The 1byone Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard by 1byone was sent to me as a review so I will review as
honestly as possible. This entire review is being typed with this keyboard on
my HTC One M8 using the Android App Jotterpad
When I received the 1byone Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard with Multi Touchpad, I was very surprised initially
by the box of the Bluetooth Keyboard. It was really clean, flat, and well
packaged. Inside the box was just the keyboard with a small instructional
pamphlet on how to connect the keyboard to your Windows machine or Linux or
Android device. I was able to get this device up and running within a minute
after I inserted the Triple A batteries needed. I do wish that the back panel
for the keyboard where you insert the batteries was easy to remove, but it only
took me an extra 30 seconds. Due to the keyboard’s stainless steel back plate,
it feels a lot heavier and feels all that more durable.
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| Box it came in was clean and easy to recycle. |
Upon placing the keyboard on my desk, I realized how low the
profile of the keyboard really is. It is slightly angled towards the user due
to the battery compartment. I liked this because the keyboard is really thin,
so the angle of the keyboard works well for the user. It is also worth noting
that this keyboard also has a track pad with a two button click implemented into
the keyboard. This is the first, and potentially only, keyboard I own that has
a track pad embedded into it. It works surprisingly well once you adjust the
sensitivity of the mouse to make it a little faster.
I initially synced this keyboard to my laptop for day to day
use, but quickly found that it would be better used on my phone for quick note
taking in class and on my tablet for larger tasks during class as well. The
fact this keyboard has a track pad in it makes it easier to use my tablet
without the need of an external Bluetooth Mouse. The keyboard itself is very
comfortable and I find it to be just as comfortable as the on-board keyboard on
my Lenovo Y510P. The keyboard that I received with my Winbook 802 Windows
Tablet was much too small for my fingers to efficiently type, but this keyboard
is a happy medium comfort and efficiency.
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| Stainless Steel Back |
The keyboard is also very responsive and I like how the keys
feel as if they do not bottom out forever. On old Dell keyboards and the older
USB keyboards, the keys were large so you could feel them bottom out, but since
the keys on this keyboard are flat, you don’t feel them bottom out as much. This
is great for me because this resembles my laptop’s keyboard even more, making
it easier for me to type. I was also able to successfully test the function
keys on the keyboard as well. By holding the function key and pressing the
corresponding 'f' key, I was able to open my email, pause, play, rewind my
music and increase and decrease the volume of my phone. I found these functions
to be very helpful in operating my phone when I didn't want to physically click
the buttons on my phone and if I wanted to quickly check my email or go to the
desktop of my phone.
I do have a two, although very minor, issues with the
keyboard though, the first being that it is not rechargeable. Now, I have not fully
drained the battery on this keyboard yet, and I have used it for two-three days
pretty consistently, but I do wish it implemented a rechargeable battery cell
so that I could charge it over night or with a power bank and not have to worry
about buying batteries. The second is that the letters looks very cheap on the keyboard. I dislike the fact that I can see the black outline around the keys. If you click on the image to your right, you can see the outline on the C and F key quite well. It is very minor, but I think it is meant to be there so that the keys do not fade away.
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| Dark outline of the keys. |
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