Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

First, I'm not going to ding this much for being large because you're just not going to get a full size keyboard that's small compared to the iPad itself. I like the feel of the keys given the slim form factor. And the stand is quite clever. Good things: - Very nice to type on - not quite as nice as a full height KB, but good tradeoff for thin. - Uses 4 AAA batteries - I prefer this to worrying about yet another charger. Logitech claims these will last ten months of normal use. - Paired easily with the iPad. - Also paired easily with the XOOM (Android device)! - Works in browsers, where it can be very useful. - Clever case turns into a stand that can hold the tablet in portrait or landscape mode (normal iPad cases, including Apple's, only do landscape, which can be frustrating when you want to read mags or comics). - Turns off to save batteries. - Very nice in apps such as Notepad to have shift-arrow (to select text) and cmd-x (cut) cmd-v (paste) and cmd-c (copy) working. - Has a Home key where Esc would be that acts like the iPad (or Android) home key. Can even turn it on when it's sleeping. Also a dedicated search key. - Has Fn keys for media control, volume control, lock. - Has dedicated (though small) arrow keys in a WASD configuration. Bad things: - It's a bit longer than the iPad - I think it's worth it to get a full size keyboard, but it is. - Power switch is tiny, easy to forget to turn it off. Not a catastrophe, but wastes some power. - I wasn't able to get the Ctrl key to do anything useful in apps like iSSH or ConnectBot on either iOS or Android. This is bad if, like me, your remote apps need control keys. Expect to do some termcap remapping. - Occasionally it doesn't want to re-connect - then you need to tell your tablet to unpair and repair. Hints: - You can use the stand in portrait (tablet tall instead of wide) mode! It took me a while to realize this since I'm not used to cases allowing it. - The connect button is a tiny thing under the keyboard in the upper right. Use it to pair with a new device or... - If the keyboard doesn't want to re-connect, holding the connect button while trying to do so seems to help. - fn-6=show/hide on-screen keyboard. The bottom line - normally a keypad on a tablet is ridiculous (just get a laptop), but if you love your tablet and have the occasional need for a keyboard, you could do worse, and this works with more than just the iPad.