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Kinesis is a company with over 25 years of experience developing and selling ergonomic peripherals such as their Advantage keyboard and partnering with others such as DXT and Evoluent for mice. Their products have been predominantly on the higher end of the price range for keyboards, and they do not offer a keyboard with features that the gaming keyboard market tends to look at- until now. Kinesis have now announced an update to their Freestyle series of split keyboards that aims to appeal to both the gamer and the typing professional alike in the form of the new Freestyle Edge.
The Freestyle Edge introduces genuine Cherry MX mechanical switches to the Freestyle series, a change from the membrane switches before. Customers can choose between Cherry MX Red, Brown or Blue switches, and the keyboard has blue backlighting added as well now. In addition, there is an 8-key macro bank to make use of a fully programmable keyboard with some preset functions pre-programmed included multimedia control and lighting control.
The Freestyle Edge halves can be separated by as much as 20", allowing users to accommodate the keyboard to fit their specific shoulder width. Another advantage here that Kinesis believes will appeal to gamers is the ability to have peripherals in between if only one half is needed, or even both with the nearest key banks used. They showed off the product at PAX West which is going on this weekend in Seattle, Washington and some pictures below illustrate the use of mice, joysticks, racing wheels and so forth in conjunction with the keyboard.
The Freestyle Edge is now up for pre-order along with lift kit and palm pad accessories, and there is also a special 20% discount code (NEWSLETTER) that ends September 4, 2017. Follow the link here to learn more and purchase, with expected retail availability in November, 2017.
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The Freestyle Edge introduces genuine Cherry MX mechanical switches to the Freestyle series, a change from the membrane switches before. Customers can choose between Cherry MX Red, Brown or Blue switches, and the keyboard has blue backlighting added as well now. In addition, there is an 8-key macro bank to make use of a fully programmable keyboard with some preset functions pre-programmed included multimedia control and lighting control.
The Freestyle Edge halves can be separated by as much as 20", allowing users to accommodate the keyboard to fit their specific shoulder width. Another advantage here that Kinesis believes will appeal to gamers is the ability to have peripherals in between if only one half is needed, or even both with the nearest key banks used. They showed off the product at PAX West which is going on this weekend in Seattle, Washington and some pictures below illustrate the use of mice, joysticks, racing wheels and so forth in conjunction with the keyboard.
The Freestyle Edge is now up for pre-order along with lift kit and palm pad accessories, and there is also a special 20% discount code (NEWSLETTER) that ends September 4, 2017. Follow the link here to learn more and purchase, with expected retail availability in November, 2017.
View at TechPowerUp Main Site
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