Dune really small size with dimensions of 15cm x 5.5cm, is slightly longer quun smartphone with a screen of 5 inches and no wider. It glides easily in pocket or purse. Its velvety texture is particularly pleasant in the hand and its buttons are small but in an ideal size for writing, of course, if we didnt big fingers. The good compromise was reached to allow this minimum size without the size is uncomfortable. For cons, the keys may sabimer with time, friction and blows that he may have to receive during transportation. A small pocket for slipping and protect the naurait not luxury.
This keyboard is indeed a qwerty, which may ease in more than one. There are the usual keys of the standard keyboard, the exception to the keypad that is regularly shunned by producers because of its redundancy with numbers placed in line above the letters. This "forgetting" just keeps this miniaturization making its daily use so interesting. However, it is endowed of a touch pad to select a specific location on the screen without touching it, of a directional pad and two buttons simulating left and right clicks dune mouse. Uap of fast keys are also present, such as adjusting the volume of your device, access to playback music and videos, and even a macro "control-alt-delete" as lon inflicted on our PCs when we are really very angry against them ^^!
Small detail, but a little gadget that makes super pro in meetings dentreprises ^^, a laser pointer is available on the right side so that the hand-held keypad as a remote control, you can do demonstrations by projecting a small light red on the wall. It also contains, in a small housing provided for this purpose and carefully hidden at the back, a bluetooth dongle to "convert" to Bluetooth devices that are not (yet) to which you want to pair your keyboard.
Start-up
This keyboard is running on battery, not to ugly piles of what is already a very good point. It recharges quickly with the USB port of your computer using the cable provided in the package. Twinning is incredibly simple: just to switching the device, DPress the bluetooth button to start the connection and see the keyboard appear in the list of available devices. It selects and enters laveugle, ugly physical keyboard, the multi-digit code specified by your tablet or smartphone (4 digits on the iPad and 6 numbers on an Android device). Be careful to think about keeping your finger pressed on the shift key component in the code to be called the numbers. We finish by pressing the Enter button and voila! On iPad, the keyboard is recognized immediately in azerty but on Android, it is necessary to think about going for a walk in the device parameters and identify keyboard settings. Thus, selecting "French Android keyboard" in the list of languages, although the keyboard switches to QWERTY.
Use
What surprised me most in the use of this keyboard, this is to realize that, although the touch pad is a good idea to simulate the mouse cursor over dune nimporte what screen (except that of the iPad where, unfortunately, the cursor napparait not), it turns quen as left-handed, he finds himself placed on the wrong side for me. Therefore, if we cut this part right to keep only the keyboard, liClever was just perfect!
I will not hide from you that you not narriverez to type as fast with this keyboard quavec a classic version 3 times wider. But with a little practice, you come to a certain fluidity and fingers end up finding the keys instinctively. However, attention to small traps that occur during the use. For example, there are no second "shift" key to the right. I never thought this key naurais métait but useful when creating a ". "With the absence of keypad, a moment of confusion is observed. After, everyone will notice small differences in terms of its habits, but nothing that can not be corrected with a little practice. Nice detail, no shortage seems to lament because all punctuations are present and accents.
This enters standby only after prolonged inactivity. But be careful to think turn it off well before transporting it because the slightest pressing a button wakes him instantly. It would be stupid that it devours its battery in a bag. Speaking of battery precisely, it ny unfortunately no gauge to monitor the load but allows a diode should indicate when the keyboard is out of breath, this is something.
Verdict
This little keyboard has all great dun! Its small size makes it a nomadic tool without denigrating the indispensable convenience for input. Pleasant, both in its texture by its ease of handling, it adapts quickly to your devices, they own a native Bluetooth connection or not. It easily fits in a pocket or purse and becomes the perfect companion for your smartphone or tablet. The notice, although very limited, is in English. If, on my side, that does not really pose a problem, some people may find a little embarrassed to understand the operation. Too bad. This detail aside, we get a really well finished and very successful gadget.
Conclusion
(+) Minimum space for a large enough to be functional keyboard. Battery operated. Very nice touch
(-) Buttons may take hits and seffacer time. Instructions in English
