Vaughan, Ontario-based Matias Corporation has just one product, but it's a good one. The innovative Half Keyboard is about one-third the size of other folding keyboards currently on the market for hand-held units from Palm, Handspring, IBM, Compaq and their competitors. It's a snap for any touch-typist to learn - and hunt-and-peckers can also adapt. This nifty Canuck device's minuscule booth has been drawing huge crowds at recent COMDEXes. The basic model goes for $150 Canadian direct from Matias, or online through a US-based distributor (www.halfkeyboard.com) for $99 U.S. ($157 Canadian, but no tax). The wearable wrist-mounted version (shown with a Palm Pilot III), comes with an adapter for the hand-held and sells for $450.

Now, December 6-12, 2001