W2v and Microsoft's Remote Keyboard for MCE - my thoughts

Hey Guys... I'm not sure how many of you have tried Microsoft's new keyboard with MCE at all, let alone your W2v's...... but I wanted to give you my thoughts as I've been testing it out for the last month and plan on selling them with my newly designed media centers (fingers crossed I'll have our cases out of production by the holidays) but anyway... I've been testing them out on my home system as well as my W2.

Basically this unit is a wireless keyboard, mouse and MCE remote control.... the remote buttons have an optional backlight you can turn on in the dark and the keyboard is designed so you can hold it from the ends..... it's great for sitting back on your couch or la-z-boy or whatever and just control your entire system from one nice sized pad. The keyboard is inbetween a notebook keyboard and a desktop (perfect size)! Anyway, it's like a $100 product but totally worth if for anyone with MCE or with a W2. My main use with the it on the W2 was actually with me being totally lazy..... I had the W2 hooked up into my main tv in my bedroom, and I used it just chillin on my bed talking over AIM, surfing the web and watching tv.

If you haven't seen this unit yet, I suggest taking a look at the link below. It's perfect for a family room if you've got MCE on your main TV or something, but you can actually sit back from your W2 quite a ways and still use it when using just the notebook screen.

http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/productdetails.aspx?pid=038