The QWERTY keyboard is a design classic. In use for many decades now, it's remained unchanged more or less since day one. The mobile phone keypad, however, is not such a classis. Three letters to a key, arranged in a manner that would frustrate any number of monkeys locked in a room with one.

So you've got your smartphone or palmtop but you're having a torrid time of text entry so what do you do? Ditch the lot and lug 2Kg of laptop around with you, or go for something a little less conventional?

We'd advocate the less conventional path. Particularly since we've got the perfect solution to your woes in the deceptively simplistic form of the iTech Bluetooth virtual keyboard. The iTech, you see has a host of technological wizardry packed into its unassuming looking chassis; namely infrared beams that project a full QWERTY keyboard onto any surface your place it on.

Next, tap away to your heart's content and see the text appear on screen. It's not magic, it's just very, very clever. You can use the VKB (Virtual Keyboard) with both your laptop and PC and with a compatible mobile device, compatible Smartphone or PDA.

Roughly the size of a disposable lighter, (90 x 34 x 24 mm), the VKB enables users to type, email or text long messages as easily as with a conventional keyboard. Just imagine how much easier it would be if you had a proper keyboard that fits in your pocket...

There is a reassuring click, every time a key press is registered to give you some piece of mind when typing. Its all done by a wireless Bluetooth connection, and is compatible with the following devices:

Orange SPV E200,C500
O2: XDA, XDA Exec, XDA II, XDA IIi, XDA IIs, XDA Mini
Orange: M1000, M1500, M500, M5000, SPV E200, Treo 650
T-Mobile: MDA Compact, MDA III, MDA Pro, MDA Vario
Vodafone: VPA Compact
Palm Tungsten T5
QTek 8080 Smartphone
HP1940
HP2210
HP2570
HP3417
HP rx3715 (Use HP 5550 Driver)
HP 3800/3900 Series (Use HP 5455 Driver)
HP3715
HP4700
HP5455
HP5550
HP h2700
HP 6500
Samsung i-730
Nokia 6600,6260,6630,6680,7650,3650
Treo 650
Sony Ericsson P800/P900,910i
Palm Zire 72
Mio 336
XPlore M68
Motorola MPX220, A1000
Dell Axim X50
Dopod 535 / Qtek 8080 / SPV E200 / Xphone
Dopod 576 / i-mate SP3i / Qtek 8020 / SDA Xphone II
Dopod 585 / Qtek 8100 / SDA Music / Xphone IIm
Most Laptops / Desktops