A Small But Full-Featured Keyboard for the iPad Mini - NYTimes.com

While the small size of the iPad Mini is its charm, it is also a liability. The challenge of typing on a glass keyboard increases as its size shrinks.

But just as with the full-size iPad, accessory makers have come to the rescue. For the Mini, Logitech has created a diminutive keyboard with full-size features.

Liltingly called the Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Mini, the keyboard is itself about the same size and thickness as an iPad Mini. It attaches with a magnetic hinge ? just like iPad covers ? and has a built-in lip where the tablet stands horizontally or vertically while in use.

The keyboard connects to the Mini through Bluetooth in a straightforward process. Logitech claims a keyboard battery life of 180 hours.

The keys are nearly full size and are scissor keys, so they move during typing, unlike keys on some accessory keyboards. The keyboard comes with home and command keys, although many of those require memorization; to call up Siri, for instance, the Fn and 2 keys are pressed.

The keyboard is backed with aluminum that appears identical to that of the iPad, so when closed the result looks like an iPad sandwich.

But that may be the one real problem with the keyboard ? its size. It?s as if you are toting not one, but two Minis ? and wasn?t the slight size and weight of the Mini part of the attraction?

A quibble is that although the keyboard does set off the magnetic lock on the iPad, the magnet is not strong enough to keep the board stuck to the pad. It tends to flop open.

The Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Mini is due out this month at a price of $80.

Source: http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/a-small-but-full-featured-keyboard-for-the-ipad-mini/

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