07-24-2011, 11:18 PM | #1 |
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Bluetooth Keyboard
For those shopping for a Bluetooth keyboard to use with their Honeycomb tablet, the Motorola keyboard that is meant as an accessory for the Xoom works great with my Galaxy Tab 10.1.
The keyboard is an HID profile device, so it should work with most anything that supports a Bluetooth HID keyboard. It doesn't work with my phone without an additional app, which I haven't tried yet. Synopsis: Chicklet keys with full sized key spacing, not netbook spacing. Well made. Does not slide around the table or flex when typing. Two AA alkalines Very responsive, even when keyboard is sleeping. Four Andoid keys (home, back, search, menu). Multimedia keys. Alt-arrow keys for cursor Home, End, top of page, end of page. Maybe other combinations I haven't discovered yet. I considered the Logitech keyboard, but went with the Motorola as it has a separate function key row above the numbers. The Motorola has no separate stand like the Logitech. I don't need one, as I have the Samsung flip case. Joe |
07-25-2011, 11:43 AM | #2 |
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Thanks for the review. Do you have a model number or better yet a link to the actual product?
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Wow, that's a $70 keyboard. Too rich for my blood, but I hope it works really great :-)
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If you think these prices are bad, be glad you don't have to pay the Apple tax. The Logitech keyboard for the iPad is $100. Two very similar keyboards from the same manufacturer. Hmm, I can't think of any valid reason one should cost $30 more than the other. I probably wouldn't have bought this keyboard at this time, but I had a $50 gift card. I don't know how often I'll be using it, but it sure is nice typing on a real keyboard vs the onscreen keyboard. Onscreen keyboards like Swype and Thumb Keyboard are fine for small amounts of text, and I can even do a fair job of touch typing with the default onscreen keyboard (in landscape). For real text entry, the physical keyboard is not only more familiar and faster, but you also don't have half your screen being used up. Joe |
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