Did you get the Lion OS yet? Apple is now ready to update their keyboards with the release of Mac OS X Lion. An Italian Mac website recently got its hands on what looks like a new Apple keyboard. The keyboard is almost the same as the previous generation, but with buttons dedicated to Mac OS X Lion.

For instance, the F3 button now has an icon for Mission Control and the F4 button has the icon for Launchpad. That should make things easier for new Lion users .

The Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 3000 offers both curves and comfort, true to it’s name. It is designed for a more natural wrist position. The keyboard features quick keys, allowing you to control your music, videos, and do stuff like open the calculator with one key.

The slim, glossy design saves space on your desk and is better for you than normal keyboards. The Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 3000 is $24.95. Who wants one?

This Wow-Keys keyboard has to be one of the coolest keyboards that we have seen yet. It’s a normal QWERTY keyboard, but where the number pad would normally be, there’s an iPhone dock, letting you use your iPhone more like a computer. You can also dock your iPod touch there as well and it will charge either device.

The dock works with an app that will turn the screen of your iPhone or iPod touch into the number pad if you need it. This keyboard is compatible with both Mac and PCs and has a button for changing between keyboard and iPhone mode. This will come in very handy in place of an extra PC.

Even though it took awhile, it now seems that the typewriter’s days are officially numbered. Godrej & Boyce closed down the last manufacturing plant of typewriters in the world on Wednesday. In the world! The factory was based in Mumbai, India.

As you may have noticed, the device has been replaced by computers, printers, tablets and keyboards. I’m surprised the old guy lasted this long. Even until 2009, the factory still produced between 10,000 to 12,000 typewriters per year. The demand now? About 800.

Feast your eyes on the Droid 3. Motorola’s latest Droid handset. More images of the device have shown up and they are showing off a QWERTY keyboard that looks similar to the previous one it’s replacing except for one thing, a 5-row design.

There also appear to be half-height keys for the number row. 5-row keyboards are awesome and people love them, so it is already looking like a winner. We hope to learn more very soon.

Meet the Social Network Access Keyboard or S.N.A.K. for short. This is basically a Multimedia Keyboard from Dynex with custom drivers and decals. It features nineteen Facebook-friendly hotkeys that will make it easier to access your inbox, events, photos, and more.

When you sign out, the hotkeys are disabled. The keyboard is compatible with XP, Vista, and Windows 7. It will cost you $30. This one is for serious Facebook addicts. The rest of us are doing just fine with our keyboards.

Samsung has unveiled another Android handset, this one targeting those of you who are addicted to BlackBerry portrait QWERTY keyboards. The Galaxy Pro has a four-row button array beneath a set of Android keys and a 2.8-inch touchscreen.

It also sports an 800MHz processor and a 3 megapixel cam with autofocus. UK carrier Three has already confirmed that it will be offering this Froyo handset and others should have their own announcements soon. Price is unknown at this time.

SnapKeys has come up with a new way to input text into your touchscreen mobile devices. Called 2i (Imaginary Interface), they basically have done away with the keys used in an onscreen keyboard, and replaced it with just 4 keys instead. The 4 keys appear briefly onscreen so you know where they are, and then disappear.

When typing, you have the whole document in front of you, without an onscreen keyboard taking up half of the screen. We aren’t sure how this technology works, but 2i basically allows users to “blind type” their text in a fraction of the time compared to typing with other keyboards.

Art Lebedev, makers of those cool OLED keyboards, now have their sights set on USB sticks. They have come up with an environmental friendly USB stick that’s created from cardboard. The concept cardboard USB sticks can be torn from a strip and then quickly used to transport data safely from one place to another and then you would simply dispose of them.

When the technology becomes cheap enough these are sure to become a reality. They would probably be great for promotional material. They could even send us all of our junk mail in this form and free up our mailboxes.

If you own a Mac it can be a pain in the neck, or the fingers, always pressing the ‘fn’ key to access the f1-12 keys on the keyboard. But now there is an application called FunctionFlip that allows you to program the keys and their functions to your requirements.

FunctionFlip individually controls your MacBook or MacBook Pro’s function keys, turning special keys back to regular F-keys, or vice-versa. It’s compatible with all MacBooks and MacBook Pros, recent Apple external keyboards, iBooks, and PowerBooks. This will make life just a tad easier.

Iogear has just revealed the Multi-Link Bluetooth Keyboard with Touchpad. It has the ability to connect with six separate Bluetooth devices up to 30 feet away, has customizable hotkeys, and it weighs just 1.9 pounds.

The company has also outed the new 2.4GHz Wireless Compact Keyboard, which measures 10.25 x 4.4 x 1-inch profile. It has an optical trackball and 16 dedicated hotkeys. The Bluetooth model goes on sale soon for $79.95, and the 2.4GHz will cost just $59.99.

You might remember that awesome Mechanical Mario from earlier this year. Well, Donald “KodyKoala” Kennedy is at it again and has created a Yoshi version.

It is simply amazing like Mario. He used a Playmobile police station for Yoshi’s back and a couple of Lego laptops for the front display and keyboards. We’re not sure how tall it is, but we picture it rampaging over a large city causing mayhem.

The handheld Wikireader eBook device has just gotten a bit more attractive to buyers as it has received 33,000 books to add to its library thanks to Project Gutenberg which is now available for the Wikireader.

All 33,000 books can fit onto a 4GB micro SD card that the Wikireader accepts, which means you get to carry them around without a forklift. It works similarly to Wikipedia already on the devices, allowing you to search for titles by keyword.

A new patent from Microsoft has been spotted and it could lead to touchscreens that could change shape to create keyboards and other tactile objects where none exist. It is called a technique for a “light-induced shape-memory polymer display screen”.

It can send ultraviolet light to a plastic layer above each pixel, changing its topography. Varying UV wavelengths would serve to make different parts hard or soft, creating bumps and ridges that could feel like a real surface with actual keys. This design could be used with projectors, though it might not be limited to projectors.

IOGEAR has introduced a pair of new wireless keyboards for your HTPC. The GKM571R and GKM581R both feature interesting designs. These wireless keyboards also feature 2.4GHz wireless technology, an optical trackball and a 1200dpi sensor along with a scroll wheel.

The IOGEAR GKM571R keyboard sports a lid for dust protection and an LED backlight, while the GKM581R features a slip resistant rubber bottom. The IOGEAR GKM571R and GKM581R are priced at $99.95 and $89.95.