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(More customer reviews)This is an update of a review I submitted 10 days ago. The most important thing you should realize is that this keyboard does not behave as a rigid keyboard does. That's both good news and bad news. The good news is that it's easy to fold and can easily fit into a standard Ziplock bag with lots of room to spare. It's ultra-portable. The bad news is that all this malleability comes at a price.
I find that when I type on the keyboard, I often make mistakes. Letters either repeat or don't appear at all. There is undoubtedly a learning curve to reduce typos, but what confounds me is that the keys are not equally calibrated as far as touch is concerned. A relatively light touch on let's say the "x" might yield multiple x's, whereas the same level of pressure on the "y" might not yield anything at all. The trick to using the keyboard is to keep your eye on the iPhone screen and make sure that your input is being entered as you intend.
While you may need to make corrections as you enter text, you will nevertheless find that text entry is much faster with this KB than with the iPhone's virtual keyboard. In contrast, my fingers fly on the Apple bluetooth KB, and there's no error correction needed. On the other hand, my dollars were flying faster, too (at $70 versus $30).
Pairing is easy, and if you're on a Mac or using an iPhone 4, you don't need the CD that ships with the KB.
In my earlier review I wrote, "I received the KB yesterday, just a few days after I ordered, and immediately fell in love with it....Today, while showing this amazing KB off to some friends, an entire row of keys (asdf) and the space bar stopped working."
I'm happy to say that the distributor was incredibly responsive to my problem. They paid for my return shipping and immediately sent me a replacement via Priority Mail.
Disappointingly, the new KB didn't leave as positive a first impression as its predecessor. The original KB did not exhibit the same level of key pressure unevenness. This leads me to believe that the keyboards are somewhat idiosyncratic. Quality varies from KB to KB.
In summary, this is a great peripheral to carry around with you for light typing. It's incredibly compact and lightweight. But, if you plan to sit in an airport for several hours and catch up on your email or do heavy some document editing in your favorite Microsoft Office substitute app, you would probably be better served by a rigid keyboard.
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Menotek Flexible Bluetooth Waterproof Mini Keyboard For Apple iPad and iPad 2 and Galaxy Tab and Motorola Xoom and iPhone 4/4G, Windows, Mac, LinuxThis is a wonderful and compact keyboard that gives you the ability to more easily type on your devices such as an iPad and iPad 2 WIFI and 3G or mobile phone. Keep your iPad and iPad 2 at a slight distance and type away just like you are on a computer. This product is even better when combined with the Menotek 16 Position Stand(ASIN B003K1VABO) or the Menotek Travel and Car USB Charger Kit (ASIN B003VCYX9I). The charger kit will allow you to charge your keyboard with the USB Charging cable included with the keyboard without needing a computer.Size: 11.5"X4.5"
How To Connect To iPad/iPad 2/iPhone4-Turn on the bluetooth on the iPad/iPad 2/iPhone 4-Turn on the power on the keyboard-Press connect on the keyboard. The red star will start blinking. It keeps blinking until it is sync'd or times out-Have the iPad/iPad 2/iPhone 4 search for bluetooth devices-Select the keyboard after iPad/iPad 2/iPhone 4 finds it-Then the iPad/iPad 2/iPhone 4 will give you a code to type on the bluetooth keyboard using the # keys on the keyboard and press ENTER. It should connect the 2 devices together
How To Connect To Galaxy Tab/Motorola Xoom- Follow same instructions as iPad
How To Connect To iOS4-Works with only iPhone 4 and 3GS. Other devices that use iOS4 might not be compatible such as iPod Touch and iPhone 3G.
How To Connect To iPhone 3GS-Upgrade phone to iOS4 and follow the instructions above for iPad-iPhone 3G does not support bluetooth keyboard even with iOS4.
FEATURES-USB Rechargeable-Waterproof-Washable-Portable (just fold it up and take it with you)
COMES IN BOX:-Black Flexible Bluetooth Keyboard-Bluetooth USB Adapter-Retractable USB cable-CD-Manual
iPad NOT INCLUDED
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