El Reg reports:
KFC Germany has salted its meal trays with a thin, flexible Bluetooth keyboard. The "KFC Type Tray" has been used as a giveaway in new KFC stores. Punters can take 'em home and use the thin, rechargeable keyboards for whatever they fancy. The chicken chain's cunning plan, however, is that folks who wander into their neighbourhood's new source of salt, grease, protein, and eleven herbs and spices will be so chuffed by the keyboard that they'll go nuts on social media.
The embedded video suggests that plan worked and that KFConnoisseurs like the keyboard because they balk at smearing grease on their smart devices but don't mind sullying a tray.
[...] Don't bother dropping into a KFC in the hope of obtaining your very own Type Tray: they've all found good homes.
In the comments, PleebSmash asks:
If they are offering these things at restaurants, how come a slightly better Surface 3 keyboard costs $130?
...and Jake already beat us all to the punch with:
I think you mispleled [sic] "KFC common sewers".
[Editor's Comment: Original Sub: here]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 26 2015, @12:53AM
Even if it is purely a media stunt, it is a damn good idea.
For finger-food place like KFC, building a keyboard into the tray so you can use your phone without getting it greasy is genius.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday May 26 2015, @12:59AM
It would be great just to have these outside of greasy locations. I'm sure someone can find a use case for putting one of these on a wall with some thumb tacks. 📌📌📌📌
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