Infamous crap-gadget house Brando’s latest dispensable accessory is a compact Bluetooth keyboard that they claim is perfect for the iPad, which crams 52 keys into a form factor no larger than the iPhone in a device only half-an-inch thick. It costs $37.
I don’t get it. If you want to type on your iPad, you can use the on-screen software keyboard or connect a Bluetooth keyboard if you prefer a more physical and tactile typing solution. How is using a physical keypad the size of an iPhone easier than either of those options? The keyboard’s cheaper than Apple’s own alternatives, but not cheap enough to be so useless.
John Brownlee is a writer for Fast Company, and a contributing writer here at CoM. He has also written for Wired, Playboy, Boing Boing, Popular Mechanics, VentureBeat, and Gizmodo. He lives in Boston with his wife and two parakeets. You can follow him here on Twitter.
10 responses to “Brando’s iPhone-Sized Bluetooth Keyboard For iPad”
Being honest doesn’t it look a little bit “naff”. I just bought a ipad 2 keyboard, i found it here
http://ipadmad.co.uk/ipad-2-ke…
I would prefer to see an app created that allowed us iOS converts to use an iPhone or iTouch as an iPad keyboard over WiFi or Bluetooth. Could see it being very handy, especially when on remote support. Carrying an iPad and iPhone around and using Citrix represents a more portable solution than a laptop!