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Top Customer Reviews
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Familiar and Compact; Elegant Design
By
B.D
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September 24, 2016
Verified Purchase
The Best Wireless Keyboard in the world if you are a ThinkPad user. Only limitation is battery life; I seem to need a recharge about once a week.
Note:
I was actually very apprehensive about this purchase after reading a plethora of reviews of complaining of poor BlueTooth range. I've been using this keyboard with a computer that is positioned eight feet away and haven't had any problems with connectivity with the exception of reestablishing a connection after waking the computer from sleep which takes anywhere from 5 to 30 seconds and has nothing to due with signal range. That is a normal inconvenience that I have come to expect from BlueTooth devices.
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As good as my X230 10/10 Must By for any Thinkpad user
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thomas dwyer
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March 5, 2014
Verified Purchase
I was hopeful but was concerned that the TrackPoint would not function as well as a real Thinkpad. I was also thinking that the key feedback would be unsatisfying, but...
I love this keyboard. Just like the last good keyboard every made. The Thinkpad keyboard from the X230/T430/T530. . Now that Lenovo had finally killed the Thinkpad keyboard I am considering buying 2-3 more of these... a life time supply.
Build Quality: 10/10
This feels like a very high quality keyboard.
Solid with zero flex.
Keyboard: 10/10
The key travel is the same as my X230 and I have no complaints about it.
Key Feedback is excellent. Perhaps slightly better then my X230 but probably the same as a brand new X230
Function Keys i.e. F1 F2 F3....
These keys do represent a distinct row of keys.
Under Archlinux, by default the evdev driver interprets these keys as Function Keys i.e. F1 F2 as opposed to Media Keys
TrackPoint: 8/10
It may still deserve a 10/10
It behaves exactly the same as a Thinkpad TrackPoint
Sensitivity and feel is indistinguishable....
NOT all whacked out and crappy like a Dell or HP trackpoint. This is a Thinkpad trackpoint
The mouse buttons feel exactly the same as a T430
The mouse buttons are the same size as on a T430
- - My 2 Problems with this keyboard - -
-1
I have yet to have found a way to remap the "Fn" and "LeftCtrl" keys.
I'm sure there is a way to do it. I need to search more in /usr/share/X11/xkb/*/*
But xev shows no output for the "Fn" key and this is normal. It's output is filtered by the driver, because it is not meant to be a Modifier Key ... on that level. It is suppose to be interpreted by the driver and the driver should only deliver the scancodes for the "Fn" modified key.
-2
Out of the box,
Horizontal Scrolling with the TrackPoint dose not work at all
# cat /dev/input/by-id/usb-Lenovo_ThinkPad_Compact_USB_Keyboard_with_TrackPoint-if01-event-mouse
Displays output while holding the centrer button and moving the pointer up/down
Displays NO output at all while holding the centre button and moving side to side
Interestingly,
# xinput list 10
Shows "Scroll info for Valuator 2" ... "type: 2 (horizontal)" which indicates that holding the middle button should enable Horizontal scrolling by default. Below that it shows "Scroll info for Valuator 3" ... "type: 1 (vertical)" and Valuator 4 as vertical as well as being marked ( preferred ).
When I cat the the USB device directly. The output confirms this.
The USB device shows output while moving the TrackPoint Left/Right and different output while holding the Middle mouse button. However, it shows NO Output while holding the middle mouse button and moving the TrackPoint Up/Down.
xinput also shows this keyboard with 22 button-maps.
It also shows these Button Labels in the 6 and 7 positions (which is where they should be)
"Button Horiz Wheel Left" "Button Horiz Wheel Right"
My Conclusion is that I need to modify the evdev driver.
I do not think this is a hardware problem and all it's problems can be solved in the driver.
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Fantastic ! ! !
By
skipper
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December 23, 2015
Verified Purchase
Great product ! I own several K400 plus and the older K400. Over 1 year of battery life at many hours a day use.K400 plus vs. K400: The newer version feels more rugged with better quick key layout.Mouse pad works seamless .I can not give it a 5 star rating as the older version's print is much bolder and easier to see in dim light.Neverless I still recommend this product.Thanks Logitech for another quality product at a reasonable price.
