Digital Home Thoughts: The Verbatim Speaker Keyboard: Really? Someone Would Buy This?

"Whether you use your computer to watch videos on YouTubeTM or listen to your favorite tunes, the Verbatim Speaker Keyboard for Windows is a great choice. With integrated dual speakers, this keyboard gives you stereo-quality sound at your fingertips - without cluttering up your space with speakers and cords. It also has easy keys to control volume and boost bass and a media console designed to help you manage your music. For an extra cool experience, this keyboard offers backlight illumination you can turn on or off - depending on your surroundings or your mood. With integrated speakers and backlighting, this Verbatim keyboard lets you turn down the lights, turn up the volume and enjoy the ultimate music experience."

A lot of different technologies pass by my Inbox, and I try to keep an open mind about them - because, after all, what might seem useless to me might be exactly what someone else is looking for. This keyboard from Verbatim might be a rare exception to that rule - speakers? On a keyboard? The price of $69 softens my opinion somewhat - at least Verbatim isn't trying to charge $199 for this product - but I again have to wonder in what scenarios someone would need speakers in their keyboard. The sound quality is described as "tin-like" in an Amazon.com buyer review, so it's not like Verbatim has done some psychoacoustic magic to make them sound better than their small size would indicate. Does this product interest any of you?