| HP Wireless Elite Keyboard and Mouse |  | Brand: Hewlett-Packard
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New (10) Used (5) from $28.48
Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  76 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Operating System: Sun Solaris
CPU Manufacturer: Intel
CPU Speed: 2.1
CPU Type: PowerPC G4
Processors: 1
System Memory: 2.0E+6
Memory Type: SDRAM
Hard Drive Size: 60
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 18.5 x 7 x 3
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: FQ481AA#ABA
Model: FQ481AA#ABA
UPC: 884420354758
EAN: 0884420354758
ASIN: B001HZUPD4
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| | Silent operation: High-tech scissor switch keyboard design offers a quiet experience. | | | Wireless freedom: Free yourself from wires with wireless keyboard and mouse - up to 32 feet. Advanced 2.4GHz wireless technology for less delays or dropouts. | | | Get more control: Control your entertainment experience with a comprehensive set of multimedia keys. Convenient access for multimedia controls - 3-buttons for easy volume control. HP TouchSmart PC hot keys. | | | High-performance optical mouse: 800 dpi high-precision sensor provides precise, smooth and responsive tracking that works on most surfaces. Symmetric design for right or left handed use. | | | Energy efficient: Conserve energy with PC sleep button. Monitor battery level with convenient on screen battery level indicator. Long battery life (keyboard - 12 months typical, mouse - 4 months typical). |
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Product Description
Discover the freedom of wireless computing. This desktop replacement Duo will clean up your tangled wires and cables, giving you a saner work space.
Amazon.com Product Description
Built-to-last, the HP Wireless Elite Keyboard provides a full featured keyboard that combines style and high-tech key design to deliver an ultra-thin design and silent operation. And this package (model FQ481AA) also includes the HP Wireless Elite Mouse, which offers precision pointing (via high-precision 800 dpi optical sensor), three-button operation, rubber scroll wheel, symmetric design for both left- and right-handers, and up to 4 months of battery life. 
The ultra-thin HP Wireless Elite Keyboard and high-precision Wireless Elite Mouse. | Keyboard Features & Specifications
- High-tech design: The black finish and silver accents along with the low profile key design offers a distinctive style. The reduced foot-print design saves desktop space
- Silent operation: High-tech scissor switch keyboard design offers a quite experience.
- Wireless freedom: Free yourself from wires with wireless keyboard--up to 32 feet. Advanced 2.4 GHz wireless technology for less delays or dropouts. The included wireless USB mini-receiver installs effortlessly and eliminates clutter. Wireless mini-receiver has connect light and PC status blue-LED
- Get more control: Control your entertainment experience with a comprehensive set of multimedia keys.
- Convenient access for multimedia controls
- 3-buttons for easy volume control
- HP TouchSmart PC hot keys
- Energy efficient: Conserve energy with PC sleep button. Monitor battery level with convenient on screen battery level indicator. Long battery life (keyboard -- 12 months typical)
- Easy to keep clean: Spill resistant keyboard for easy cleaning.
- Adjustable keyboard height with 2 different positions
- 2.4 GHz USB wireless receiver
- Compatible with Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7
- Compatible with HP PCs and non-HP PCs
- 1 year limited warranty
What's In The Box
HP Wireless Elite Keyboard, Wireless Elite Mouse, USB wireless receiver, batteries, software CD and documentation
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 76
 Great keyboard, mouse is JUNK July 28, 2010
Morganboy (Morgan Hill)
I bought the HP Elite Keyboard and mouse, in March 2010. I was hoping to get something close to Apples I mac blue tooth wireless keyboard. I thought long and hard about just buying the Apple keyboard and remapping it to use with my PC. I looked at all the wireless keyboards that I could find locally, and just happened to see a HP Elite keyboard. Then I saw it on Amazon, and read all the reviews but made a mistake and purchased the keyboard and mouse. No problems with installing, everything worked fine, very happy with the keyboard, annoyed with the mouse clicks (loud) and at times I developed soreness in my hand. Over time I got used to the mouse, but went to replace the batteries for the second time, and the battery clip broke. Now I'm in the process of trying to get a replacement for the broken mouse, the battery slips out losing contact, very annoying. OK so I'm hoping they won't replace the mouse, then I'm forced to find something better.
