iPad keyboards tested on deadline (photos)
by ZDNet Author | June 2, 2011 11:00am PDT | Image 1 of 10
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Wouldn't you know it? Just as I was approaching my deadline last week for a CNET commentary on John F. Kennedy's "moon speech" and the current state of the American space program, my MacBook Pro crashed. While the Apple store was installing a new hard drive, I turned to my iPad as my backup word processor. Since I don't like the iPad's onscreen keyboard, I tried a series of iPad keyboards I had on hand to review.
This Bluetooth Laser Virtual Keyboard works well enough, but it provides many of the same problems as the virtual iPad keys. I need the "click" of real keys. Cost: $150.
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If I need a keyboard then I don't need a tablet; I need a notebook.
Ziff Davis has to reload the ENTIRE PAGE to display each sentence of an article? Really?
what will the bluetooth keyboard do to battery life?
What about Apple's dedicated iPad keyboard? Okay so it's not as portable as some, but it's robust and responsive.
In terms of user feedback design when a key is pressed for the laser keyboard, what if the design it so that the laser will stop emitting whenever a key is pressed - ie. only that key will turn dark b/c there is no laser emission?
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