VisionTek's CandyBoard is candy bar-sized wireless keyboard complete with a built-in trackpad and laser pointer. We peel the wrapper off of this mini-keyboard to see if it's the treat it promises to be HTPC users; it even works with the PS3 and Xbox 360.

VisionTek CandyBoard Review

I bought the Rii Mini on ebay about a month ago. They are also selling this product under another name over at NCIX.com. It seems a lot of companies are just buying up the design and slapping their name on it and collecting a share of the profits, which justifies the increased price to over the net loss.

If it's anything like the Rii Mini, which the article suggests, it is a pretty good keyboard. The backlighting is very reliable. It has a tendency to lose signal on some key presses, though, at random, or it thinks you're holding down the button when you actually just pressed it. This is only a real problem when this happens when pressing volume up, however, as it will send your volume to max in half of a second.

Other than that, it's reliable, rechargeable, and has a very decent battery life.

The laser pointer is pretty useless to me, but it's fun to have a laser pointer laying around to *bleep* with your friends.

Not really keen on how much battery power that would drain, though.