Bottom line read the reviews, I usually do and it helps me decide whether or not to purchase an item On Amazon. Trouble is some items like a mouse and keyboard, you need to physically see and use them to make your decision. I had only seen and was able to use the Elite keyboard, and not the mouse before ordering it on Amazon. Price was also a consideration, so I purchased them together
Why doesn't somebody make a high quality keyboard like Apples for a PC?
Nice long(er) range wireless mouse and keyboard July 26, 2010
Matthew P. Szafir (Vermont USA)
I bought this to replace my other wireless mouse and keyboard from Logitech. I think I had the EX100.
I have a home theater that has the computer in a closet about 10 feet away and the EX100 didn't have a good enough range and was prone to interference with other devices.
This Mouse/Keyboard combo though works great from my couch. I would recommend it for people who need to be farther away from their PC than a normal wireless keyboard/mouse.
The mouse works pretty well on non-standard surfaces (i.e. my leg or the couch).
I'd rather the keyboard didn't have the numpad and the mouse would click a bit easier.
Like the keyboard, tedious customer support when mouse stopped working July 14, 2010
D. Hamm (NYC, NY)
Bottom line:
I like the keyboard, mouse is unremarkable and goes through a set of AA batteries every 1.5-2 months (home computer with nights and weekend usage).
Mac & Keyboard Mouse Video switch (KVM) compatible:
I use it in combination with an IOGear 2-Port USB KVM Switch with Cables and Remote GCS22U (Black) connected to a Mac with no issues (I remap the CTRL key to CMD).
Tedious customer service:
The left click button on the mouse stopped working 1 month before the warranty was up (thankfully) - but I spent more than 3 hours in 4 calls talking to many customer support to convince them it was broken. HP's Tech Support followed these lengthy and extremely basic troubleshooting scripts, shuffling me from one tech to the next. It was frustrating, but patience and persistence paid off and they are shipping me a new one.
Summary:
Keyboard is great, mouse is on the cheap side, avoid customer service at all costs.
 Great July 12, 2010
Izzy (Rego Park, NY, US)
Works well, sturdy, good price everything we wanted. We wanted a wireless and keyboard to hookup to our computer which we have hooked up to our living room tv and this works great. I was pleasantly surprised by the range of the wireless. It was great.
Elegant and stylish wireless set from HP June 15, 2010
M. R. Simmons (Old South)
I have come across a few low-profile keyed keyboards recently that made me want to consider switching over to this type of keyboard. I love the keyboards on laptops, and I have always wanted a similar keyboard for my desktop computer. My very first attempt at getting a low-profile keyed keyboard was the Logitech Di Novo, and after my experience with that set and my computer at the time, I was not looking to go in that direction (expensive and Bluetooth). I absolutely loved the way the keys felt on that keyboard, however, and I was skeptical of finding another one that was that pleasing to use.
With my recent purchase of a new computer from HP, I noticed that they had a wireless desktop set for sale that seemed to be similar in form factor to the Di Novo. I immediately took notice of the HP Wireless Desktop Elite as the same model of keyboard that I had seen with the HP Touchsmart PCs that I had tried in my local Best Buy. I did enjoy the look and feel of that set, so I decided to go ahead and give it a try.
I have to say without a doubt that this is one of the thinnest keyboards on the market today. It looks and feels absolutely amazing. The keys are easy to push and are super quiet. My previous set (Microsoft Wireless Desktop 3000v2) was nice, but they keyboard itself was very noisy. This new set has lower keys and is virtually silent. It is quick and very effortless to touch type on this. I spend a lot of time on my computer, and this helps me with speed and comfort. This is a very straight-forward keyboard that does not have a lot of bells and whistles. It has some media keys, which you access using the "Fn" key. The F row of keys serve as the secondary function keys, and the last three function keys are only for Touchsmart PCs. Other than that, there are no special configurable keys which could either be good or bad, depending on the user.