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Could have been so much better, if only Lenovo put forth a little effort
By
CincyTriGuy
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March 6, 2013
Verified Purchase
If you're only looking for a keyboard to type on and nothing else, than this keyboard is actually pretty excellent. However, if you're looking for a keyboard that can extend the functionality of your Tablet 2 and make it closer to a true ultrabook, such as the tablet and keyboard solutions from Samsung, Acer, and Asus, then this keyboard comes up far short.
Pros
* As far as the typing experience on small keyboards go, it's excellent. Arguably the best keyboard of this size that you can buy
Cons
* No way to lock the tablet onto the keyboard
* Needs to be stowed and transported separately from the tablet since, as I mentioned, the 2 pieces do not lock together
* Does not provide power (no integrated battery) or offer additional ports such as USB, HDMI, etc
* Does not provide adjustable viewing angles
* No access to the mini HDMI port on the bottom of the Tablet 2 while using the keyboard. Huh? The Tablet 2 is obviously aimed at business users, and presenting from your PC is a common use case. So if you wanted to take the Tablet 2 into a meeting and present from it while using your keyboard, well, sorry, you can't. Huge engineering fail here.
* If you have the Lenovo Folio case for your Tablet 2, you'll need to take the tablet out of the case to use this keyboard. Huh? That's right: the case - which Lenovo makes - does not fit into the groove on the keyboard - which Lenovo also makes. Yet another huge engineering fail here.
Lenovo could have made this so much more than just a keyboard, but they didn't. I agree with the other reviewer that used the word "uninspiring". That's exactly what this is. Lenovo hit a home run with the Tablet 2 but unfortunately all of the accessories that they're offering for it feel like they were rushed to market with lackluster effort because none of the accessories integrate with each other as well as they should. It's as if the teams that made the keyboard, the Folio case, and the sleeve never talked to each other and didn't even consider that they're accessories should actually play nice with each other.
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Great keyboard that uses traditional key metrics for those used to legacy keyboards
By
Amazon Customer
on
August 21, 2016
Verified Purchase
This keyboard uses the traditional key design, spacing, and stroke depth for keyboards dating back to the 1970's and 1980's. I used this to replace a modern keyboard that was lighted (this keyboard is not lighted). The problem I have with many modern keyboards is the difference in stroke depth and key surface width. I was making a lot of typing mistakes and couldn't figure out why until I studied the situation and realized that for decades I had become accustomed to the design metrics associated with traditional keyboards. I believed this was the predominant reason for the many typing errors I was experiencing. So I bought this keyboard to test my theory, and YES, my theory was correct. My typing errors are greatly reduced allowing me to type more accurately without having to look at the keyboard. I wish there was a lighted version of this keyboard, but I would rather use a keyboard with traditional key design metrics than a higher tech lighted keyboard that has non-standard key metrics. NOTE: this keyboard has a very slight key-click feel which is not audible (my preference) and is not at all like the old IBM PC audible-click keyboards.
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Trackpoing Unusable
By
Julie L Ivy
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September 5, 2015
Verified Purchase
I purchased this product for the track point feature. This keyboard was selected over the other options because it was the lowest price point, and wireless. When first pairing this keyboard with my tablet (Wacom Companion 2), the track point worked perfectly. However, this keyboard goes into sleep mode when not in use, and once you wake it up the track point becomes unusable. The pointer jumps wildly across the screen, and eventually disappears to a far corner. I was unable to find a way to fix this error. I tried disconnecting and re-connecting, rebooting, and other various combinations of the above, but was unable to resolve the issue.
The keyboard itself is lovely! The size is perfect, and it feels very comfortable to hold. There were also no issues with the keyboard itself when it resumed from sleep mode, only the track point had issues. It arrived with a stand I wasn't expecting, and a really cool case, that if my tablet had fit into it, would have been the perfect solution to transform my tablet into a mini laptop. If I owned the tablet this keyboard was intended for (My tablet is 13", more of a mini laptop than a tablet) I would 100% buy again, with or without the track point function working correctly.
I also want to note, this came to me missing the cable required to charge the keyboard. Luckily it's a common cable, and I was able to find another one in the house easily, but it was supposed to be included with the purchase.
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