German keyboard layout, but ...

The keyboard works right away almost perfectly with the Samsung Galaxy S3 (Android 4.0.4) - but with a few limitations. The coupling does not make problems. Later, it is sufficient to simply turn on Bluetooth on both devices and enter any character on the keyboard, even it is recognized as an active input device. However, the key assignment depends on the settings of "Language and input" on the smartphone from. Is there "Samsung keypad" (default setting) is selected, all the keyboard shortcuts by pressing the [Alt] key will be ignored, so that, for example, \ and @ can not be entered. Turn it on SwiftKey as to input method, although then operate the combinations [Alt Gr], but the parentheses are slipped a key to the right and following signs are no longer available: / <> § [] {} | "
So either there are problems in the address field of e-mails (@) or at the address in the browser (/). In such a case, but can still be used on the phone the software keyboard to enter the missing characters. It is therefore primarily to a loss of comfort. The bottom line outweigh the benefits if a lot of text to be input - especially in letters and numbers in the exchange.