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Between touch-screens and rubber-backed keyboards, we're [getting further away](http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/06/editorial-a-less-tactile-future-and-how-to-avoid-it/) from the tactile, mechanical keyboards we grew up with -- except for gamers, who have embraced mechanical keyboards for the improved response times and, of course, the great noise they make. Canadian peripherals maker [Matias](http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/matias-makes-room-for-your-smartphone-on-an-otherwise-vanilla-ke/) is adding to its line of Apple Extended Keyboard-inspired typing-decks with the Tactile One: with Bluetooth iPhone control. Imagine how fast (and how noisily) you'd be able to hammer out a text message on one of these things, because it's all we can do right now. A Mac / PC edition will be available in April for $200 and you can pre-order it from the store right now. There's PR after the break, if you really need some *clicky-clacky convincing*.
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