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  • Martin Turner October 26, 2010 at 10:57 pm

    Review by Martin Turner for Apple Wireless Keyboard – GBR
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    At just about an inch longer, this laptop sytle keyboard is an ideal bluetooth companion for the iPad, which is why I bought it. If you prefer, there’s a keyboard with a built-in dock available, but that assumes you want the iPad at the angle the dock insists, which isn’t necessarily the case. This one also makes a great extension keyboard for a laptop, for example if you close your laptop and plug it into a big monitor, or for a presentation. However, you might be better off purchasing the older, full sized Apple Wireless Keyboard – Keyboard – wireless – Bluetooth – English, which has the numeric keypad, full set of navigation keys and the delete button, if it’s mainly for laptop use.

    I didn’t much like the look of the keys on this board until I actually tried it. They looked more like Scrabble tiles, and I preferred the typewriter style keys with curved tops found on MacBook Pros and full sized keyboards. However, I was pleasantly surprised by the excellent feel — as good as the legendary old Northgate keyboards — and find myself rattling away at my usual pace without any adjustment necessary.

    On the first generation of this style of keyboard, battery life was appalling. Apple has addressed this, and, with fewer batteries required, we now get the kind of extensive life the old big white bluetooth keyboards gave us.

    If you want a keyboard for the iPad (or iPhone, I understand) which you also want to use with a laptop, then this is the best one to go for. Otherwise, you might consider the dedicated iPad keyboard, as this more general model has functions such as CD eject which you won’t be needing.

    By the way, this review was typed on the keyboard, on an iPad, just so you know it works.

  • Lawrence Newberry October 26, 2010 at 11:53 pm

    Review by Lawrence Newberry for Apple Wireless Keyboard – GBR
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    This has to be the best Keyboard in the world! I love the touch type, I love how the keys are separated for better typing and how it all sounds when typing its actually quite a beautiful sound when typing its not clunky like on other keyboard, its nice and you dont even have to press hard to make it that loud or to make letters appear on the screen.

    I love all the quick buttons along the top for the daskboard and brightness of the screen and volume and iTunes controls, I love how the battery compartment is actually part of the stand as well but I would of like to have seen the compartment at the back open that does not involve a coin to open but bleh, what can you do, its not that much to bother about.

    I would defo recommend this keyboard to anyone who is looking for a wireless keyboard for there mac or macbook pro, I am not sure if it works for PCs that have blutooth in them or not..

    BUY THIS KEYBOARD FOR YOUR MAC OR MACBOOK PRO TODAY!!!

  • Nick Flynn October 27, 2010 at 12:03 am

    Review by Nick Flynn for Apple Wireless Keyboard – GBR
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    First of all, this is a very stylish keyboard, and as a (mostly) laptop user, I do like the short travel button keys.

    I find connectivity is immediate, and so far so good on battery life … at least as good as other bluetooth keyboards I have owned.

    There are one or two very minor niggles, the @ is located above the 2 (american keyboard) style, and I do seem to hit caps lock quite a lot.

    That probably brings me round to my biggest quibble, and something I have not really marked the keyboard down on … its size!!! it is very small, the keyboard on my 15.6 inch HP laptop is bigger! That is probably not a problem for the vast majority of people, but for an 18 stone ex rugby player (who can type reasonably well 2 handed, I found that I was mis-keying a lot, and my shoulders ached after a while.

    I do bemoan the fact that you cannot get a full sized wireless keyboard, but this review is not the place for that.

    The wireless keyboard is a slick, solidly built and nice to use bit of kit (see note above). It slides away nicely under my 27 inch iMac and I would recommend it. (esp alongside the trackpad or magic mouse)

  • G. Love October 27, 2010 at 1:01 am

    Review by G. Love for Apple Wireless Keyboard – GBR
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    I can find no fault with this keyboard, it is clean and very portable. My Ipad picked it up instantly and works great.

  • S. Hill October 27, 2010 at 1:30 am

    Review by S. Hill for Apple Wireless Keyboard – GBR
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    Lovely keyboard from the convenience point of view. You can put it anywhere on your desk if you’re not using it (for example, if you’re playing a synth keyboard you can just bung it upright in the corner). The action is okay given the short key travel but I’m really not convinced you’d want to do a lot of typing on it. That said, I haven’t tried.

    The design is great, as others have said, and I find the angle of use fine. I keep a 5p coin on my desk for opening the battery compartment.

    The only drawback is that it eats batteries. Not only that, you don’t get much warning of the batteries being exhausted. But you really wouldn’t want to use disposable ones: I reckon I get maybe 3 weeks or so out of a pair (considerably worse than my previous wireless keyboard). I have tried various rechargeable batteries (including a set of 2900mAh ones, which I thought must be good. They weren’t) and the best so far are these:

    Duracell Stay Charged AA Rechargeable batteries pack of 4. They seem to retain their charge pre-use, and in use last well. If you buy 4, then you have two spares – or a set for your magic mouse ;) .