Think Viewsonic and you rarely think keyboards. Monitors, absolutely, but bargain basement input devices rarely cross your mind. We were thus intrigued by the Viewsonic Viewmate Office keyboard, a low-price unit that proudly sports the Viewsonic ...

Wacom is probably the best-known manufacturer of graphics tablets, and its range extends from A6 up to A3 and larger. The Bamboo Fun tablet is an entry-level device, available in A6 and A5 sizes and aimed ...

Notebooks are pretty handy on the move but, despite trying a range of different methods, designers have never really nailed an affective alternative to a mouse. Most people who can't cope with a touchpad or 'nipple' ...

Some might say that Logic 3's Storm Pad is a thunderingly good peripheral. Others might say that isn't so, and it's all a bit of a Storm in a D-pad. Still others might be shouting at ...

Music-playing mobiles are pretty much ubiquitous nowadays. Unless you are going for the really budget end of the mobile phone world, it is likely that your handset plays tunes and that it comes with its own ...

The Cyborg sounds like it should be half keyboard, half man; a hybrid artificially intelligent creation. Sort of like KITT out of Knight Rider but with no wheels (or turbo boost), it could auto-target enemies in ...

Gaming peripherals, for all their good intentions, tend to get a bit silly sometimes, and certainly from an aesthetics point of view they don't come much sillier than the Cyborg Mouse from Saitek. This rather imposing ...

First impressions of this wireless keyboard and laser mouse set are positive. The mouse is quite funky-looking and the keyboard has an even more stylish appearance, with a smoked grey plastic trim around the outside. A ...

The gaming mouse has been around for a while but is constantly being tweaked and refined to offer that extra competitive edge. Genius has been pretty active in this market. Its latest offering is the Ergo ...

There are a lot of steering wheel peripherals to choose from these days, from the likes of the simulator-grade Logitech G25, which is costly but the sworn companion of many serious virtual drivers, through to cheap ...

Make no mistake about it: manufacturers are increasingly keen to move your computing away from a standard desk and into the domain of media and lounge-based computing. Microsoft's latest keyboard and mouse set, the Entertainment Desktop ...

With the rise and rise of console gaming, there isn't an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 player who doesn't feel at home punching the buttons and triggers on their controller. So when the same gamers wanted ...

The first rule of Sidewinder Mouse? Download software from the Web. With no disc included in the otherwise comprehensive packaging, the bright startup guide is insistent that that's where you start. It's a 14MB download you ...

In contrast to the majority of computer components and peripherals, the humble keyboard has quietly undergone a revolution over the past half-decade or so. Previously the last thing you cared about, and more often than not ...

Arriving in packaging that leaves you in little doubt that it's a gaming keyboard we're talking about here, those who seemingly make it past that barrier without noticing have no room for confusion when the Timber ...

Currently, when out on assorted travels, this particular hack does away with the laptop-based thumbpad mouse system and plugs in a Logitech V400 Laser Cordless mouse. Counting against the Logitech device is that it eats batteries ...

If they aren't broken, why change your current keyboard or mouse arrangements? Well, laptop owners often feel they'd like the extra space a full-sized desktop keyboard offers, and a mouse can be a lot easier for ...

An intriguing addition to the growing collection of peripherals for laptop users, Toshiba's Dynadock is clearly targeting those who use the same machine at home as much as they do on the move. It's a docking ...

There's no getting away from it: Enermax's Crystal keyboard is an exceptionally strong piece of work. Made from aluminium, and exceptionally sturdy and robust as a result, from the moment you take it out of ...

With a street price of just £19.99, Trust's GM-3400 steering wheel and pedals kit initially provokes two thoughts. Thought one: that's cheap. Thought two: what's the catch? And as it happens, both thoughts are appropriate. That ...