Looks like you’ll be seeing Mobility Electronics’ Bluetooth Folding Keyboard a bit more often now. They’ve announced that one of the U.S.’s largest wireless carriers has decided to carry their Ultra-Slim Bluetooth Portable Keyboard at select retail stores. The keyboard will be rebranded under the carrier’s brand name (although they didn’t specify who the carrier was at this time).

Mobility also announced that a major computer manufacturer will be selling this keyboard as an accessory to their Ultra Mobile PC product. Hmm.. they’re aren’t many of those out there so I wonder who.. Samsung perhaps?

The Ultra-Slim Bluetooth Portable Keyboard is actually sold under the iGo product name and is listed under the ThinkOutside.com website (which belongs to Mobility Electronics).

Features of the Ultra-Slim Bluetooth Portable Keyboard include:

  • Includes carrying case and detacheable PDA/phone stand
  • 100 % full size keyboard for touch typing
  • Works with nearly all Bluetooth enabled devices
  • Weighs less than 6 oz
  • User programmable shortcuts and command keys for fast access to other applications
  • Rugged Polycarbonate construction
  • Rubber grip pads prevent slippage
  • Key layout for Palm and Pocket PC devices

If you’re interested in the keyboard, you can actually get one from iGo here for $149.99

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Mobility Electronics Launches Bluetooth(R) Folding Keyboard Programs with Tier 1 Wireless Carrier and Major Notebook Manufacturer

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. –(Business Wire)– Oct. 19, 2006 Mobility Electronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:MOBE), a leading provider of innovative portable power and computing solutions, announced today that the Company’s Ultra-Slim Bluetooth(R) Portable Keyboard will be available in select retail stores of one of the largest wireless carriers in the United States later this month. The keyboards will be sold under the carrier’s brand name.

In addition, Mobility has received a purchase order for its folding keyboards from a major portable computer manufacturer. The keyboards will be sold as an accessory to the manufacturer’s new ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC).

The Ultra-Slim Bluetooth Keyboard is the perfect productivity companion to smart phones, such as the popular Windows Mobile, Symbian, Windows XP, Apple and Palm OS models, and portable computing devices. With its genuine full-size keyboard with 18 mm spacing, the Ultra-Slim Bluetooth(R) Keyboard allows users to quickly type email or surf the web in optimum comfort. The sleek, award winning, patented folding design is featured in the Permanente Design Collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Its unique design allows it to easily fit in a pocket or purse, so it can be taken everywhere, yet opens to a full size keyboard when needed.

“The folding keyboard product line is progressing in line with our expectations and we are steadily expanding our distribution,” said Charles Mollo, CEO of Mobility Electronics. “We believe that the development of relationships with a major wireless carrier and portable computer manufacturer provides further evidence of the sales potential in this product family.”

About Mobility Electronics, Inc.

Mobility Electronics, Inc., based in Scottsdale, Arizona, is a developer of universal power adapters for portable computers and mobile electronic devices (e.g., mobile phones, PDAs, digital cameras, etc.) and creator of the patented intelligent tip technology. Mobility Electronics’ iGo(R) brand offers a full line of AC, DC and combination AC/DC power adapters for portable computers and mobile electronic devices. All these adapters leverage the Company’s intelligent tip technology, which enables one power adapter to power/charge hundreds of brands and thousands of models of mobile electronic devices through the use of interchangeable tips.

The Company also offers hardware products for handheld devices, expansion and docking products for servers, desktop and portable computers, keyboards and other accessories for the mobile electronic device market.

Mobility Electronics’ products are available at http://www.iGo.com as well as through leading resellers, retailers and OEM partners. For additional information call 480-596-0061, or visit http://www.mobilityelectronics.com.

Mobility Electronics, iGo and …improving your mobile experience are registered trademarks of Mobility Electronics, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including expectations relating to sales potential of the folding keyboard product line. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and beliefs and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. In particular, factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include the sell through rates of the Company’s folding keyboards through the sales channels of the wireless carrier and notebook manufacturer; delays or cessation of shipments of the Company’s products to the carrier or notebook manufacturer referenced in this release; the timing and success of new product introductions; the development and introduction of new products by us and our competitors; the performance of suppliers and subcontractors; industry and general economic or business conditions; and other factors detailed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made and are not guarantees of future performance. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements.

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