Microsoft's new foldable keyboard • Hacker News Board

Re: Microsoft's new foldable keyboard

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Post by gfodor » Sun, Mar 15, 2015, 2:12 AM UTC

jacobolus wrote: post #5

Reinvented is pretty strong language here, this idea is far from new. I think this new keyboard looks convenient enough for those needing extreme portability, but also probably a pretty mediocre typing experience. In any case, this time.com post is just blogspam. Here’s Microsoft’s page that all the content comes from: http://blogs.microsoft.com/firehose/2015/03/02/get-more-done... And here’s another third party page…

Weird, that website design for way tools looked strangely familiar to nextengine.com. Digging further it looks like the same team.

Re: Microsoft's new foldable keyboard

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Post by kkmickos » Sun, Mar 15, 2015, 2:16 AM UTC

On a completely different sidenote; it seems microsoft adopted Wordpress as publishing platform. At least for that site.

Re: Microsoft's new foldable keyboard

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Post by postmeta » Sun, Mar 15, 2015, 2:22 AM UTC

Any keyboard task switching on iOS yet? That would be awesome.

Re: Microsoft's new foldable keyboard

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Post by mapt » Sun, Mar 15, 2015, 2:34 AM UTC

If it uses so little power...

Is charging the battery using solar power, like an old-style pocket calculator, practical? Just embed a few tens of square centimeters of cells under plastic on the edge of the keyboard. As a bonus, that means you don't have to permit anybody to open the thing ever, which grants you the ability to make it waterproof.

Re: Microsoft's new foldable keyboard

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Post by erodingvar » Sun, Mar 15, 2015, 2:35 AM UTC

I use a Microsoft keyboard at the desktop, because it's curved. For tablet, I cannot go back to flat like this. I use the Goldtouch Go!2, which is foldable and curved, and the Twiddler, which is handheld.

Re: Microsoft's new foldable keyboard

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Post by sosuke » Sun, Mar 15, 2015, 2:35 AM UTC

I like the more foldable style that has been around for a while http://www.amazon.com/Targus-Stowaway-Portable-Keyboard-Hand... I hope they come out with one like that.

I had one for a Compaq iPaq, it felt like the future every time I opened up. That was 2000 or 2001 I think?

Re: Microsoft's new foldable keyboard

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Post by mey » Sun, Mar 15, 2015, 2:35 AM UTC

I use a Microsoft Bluetooth wedge keyboard with my android tablet a lot, the cover makes an excellent stand.

Re: Microsoft's new foldable keyboard

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Post by Mithaldu » Sun, Mar 15, 2015, 2:36 AM UTC

orand wrote: post #65

Mithaldu wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are there any detailed reviews on textblade from actual humans? Googling around i find only copy-paste advertisements, and to say that their website doesn't fill me with confidence would be a massive understatement.

I was also skeptical (despite pre-ordering) until this review came out. http://www.macrumors.com/2015/03/06/hands-on-with-the-textbl...

That's not a very good review. It's long, but he only got to use it for a very short time in tightly controlled conditions.

Re: Microsoft's new foldable keyboard

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Post by desireco42 » Sun, Mar 15, 2015, 2:37 AM UTC

Again, it seems that lately MS can do no wrong :). I know this form factor existed before, but being build by MS and providing solid experience, this is huge.

Re: Microsoft's new foldable keyboard

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Post by mcshicks » Sun, Mar 15, 2015, 2:41 AM UTC

dbrian wrote: post #62

lisper wrote: post #56

To me this looks indistinguishable from: http://www.amazon.com/iWerkz-Universal-Foldable-Bluetooth-44... Available now at half the price.

Or this one at $30. http://www.amazon.com/Perixx-PERIBOARD-805L-Bluetooth-Foldin...

I have that one, and it's very nice, the keys feel similar to a regular keyboard. It also feels pretty solid mechanically when you fold it out. However its not that small. The feature on the MS one to allow easy pairing to more than one device is nice. The textblade looked interesting because its very small. However I would be very skeptical without some third party reviews of people who actually used the device.