Belkin's contribution to the budget-minded is the Belkin Wireless Keyboard and Mouse. It's not a glamorous suite, but it includes a solid keyboard for standard business use within 6 feet of the receiver. The simple multimedia and Web navigation shortcut buttons are concentrated in the middle of the top ridge, leaving lots of open real estate. Unfortunately, the buttons are also identical in size, so you'll be forced to look down repeatedly until you master the exact layout.

Hands down, this is the quietest of the value keyboards. Unfortunately, the Enter key spans the length of two rows, which may mean typos galore when you're first starting out. Since the keyboard is packaged with a ball-based mouse, you'll want to avoid hard-core first-person shooters. But at $5 less than the Logitech Cordless Access Duo, this is a decent buy.