung: must-have hardward award
• Computer times: Editor's Choice Award

Read more buzz here.

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Introducting Das Keyboard Professional and Ultimate

It's official! The third generation of Das Keyboard is now available for pre-order at www.daskeyboard.com. The new Das Keyboard is a complete redesign that focuses on providing the best typing experience. I think we succeeded but our users will have the final word on this.

The new Das keyboard comes in two models:

• Das Keyboard Ultimate: the blank mechanical keyboard
• Das Keyboard Professional: with inscriptions

Here are some feature highlights:

• Mechanical key switches
• USB hub
• Blue LEDs
• Glossy black enclosure
• extra long USB cable

Check it out at www.daskeyboard.com.

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Pre-announcing Das Keyboard III

We are glad to pre-announce the all new Das Keyboard III. It is a entire new design, slick and shiny. The Das Keyboard III sports mechanical key switches, a USB hub, and blue LEDs and n-key rollover. The tactile feel of Das Keyboard III is just incredible. It is not available for sale at this point and we hope it will be in few weeks. We'll be show some pictures shortly so stay tuned.

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Handy gadget for Das Keyboard users

The world typing speed record is 212 wpm (words per minute). A fast hunt-and-peck typist will be at 25 wpm, a slow touch-typist at 50 wpm. Most Das Keyboard users are above 50 wpm. How fast can you type? Check your speed and monitor your touch-typing daily work out with this USB speedometer.

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How-to: DIY Das Keyboard for free

If you haven't got a Das Keyboard II with mechanical key switches for Christmans, don't be discouraged: you can have one for free (excluding sweat) if you dedicate a weekend building it:
Here is how from SaneAsylum.com:

• How-to: DIY Das Keyboard from SaneAsylum.com
  

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ABC News: Das Keyboard, The Reason Why

According to Richard Hart, ABC journalist:

"Das Keyboard has a great feel, because it uses classic mechanical switches. No labels on the keys. Why? To force you to learn to touch type, das why."

• Full article here.

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All-you-can-eat Das Keyboard

For the culinary demanding users, we have now an answer. Scott Thomsen from Agave Design sent us a pointer to the waffle keyboard.

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Watch & Listen to Das Keyboard II

Das Keyboard II: the keyboard that clicks. Watch and listen to this YouTube video from modology. It seems that mechanical key switches are addictive to many users...

For more information go to www.daskeyboard.com.

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MTV goes blank with Das Keyboard II

If your are looking for a nice gift for yourself, your friends or your kids, check out the MTV Christmas PC product guide that includes our high end mechanical keyboard, the Das Keyboard II. Also they have a pretty funny product description check it out.

• MTV PC product guide showing Das Keyboard II
• Das Keyboard website

The Das Keyboard II has received outstanding feedback from our user base. Once you put your hands on one, there is no coming back to the low end keyboard technology. It is addictive more than you can imagine.

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Das Keyboard II - 105 keys for accent users

Good news for our non-US users: Das Keyboard II, the ultimate typing machine that sports mechanical key switches is now available with a 105-key layout. So if you are writting in non-US English like Spanish, Danish, Germany or even French, you now can feel right at home.

• More info: http://www.daskeyboard.com/

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LAUNCH: Das Keyboard II - the ultimate typing machine

Typing on a keyboard with mechanical key switches is like driving a BMW. Das Keyboard II, our new product is the ultimate typing machine. With gold-plated mechinical key switches it is simply the most comfortable and precise keyboard you can buy today. A must for the real programmers.

• www.daskeyboard.com
  

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