I really can’t overstate the benefit of this. This is a huge advantage over the Brydge keyboard. Second, the ease of attachment and detachment. This is a great keyboard to use, and that impression hasn’t changed after writing some relatively lengthy pieces on it. I still think it’s not quite up there with the 16-inch MacBook Pro, but it is very, very close. The strengths are compellingįirst, and most importantly, the typing experience is really, really good. So again, no biggie.Īll of which means that the weaknesses are relatively trivial, while the three strengths are powerful ones. Laptop stability is good enough for decent typing, and most of my mobile use is coffee shops, trains, and planes – all environments where I have it on a table. The screen angle is only an issue in one very specific situation, and it’s not a big deal then, so that’s not really a factor. Given I don’t often play music on my iPad, I can live with on-screen brightness and volume controls. Personally, I think I could have happily lived with slightly smaller keys, but that was a judgment call, and I do understand the decision Apple has made here. It could either make the keyboard exactly the same size as the one on the 16-inch MacBook Pro, or it could shrink them enough to allow room for half-height function keys without them falling beneath the overhang of the iPad in the most reclined position. So far as the function keys are concerned, Apple had a choice. And fortunately, as a depressingly mono-lingual person, there is one: the globe key. Several readers pointed out that the Escape key problem is easy to solve: just remap a key that I don’t need. I wouldn’t buy something I found ugly, but this isn’t: it’s just ordinary-looking. The lack of style and premium feel … well, it’s disappointing, but doesn’t really factor into my decision. And that’s what this is: the best possible writing experience on an iPad. Offer me the best possible writing experience on an iPad, and I’ll pay what it takes. Things are worth what the buyer is willing to pay. I think there is very little doubt that I’ll be keeping it. It’s not quite as stable on my lap as I’d like. The screen angle doesn’t quite go back as far as I’d ideally like. There’s no Escape key, and no functions keys. It’s really expensive, and that fact isn’t reflected in the look and feel of the cover. I said in my two previous pieces on Apple’s Magic Keyboard for the iPad that it’s not a perfect product.
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