This handy USB Calculator (£23.97/$34.99) has a secret identity. By day it’s a standard (but stylish) fully functioning battery powered calculator with LCD display.

But under cover of darkness it plugs into the USB port on your PC or laptop and becomes an all powerful numeric keypad. It works great to augment your skimpy laptop keyboard. The cool part is that if you do a calculation on the calculator screen you can paste the result to your computer using the handy ‘send’ button.

Why carry a calculator or struggle with those in-line number keys on your laptop if you don’t have to! Kensington’s Acco pocket keyPad/calculator makes it fast and easy to input numbers on your laptop, with a fully functional 19-key layout and an ultra slim, lightweight design.

USB calculators aren’t a new technology and you only have to put ‘USB Calculator’ into Google and you’re presented with a wide range of products from companies including Casio, Canon and Trust.

However, what’s so interesting about Kensington’s latest peripheral is that it looks better than most and is compact and light. Its features are relatively limited by comparison, though. More info can be found here.

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BIOS, Jan 27, 06 | Print | Send | Comments (0) | Posted In Input device