Samsers Foldable Bluetooth Keyboard with Touchpad, Full-Size Wireless Folding Portable Travel Keyboard for iOS Android Windows Mac OS, Support 3 Devices (BT5.1 x 3), Black

This little thing is amazing.I'm a professional transcriptionist, and my fingers fly across a keyboard all day long. Trying to use a phone keyboard is torture. I discovered that most foldable bluetooth keyboards are smaller than normal, which is difficult for someone like me to use. This, though, being a full-size version, is perfect.It is surprisingly sturdy when opened. I tried using it on my lap, and yes, it actually works. I wouldn't want to do a marathon session like that, but it does stay open and doesn't try to fold in on itself during use. The way the keys are situated where they slide open over the hinge is why it seems to be more sturdy.I had my choice between either getting a number pad on the right or getting the touch pad. I'm glad I opted for the touch pad. The scrolling works incredibly well. I feel like I'm on a laptop computer with a mouse. I wish I had bought this years ago.I often have to work in the backseat of a car with my laptop strapped to a headrest, and use a separate mechanical keyboard and mouse put on a lap desk just so I can work on Word documents while someone else is driving. This solves the hassle of bringing all of that.Connecting to bluetooth is a cinch. The initial setup was no problem. It was just like every other device. After that, the only thing I ever have to do is flip the switch on the keyboard. It goes to sleep if I'm not using it, so even if I forget, it doesn't matter.The size of it folded up is about the size of two of my cell phones stacked on top of each other.

Slick keyboard, very compact when folded and easy to connect to my devices. I use it as a living room keyboard for when the pc in my office is displaying on the TV, and the bluetooth works great through the walls (no dongle, actual bluetooth). One of the oddities of it is that the esc key defaults to opening a new browser tab, instead of acting like an esc key. You can get around that easily by doing fn+esc, and you can also turn on fn lock (fn+tab) to make that the new default behavior, though this unfortunately doesn't seem to stay on between power cycles. The track pad isn't the best, feels fine to touch but the cursor movement is just a little choppy. Works fine and can still be precise, but takes a few minutes to get used to. Still way more convenient than a standalone mouse. For the price, I have no complaints!

I got this keyboard for use with an Ipad Pro. I was tired of lugging the other heavy keyboard around, and wanted something lighter but more compact, that is functional, nice to use, aesthetic.Due to a shipping issue, I ended up with two of these to try out, one which I’ll send back. They are the blue and the pink color. I’ll note the issues with both, and a few small differences.First, the nice thing is to have a keyboard this compact and light, that fits easily in a purse or bag. It is far less weight than some of the alternatives. It is nice looking, both open and closed, and the key responsiveness is good. Interestingly, noise wise, the blue keyboard was a bit noisier, bordering on “klacky”, whereas the pink keyboard was a bit more muted, but still something I wouldn’t want to use in a hushed room. It would be noisy for that. I’m used to using Apple keyboards, and the modern versions of those are almost totally silent.The trackpad is useable. It tends to be a bit jumpy, especially for scrolling, but with some mental adjustment, I can get it to do what I want. It’s not as smooth as the higher-end ones though. The instructions say to turn on the “AssistiveTouch” feature for iPadOS, but I didn’t need that on for the trackpad to seemingly do its job. There are a number of gestures that work, like pinch to zoom, three finger swipe up for the dock and three finger swipe down for the desktop overview. The gestures seem to work well.I do find it a bit on the difficult side to get used to the mouse buttons at the bottom, being used to a larger trackpad where I can just click anywhere to activate the left/right click. It does work to tap-to-click. However, there are certain situations, such as text selection where that doesn’t work, and so the actual click-button has to be pressed. That’s still awkward.Some minor flaws apart from the noise include occasional repeated keystrokes, maybe 1 in 500 so not very often, but annoying when it happens. And perhaps due to the layout, an occasional incorrect keypress. However, the more I get used to it, the less that happens.Now, the biggest flaws I saved for last. The most major flaw, which has me wondering if this will be something I can continue to use, is that I naturally hit the space key with my left thumb, and that happens to be right where the hinge protrudes. So I get a weird tactile “bump” every time I hit the key, and really don’t like it. The hinge protrudes much more than is apparent from the advertising pictures. See my own picture side-on to see how much it protrudes. It is at least 1-2 mm higher than any key. This wouldn’t be a problem if I used my right thumb for space bar, but I’ve tried to reprogram my brain to use right, and so far it’s impossible. Besides, it’s silly to have such a major thing sticking out right there.The second issue is the left command key (alt/cmd) on both iPad and Mac. This key is the one I use to access the app switcher popup menu by pressing cmd-tab, on both iPadOS and MacOS. I’ve tested this on both platforms, and something is wrong with the key, where it will activate the app switcher, but then immediately ends the keypress rather than holding it (even if I hold it down). This does not occur with the right-hand alt/cmd key, only the left one. And it happens with both of the keyboards I tried. I noted that at one point in my testing, this behavior seemed to resolve itself after a time, but now today it’s back to doing it again. I’m not sure what causes it, but if you’re like me and use the left hand for the command-key on any apple platforms, it’s kind of a pain.If it weren’t for these major flaws, I’d give it a 4-star rating (not 5, due to the noise and a bit of a clunky typing experience, plus lack of backlight).Due to the major flaws of the hinge and the left command key not working right on Apple platforms, I reduce the rating to 3 stars.Overall, it seems like a nice idea, but with some room to improve on the execution of it.I want to like it more, but it still needs some refinement.