Fosmon Portable Lightweight Mini Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard Controller (QWERTY keypad) w/ Built-In Touchpad for Apple / Android / Windows Smartphones, Tablets, PS4, Laptop, Notebook - Black & Orange

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The power switch does not inspire confidence but it works well. I really wish there were some way to turn off the right mouse button or remap it on android. It really sucks that it maps to the Back key. All mice have this problem on android. Would also be cool if it acted as a regular USB keyboard. This is actually a rebranded product, not that it matters. The PCB has Seenda.com printed on it. I assume they are the original manufacturer but they might just be the company that ordered the most of them. This is why you will see a dozen different versions of this exact same keyboard. My advice: Buy the cheapest, they are all the same. There is ample space within the case of the keyboard to insert an RFID that you can program to enable bluetooth and connect the phone to the keyboard. Dont put the RFID above the battery, the metallic foil that wraps the battery may interfere with your tag (unless you purchased an "on metal" tag). There is also enough space to put a much larger battery though I havent tried this yet. The internal battery is a 250mah @ 3.7v which the box claims is good for 50 days of standby. I lost they keyboard in a couch while it was turned on. I didnt find it for three weeks. It was still usable. So they may not be lying. The box claims 10 days of continuous use per charge, Im not so sure. To be on the safe side I charge it once or twice a week. Note: The keyboard I got was missing the blue icon on the Esc key and any mention of it in the documentation. When you press the Fn key and then Esc, it toggles rotating the touchpad 90 degrees. This is really handy for using the touchpad one handed.

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I use it with an Android 4 Sero 7 Pro, and it works fine. The unit is small and lightweight, so dont get it if you want a hefty, rugged thing for use under rugged conditions. Its perfect for use with any device with an HDMI interface for streaming a phone or tablet screen image to a TV: it puts any and all of the small screen on the big one, so that you can view absolutely anything you can see online without being limited to whatever channels a streaming box provides, like Roku or Apple TV. The keyboard is easy to set up and use, although the instruction manual uses printso small that its hard to read. All in all, a very useful and handy little device!

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This is one great Mini Bluetooth keyboard. I have tried over ten in the past year and this one is by far the most user-friendly. The mouth buttons left and right click are conveniently placed for easy access while browsing. The battery life from this unit last far longer than I expected, approximately 8 hours of constant use before it dies. I would definitely recommend this unit to all my friends seeing as Ive become a mini keyboard expert over the past year.

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Its just not very good. Its unwieldy - I have very small hands for a guy and still fat finger. The texture is so homogenized that as someone who can type faster than you can speak, having to downgrade to "hunt and peck" is just awful. Also, you better "look up" between each keystroke, because sometimes it enters 2 and 3 characters per depress - which can make you seem ridiculous and inebriated if you are not double-checking after each painstaking "key" stroke. It intermittently stops working. I have used it for less than one full battery cycle, maybe a total of 15 minutes "typing". If you are a slow typist who regularly stares at a full-sized keyboard to type, then you may find this mini keyboard perfectly adequate. However, if like me, you can readily type as fast or faster than someone can dictate, without looking and with few errors, you will get 10% of your normal WPM, at best. Probably 50% what you can manage on a modern smartphone, all things considered - including autocorrect. Its not a bad product, per se, its just so awful for ME as to be unusable.

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The keyboard over all is great. Light, petite. Fits into my small bag with my paper notebooks for journalling. I wanted a light strurdy KB to pair with my phone so that I could easily write on the go. The layout of the KB is nice except the mousepad is in the way. The con I found was the mousepad. I wish it could fold back under the kb. To hold the KB in my hands to type I am over stretching my right had to type across the mousepad. It is uncomfortable, I do like KB and I will dealt with it. If you lay the KB on a table to type the mouse pad isnt an issue.

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This just arrived, so no telling on the durability. However, it pairs and works immediately with a Samsung Galaxy Note5. As an added bonus the trackpad, which the seller description states does not work with a phone, works with the Note5. The keyboard appears to be exceptionally functional as well, and the size (almost the same as the Note5, perhaps just a few millimeters wider) is perfect. My hope was to use this to make my Note into a sort of workable mini-laptop, and it looks like it has come through.

