1.   Gauging what the keyboard market wants is not easy.

2.   NMB has a half-dozen competitors in the multimedia keyboard market.

3.   One of the latest entries into the ergonomic keyboard market is Cazenovia, N.Y.-based Marquardt, which makes a keyboard called MiniErgo.

4.   Sales have been hurt by recent declines in computer memory chip prices and tough competition in the keyboard market.