It's /kinda/ the same, in that it allows you to pair it with 3 devices. It fails in regards to having a physical switch for selecting devices. Instead it'll connect to the highest 'ranked' device that's on. It works fine for switching between home/office, but not so much for phone/computer.
Logitech K480 – Bluetooth Multi-Device Keyboard
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The K810 is quite a nice keyboard, IMO better than the Apple bluetooth keyboard in terms of feel. It appears to be functionally identical to this new K480 and would appear to have the exact same physical keyboard.
additionally the K810 is backlit, which this does not appear to be, the backlit function is fantastic.
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1. It's not my link 2. Running OSX on standard hardware, Apple OEM or not, is not very hard...
1. I never said it was yours, I said you provided it. 2. I am not a non-OSX user because I can't afford to buy a Mac. I am a non-OSX user because I don't like OSX.
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The only gripe I have with using bluetooth keyboards for my desktop is that batteries seem to drain much faster than the models using proprietary dongles. What is your experience with the K810 ?
This is why I love my K750 with integrated solar panels. No batteries to worry about; it just works, always. And it's great to type on.
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#96I think most people here are in a very firm or serious relationship with their keyboard. (I know I am with my Corsair mechanical). Would love to see this as a usb device that the keyboard plugs into. Would think monitoring key presses on the middle man device would not be to hard?
In any case, I don't see this as a main keyboard replacement. But I do have a crappy computer that sits under my TV to play video/Netflix/etc. - this would be ideal for it.
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#98I've been using the K810 [1] for some time for all my computers. I find it absolutely brilliant to type on (being mostly in vim, the awkward home/end, page up/down, arrows etc don't matter very much), and it also has the ability to switch between 3 paired bluetooth devices. There is also the Lenovo Thinkpad Compact Bluetooth [2], which I haven't tried, but allegedly "features a simplified pairing with the system thro…
The only gripe I have with using bluetooth keyboards for my desktop is that batteries seem to drain much faster than the models using proprietary dongles. What is your experience with the K810 ?
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Maybe I am just confused then. The link you provided is to an app available on the Mac App Store. EDIT: dialed down the snark
1. It's not my link 2. Running OSX on standard hardware, Apple OEM or not, is not very hard...
So... instead of just buying a portable bluetooth keyboard I need to build a hackintosh? Oh okay.
The Apple fans here never cease to amuse me with their asinine suggestions.
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#100I wish there was some kind of dongle I could plug my das keyboard into that would give me the multi-device feature without sacrificing on the actual keyboard part.