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Two negatives that I dont think are worth a star: As others have said, the touchpad positioning makes it a little awkward to hit some keys on the right side of the board. But its not like therere a lot of places to put a touchpad on a device this size. Also, the right side of the sliding power switch has some wiggle to it, but thats all that I found while looking for things to complain about. Now for some positives: The overall fit and finish of this board is fantastic, and there isnt a creak to be heard despite how light this is. Inconsequential wiggling aside, the power switch is easy to find blind and slides easily without the board getting turned on in my bag or pocket. The keys give good feedback, much like the keys on the last good smartphones, both sets of mouse buttons (!) are comfortable to use, and the touchpad, like much of the upper housing of this device, has a nice texture to it that helps my thumb just glide over it without dragging like on smoother touchpads. This pairs quickly, has good range, and I was unable to cause it to disconnect by holding the keyboard wrong, unlike many bluetooth boards Ive tried in this price range. It wakes and reconnects with a single key press, and doesnt rush to sleep. The indicator lights are just bright enough to get the job done without being overly distracting in a dark room. The only light that might distract in dim lighting is the bluetooth indicator, and that only blinks during the discovery process, and once after waking up or turning on when re-establishing the connection. The backlight is also just about as bright as it ought to be, and its totally even. As for how long it lasts on a charge, its outlasting me at least. I keep plugging it in out of habit, so Ive yet to run it dry, but its at least been good for 4-5 hours of active use.

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This keyboard is quite the multipurpose device. It has a touch mouse, mouse buttons on the bottom of the touch pad and on each side of the top of the keyboard. It is advertised to have multiple back light colors but I only found one, white. It is a full QWERTY keyboard and has positive feedback when you press the key. However, the layout of the keys is at an angle and are a little small. The whole keyboard rests in the palm of my hand. I originally purchased this for my NVidia shield so that entering my passwords and search terms would be easier than the remote or keyboard. The board feels a little cheap to me. Weighing in at 2 ounces, I doubt it will survive a fall to a tile floor. Upside to this is that it can be used as a game controller if needed. I personally do not game but I can see that it could be a back up controller. The battery life is ok, lasting about a week if you turn it off and use it moderately. It is a little awkward in the hands to type as the touch pad takes up the right side space. Making this difficult to type with two thumbs like on a cell phone as this is the natural inclination to do.

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First thing I want to say is this did everything I needed, but didnt do it conveniently. My whole need for this was for KODI installed on the Fire TV box. PROS: It connected to the Fire TV via Bluetooth, it entered text into the search screens as needed via the keypad, went to the home screen on one key click, went back one screen on one key click, and I could navigate with the arrow keys. CONS: To connect to bluetooth the keyboard needed to be right next to the Fire TV box, but worked no problem from 15 away after connecting the first time. The keys are so close together clicking the wrong key is highly probable. The movement keypad area, bottom right, is extreeemly small and tough to manipulate, plus there is no enter key in the middle of the four keys, it is the page up/down keys. The ESC key worked getting me back to the KODI home screen, which was great, until for some reason it stopped doing that. The right mouse key worked sending me back one screen, which was great, until for some reason it stopped doing that. I was using a Rii I8+ for my last KODI box. That mini-keyboard is absolutely awesome, but the one I had didnt work with the Fire TV, so I changed to this one...not great for KODI use. I finally found the Rii I8 in true Bluetooth, Im going to see how that works.

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Had no problem pairing this keyboard with my Android phone. I use it for several hours at a time without it ever losing it;s connection to the phone. Another cheaper keyboard that Ive been using constantly resets its connection which is very annoying because when it resets it wipes out everything you just typed, usually just before youre ready to send your message. This keyboard doesnt do that. It keeps a very solid connection. This keyboard is also very robust. Its plastic, of course, but not at all flimsy. The keys have a good tactile feel and make a slight clicking sound when you press them, which I like. The backlight is a nice feature making the keys very visible in dim or dark conditions. I got this mainly for the keyboard and never had a keyboard like this with a touchpad, but Ive come to appreciate that too. If you touch the touchpad an arrow cursor appears on the phones screen, like the mouse arrow in windows, and you can move it around just like the touchpad on a laptop. And the right and left click buttons work just like on a mouse. You can get other keyboards at half the cost of this one, but you get what you pay for. The Fosmon keyboard is worth paying the extra for. My only complaint at all - which is not really a complaint - is the bright orange coloring at the bottom. To me that makes it look like something for gaming, or unprofessional, and I would prefer just black or maybe blue instead of the orange. But thats a minor detail. In every other respect this is a great keyboard.

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