{"id":53225,"date":"2014-10-03T09:29:56","date_gmt":"2014-10-03T09:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=53225"},"modified":"2014-10-03T06:34:10","modified_gmt":"2014-10-03T06:34:10","slug":"microsoft-universal-mobile-keyboard-great-for-ipads-androids-and-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/10\/microsoft-universal-mobile-keyboard-great-for-ipads-androids-and-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft universal mobile keyboard great for iPads, androids and windows"},"content":{"rendered":"
What goes around, comes around. We put aside our laptops in favor of tablets because they\u2019re super-light, but still powerful. Developers recognized the power and mobile devices\u2019 omnipresence in our lives and began to alter mobile platforms and apps to make them better productivity tools.<\/p>\n
But the more work you do on a tablet, the more you crave a real keyboard. You could simply go back to you laptop, but that defeats the purpose, doesn\u2019t it? Third-party keyboards, like Microsoft\u2019s new\u00a0Universal Mobile Keyboard<\/a>, are the obvious answer.<\/p>\n Microsoft\u2019s $79.95 keyboard is portable, battery-powered and Bluetooth-ready. It also pulls off the neat trick of effortlessly connecting to Windows devices (obviously), iPads, iPhones and Android devices.<\/p>\n In a multi-platform environment like mine (I work on a Microsoft Surface Pro 3, but also travel with an iPad), this is a very welcome feature.<\/p>\n The look<\/strong><\/p>\n The universal keyboard arrives in a clamshell-style case; the rubberized top connects magnetically to the keyboard and also serves as a stand for your tablet or smartphone of choice (up to 0.39 inch thick). If you want more distance between the keyboard and your mobile device, you simply pull the case apart.<\/p>\n At, by my estimation, roughly 80% the size of a full-scale keyboard, some keys on the Universal Mobile Keyboard have been moved or combined. For example, Backspace is in the traditional upper right corner, but it shares the space with Delete, which you access by holding down the Function Key. Once you know this trick it\u2019s pretty easy to use.<\/p>\n Overall, the keyboard is 9.53 inches long by 4.29 inches wide and 0.47 inches tall. It weighs 12.9 ounces. For comparison, an iPad weighs 16.5 ounces. And without the rubber cover, the keyboard is about as thick as an iPad Air.<\/p>\n