I am typing on the Logitech K380 that I just received.
About me: I am old-school. I learned to type on a typewriter and I can do >60 wpm with a good keyboard. I yearn for the original IBM PC keyboard with its wonderful pitch, build, and feel. I still swear by a Lenovo ThinkPad for my laptop.
About my needs: I would like to type more things on my tablet (and maybe phone) such as this review. Thumbs and swype/glyde get me only so far. Voice dictation doesn't do it either. I can tell right away that "a" keyboard is the right tool for me.
About this product, the Logitech K380 Bluetooth keyboard:
For the price (<$30) I can afford to break it or lose it. It paired easily with my 2015 Fire 7" and iOS 10.2 iPhone SE. On both devices there is no lag at all. The key spacing is a bit tight, probably no worse than my old netbook, but nowhere near ThinkPad good. See picture for comparison with actual ThinkPad. The Logitech is about 1cm narrower from the 'Q' to the 'P'.
The key travel is as good as a mediocre laptop, and definitely worth my price. I can feel my fingers cramping up already, after about 100 words, so it's not for heavy-duty typing. Some reviewers commented on the round keycaps, but I adapted to them right away--except for the right-hand shift key where the rounding makes a difference for me. Standard combinations like Ctrl+x for cut and Ctrl+v for paste are supported.
The build seems more than good enough for the price. I will try to write an update.
When typing I do have to be careful because the function keys map to their specific tablet functions like homescreen (F4), switch app (F5), and tablet/phone/Android backscreen (F7). In typing this review, I overshot the '7' key and hit F7, which sent me to the page prior to the "Write your review here" page... and so I lost all my work.
There aren't clear instructions for how to use the various keys, so you have to be icon-literate. The F4 key has a pentagon (home), F5 has the stacked rectangles that mean "switch app" and F7 has the left-to-right swoop that means "backscreen" as on older Android devices (sorry iOS people). The volume and playback icons on F8-F12 and INS are pretty universal. There doesn't seem to be an equivalent for the ctrl+<right> combination to skip words that I use a lot. But fn+<tab> will pull a screenshot (that's much easier than Android's <power>+<volume down>).
I recommend this device.
UPDATE: glitches with iPad Air 1--single quote does not work. Shift generates double quote and single quote works on other devices.
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