Wireless or Bluetooth Keyboard

Hi. Is there a good all-in-one bluetooth (or otherwise wiress) keyboard for the Mac Mini. I'm hoping there is something out there that is a keyboard and mouse or trackpad together in one unit. I plan to be sitting about 10 feet away from my Mac Mini. Please pass along any options you know about. Thanks so much.

Yeah,
VersaPoint makes an RF keyboard that's pretty good. I use one with a PPC mini and an HDTV. It's especially nice in how it's shaped for hand holding or lap placement. There are trigger clickers in the index finger area of both sides and a thumb driven pointing device that takes a little getting to. Programming keys cannot be done for Macs, but it seems to work great just plug-and-play on Macs, e.g., while playing iTunes and it being the active-most app, even with the TV off, the right and left arrow buttons cycle or prompt through the songs.
The RF (radio freq.) is very good, and it doesn't require direct pointing like an IR remote.
These VersaPoint keyboards have been around for a long while, and they still fetch a decent price. I got mine via eBay some years ago. I think you can find them for about 100 bucks, brand new.
Here's one for $119, with free shipping, no tax (outside FLA):
http://tiny.cc/KWc7L
Anyway, it's one option.
Some time ago I looked at some smaller form factor keyboard/remotes by Logitech, I believe it was, but there was something I didn't like about them, I forget why.
Peace to you,
C. Livingstone

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