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A Bluetooth Keypad to Match your Apple Keyboard

If you’re a Mac or Macbook guru, more than likely you’ve got one of Apple’s wireless (or perhaps wired) keyboards without the numeric keypad. For new and old school geeks alike, we’ve found a match that should suit you quite nicely.

It’s retro. It’s aluminum *plastic that looks like aluminum. It totally matches your Mac rig. Meek the SMK-Link VP6273 Bluetooth Calculator Keypad – the hardest product ever to pronounce but the one that’ll heal your keyboard woes. Available from the Apple Store for a not so enticing $59.95, you totally get a real screen for math and stuff. Reviewers suggest that it has a hard time maintaining the bluetooth connection, but don’t worry about it! We all know wireless signals can’t penetrate such calculating freedom.

*Thanks to Bob from gogogdgts.com for pointing out it’s not aluminum, but rather some crappy plastic. The verdict: don’t waste your cash (of course) - but hey, we still dare you to try it out for us.

SMK-LINK VP6273

SMK-LINK VP6273

[Interlink & the Apple Store via Richard Lai]

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