Reviews for Apple Wireless Keyboard - French

Apple needs to bring back the number pad on the wireless keyboard. Previous incarnations of the wireless keyboard featured a number pad and even the current wired one has it, why not the wireless? They just took a laptop keyboard and made it wireless when one of the biggest downsides of a laptop keyboard is the lack of a number pad.

43 of 50 people found this useful

Just got this keyboard, had it set up in less than 5 minutes and it works great much easier than using the touch screen on the I Pad

38 of 41 people found this useful

ultra-slim, very "macbook air-esque". I enjoy using it with my MBA closed and my 24" LED cinema display for a desktop feel. The keyboard has the "feel" of my MBA so transitioning back-and-forth is a breeze. A very nice accessory.

39 of 43 people found this useful

Nothing had been spilled on it ever, nothing unusual had ever happened to it. After a year, the left half of the keys stopped working so I couldn't log in to my user any longer. I am typing this from a friends computer. Other than this issue, It worked fine. But I'm thinking I may buy a usb keyboard to replace it instead of another copy.

42 of 50 people found this useful

This is probably your best option for typing on your iPhone/iPod touch or iPad on the go. I use this keyboard every day along with my iPhone (using Evernote) to take notes in class. If you're looking for a desktop replacement however, I would look elsewhere. The function keys are great but it's a bit cramped for my liking. Still, this thing works perfectly and I highly recommend it for every iOS road warrior.

38 of 42 people found this useful

The keyboard is nice and works well. It makes typing on the iPad much easier. However, I worry about traveling with it. I kept the box to protect it while carrying in my briefcase or carry-on. But it would be nice to have some way to protect and attach to my iPad for transport. Of course, I probably should have bought a case with a built-in keyboard.

40 of 46 people found this useful

The Apple Wireless Keyboard is just so-so. I was surprised to find Apple does not offer a wireless keyboard with the usual numeric keypad and arrow/cursor keypad. A USB keyboard with those is still available, but they push the wireless model instead, because they offer only four USB ports on the new iMacs. I always miss the ten-key numeric keypad and the cursor keypad. This is a poor design choice.

The other major issue is battery life. To be fair, I've only had to replace the batteries twice in about four months since getting it. The Apple Magic Mouse, by comparison, eats batteries like candy, every week.

I see that another vendor's keyboards, sold by the Apple Store, offer solar power recharge to avoid frequent battery changes. This is a smart design feature that Apple should use.

But the first thing that happened when I went to replace the batteries the second time? The battery cap rolled away and got lost, never to appear again. Because the cap is also the contact for battery power, the keyboard was now useless. I don't find a way to order the cap by itself. I bought a new keyboard, the same model. But surprise! The Mac didn't want to recognize the new keyboard while busy asking for my password...which I couldn't type with the new, unrecognized keyboard. So...aha, the end cap is interchangeable, so I'm using the old keyboard with the new battery cap, but I'd really like an end cap, to have a spare keyboard. I will ask an Apple person about the end caps, and update if that's doable.

Now, seeing the solar option with full keypads, I will likely put the spare, with the missing cap, in for recycling, and buy the other product.

47 of 61 people found this useful

This is the best keyboard I have ever typed on, in fact I'm typing on it right now. I love its smooth clicking keys, slim blueotth design, and the fact that i can stop/play, mute, fast forward and change the volume of my music. I can change the brightness of the screen and even bring up the on screen keyboard for my emojicons. There are no cons with this apple device, love it!

41 of 49 people found this useful

Positives
- Sleek, slim, elegant design
- Small desk footprint
- Wireless
- Great to type on
- Weighty feel, not too light
- High quality parts and construction
- Alt function = media buttons, eject button
Negatives
- NO BACKLIT (Cant see when using for movie/music playback with little to no light situations)
- No USB inputs
- No ability to use keyboard during BIOS/Boot screen, mostly contribution to limitation of bluetooth and overall nature of boot sequence.
- NO PC drivers or support
Main gripes: Not backlit, no PC driver support, lack of functioning until OS boots.

39 of 45 people found this useful

Although I have the older version of this keyboard, the only difference is the # of AA batteries (3 vs. 2 in new one). I must say I've never had a single issue with the keyboard save the first time I paired it, and that only took a couple tries. But, since then I've been using this beautiful keyboard and all of it's many functions every day since I bought it. I have it hooked up to a MBP in clamshell, and truly it is exactly like the keyboard that was on my MBP in the first place, but I like the angle a little better. If you on the wall about this keyboard I say buy it, you won't ever regret it, especially if you use aftermarket rechargeable batteries as I do.

33 of 34 people found this useful