There is also a volume rocker key and a mute key. There are no status indicators for the CAPS, NUM, or SCROLL lock keys. I believe that HP did this to conserve battery life. This is an annoyance, because there is absolutely no indicator at all of whether these are on or not. it does not pop up in a notification anywhere whether or not they are on. Even with the driver software installed, you would still see nothing about the notification of the toggle of these keys. I had a similar keyboard before (again the Microsoft Wireless Desktop 3000v2), but the driver software did include a little notification button that would pop up when you pressed the CAPS, NUM, or SCROLL keys. This desktop set has noting, not even a battery status indicator. In Windows, there is an option under the accessibility settings that allows you to turn on an audible beep and/or flash the explorer window if you press these buttons. I use this as my notifier. It works fine, but I think it is lazy on the part of the programmers not to include this in the driver software.
The driver software that comes with this mouse must be the most useless ever. All it really does is tell you if the mouse and the keyboard have full batteries. There is nothing else that these drivers can do for the set. They do also indicate that the mute or volume is going up or down, on my PC I already have this function built-in, so the indicators this set give are tacky and redundant. It is basically just green text at the bottom of the screen with bars for increasing or decreasing volume, and just text for mute. I think that leaving off battery indicators on the keyboards and mouse was not such a good idea because now the little icons in the system tray are the only way to know if your battery is low (that and the set just stopping working). The batteries for the keyboard and mouse come already inserted; you just have to remove the white tabs preventing them from being used and they will hopefully be paired and will work out of the box. If not you can manually pair them yourself. The keyboard takes AAA batteries, and the mouse takes AA...why they needed to mix the types is beyond me. I think if they wanted to go with AAA batteries in the keyboard, they should have went with AAA batteries in the mouse too.
I have heard a lot of complaints about the mouse. I haven't had any problems with it. It is not too hard for me to press down, but again, every user can have different experiences with the same product. The sides of my keyboard were sturdy as well. The mouse is pretty unamazing. Its a standard two button mouse with a clickable scroll wheel. It does fit nicely in the hand. It has somewhat of a glossy finish, and while this makes it more reflective, I don't seem to find that a problem with mine. It is rather noisy to click, but I am funny in that I can stand a noisy mouse but not a noisy keyboard.
The USB receiver for this set does not stow anywhere, which is understandable for the keyboard but questionable for the mouse. In addition, it flashes a bright blue everytime you press a key or move the mouse even the slightest bit. If you keep the receiver in the back of your computer, this won't be an issue. If you have a laptop you are using this with, or if you want to keep it in the front of your computer, this has the potential to drive you crazy. I intended on keeping this in the front of my PC so that I can switch it on the fly with a wired USB set if I need to for gaming. So this blue light may make you annoyed. You can always cover it over with electrical tape, but I don't know if this would have any effect on the wireless transmission (which it probably doesn't). All the buttons on the keyboard were perfectly functional (except of course the Touchsmart function keys), even the sleep button. I have noticed that in Windows 7, the computer can take awhile to go to sleep, but the keyboard works to make it go to sleep and to wake it up from sleep fine for me.
All in all, there are a few design quibbles that detract from this set, however it is still highly excellent. I have noticed my touch typing to be easier and more accurate on this keyboard. I love how cool it looks and how thin it is. It is very comfortably and very sleek. To make this set excellent, I would get rid of the light on the USB receiver, make it stow in the mouse, raise the quality of the mouse, add some battery indicators to the set, more customizable function keys, make all the batteries the same kind, and have better driver software. These options would most likely result in a significant change in price for the unit. As it is, this is a very good desktop set for the price. I would highly recommend it if you are looking for a desktop keyboard that feels like a laptop keyboard.
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