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For those of us who find the Trackpoint handy sometimes, Lenovo sells a standalone wireless keyboard based on their Thinkpad keyboards with a Trackpoint and three buttons. It works via Bluetooth, RF dongle or wired USB and has a switch for PC and Android compatibility.

https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-ThinkPad-TrackPoint-Keyboard-4... (if the link someday dies, it's Lenovo Model #4Y40X49493)

Like many on HN, I'm keyboard-obsessive, preferring customized split mechanical keybs for desktop daily driving. But I have a few of these Thinkpad wireless keyboards too because they're small, portable and, with the Trackpoint, ideal for places a larger keyboard and mouse won't fit or isn't always needed. I keep one in our home theater, tucked in my lounger's armrest for when I need to enter an app account/password into an Android TV streaming box or game console (it's insane that most streaming apps still don't receive input from the device's system-wide voice typing).

I keep another one in our arcade room where there's a custom arcade cabinet for emulation with a PC inside. With all the arcade controls on the cabinet, there's not much room to put a keyboard when I need to install a new emulator or tweak something. Next to that I have a virtual pinball cabinet with another PC inside. The Thinkpad wireless is great for configuring stuff without opening the cabinets, messing with wires or a separate mouse. It's small, thin and light but has a full standard PC layout with Ctrl, Alt, Win, Esc and direct function keys yet doesn't feel awful like so many portable mini-keyboards. It also has auto-off, holds a charge for a long time, stores the USB RF dongle internally and falls back to wired so it always works.



That standalone Lenovo keyboard with trackpoint is great for Linux SBCs and KVMs.


Agreed. I forgot to mention that I use one in my home server room. Being so thin, it fits nicely in a slide-out rack shelf.




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