Like MS Outlook and IE buttons on the key board shortcuts, Gmail – a service of mails by Google enters into the race of Key Board shortcut buttons. Its called Gboard and it debuts this Friday at an asking price of $19.99.

The Gboard consists of 19 colored keys set as a fixed sized numeric pad-only keyboard. Clicking on any one of these buttons performs that particular keyboard shortcut. Gmail-specific features such as starring messages, starting a search, and jumping between message threads are included features. Outside of Gmail they simply act as normal keyboard buttons, and will type in whatever letter or number corresponds with that shortcut.

The Gboard is powered by USB and requires no special software or drivers, however users need to first enable keyboard shortcuts within Gmail’s settings before using it. The worth of the entire story is that, it was created not by Google, but by Charlie Mason, a film producer from Venice, Calif. This is his first foray into the computer hardware business.

Good Points:

• No setup is required to proceed
• It makes easy to learn through color coding on the buttons.
• The flat key style on the Gboard just like laptop keyboard buttons is easy and comfortable to use.
• At $19.99 it’s not that expensive. Most numeric-only keyboards cost about the same.

Bad Points:

• Don’t contain all the keyboard shortcuts necessary for Gmail.
• Could be rendered less useful if Gmail’s shortcuts change
• Only Black color.

Visit Gboard.com for orders!

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