Elecom revives laser projection keyboards for mobile handsets

If you ever felt that your onscreen mobile phone keyboard, as well designed as it could be, was still a bit of a constraint in terms of space? Ever wished that that the slide out QWERTY keypads on mobile handsets would have been just a bit bigger? Well, put those thoughts to rest as one Japanese company, Elecom, has brought back an old concept that could just put your mobile phone keyboard woes to rest.The portable laser keyboard has been a concept that’s been around the tech zone for quite some time now. The device is essentially a box like product with a laser projector that will display a full QWERTY keyboard on any clean surface. It syncs with your mobile handset via Bluetooth and creates a virtual keyboard almost the size of any standard physical keyboard on any surface. This gives you the freedom of space to type and the convenience of not hauling around a large bulky device. Each time you hit a letter on the virtual keypad projection it disrupts the signal and the wireless unit sends signals to the corresponding mobile phone via Bluetooth 2.0. It even has the functionality of a mouse, which moves the cursor on the device as you move your fingertip on the laser surface.

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