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This keyboard accessory is disappointing. Submit your question to our community by clicking the 'Ask' button. Flip it back around, and it locks solidly into place, forming a stable, angled base.
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These two iPad keyboards take vastly different approaches toward design and features, with Apple favoring elegance and Logitech aiming for utilitarianism. And together they make for a case study in how adding more features brings more trade-offs. I measured a little over 17. Sizing aside, the new Smart Keyboard has the same design as the old one, with a nylon-like layer of woven fabric over the keys, along with plastic and felt-like fabric on opposite sides of the screen cover. Setting this up ceases to be confusing after about a day. Alternatively, you can fold the cover back behind the iPad for handheld use, or tuck the keyboard into a triangle behind the tablet for use as a stand; iOS will switch to its software keyboard when it recognizes that the physical one is stowed away. The Slim Combo is loaded with features. It has backlit keys, a kickstand with adjustable viewing angles, and a function key row with buttons for Home, screen brightness, an on-screen keyboard, media playback, volume, mute, and lock. The clamshell design acts like a protective barrier for both sides of the iPad, and it even includes a fabric loop for storing an Apple Pencil. That makes the Slim Combo trickier to balance on a lap, and harder to use on an airplane. The kickstand could be more rigid to prevent the screen from wobbling, and the floppy, rubberized band that connects the case and base sections allows the keyboard to shift around in your lap. Somewhere, someone from OSHA is tsk-tsking. Overall, using the Logitech Slim Combo feels like a deeper commitment to the iPad-as-laptop concept, with more features that appeal to serious typists. But it also makes the iPad harder to use in its natural state, and in some ways still manages to fall short as a typing machine. The typing test To see which keyboard was faster, I ran a series of typing tests in the free app for iOS. Each test required copying three brief passages of literature, and I ran each test three times per keyboard on two separate days. My highest score on the Smart Keyboard was 100 words per minute, versus 97 words per minute with the Slim Combo. Error rate was nearly the same on both keyboards, at 97. Using the Smart Keyboard requires a softer touch to avoid discomfort.
Note: Those with the larger version of this model should read our apple smart keyboard 10.5. Keyboard strokes are fluid. These keyboards last roughly six months. You'd be paying a lot of money for something that would barely last you a year. This is truly the first Apple product I have been disappointed in. The keyboard gets all its power from the iPad. Now it does not work at all. Using the Smart Keyboard requires a softer touch to avoid discomfort. It packs all the great productivity features present in its bigger 12. I highly recommend getting this keyboard if you want to type easily on your iPad. See our for more details. Too expensive to quit already.
