OMOTON Ultra-Slim Bluetooth Keyboard Compatible with New iPad 9.7 2018, iPad 2017, iPad Pro, iPad Air 2/Air, iPad Mini 4/3/2/1, iPad 4/ 3/ 2 and Other Bluetooth Enabled Devices, Black

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I bought this keyboard twice now. Both times the keys started to fall off within 1-2 months of use. The first time I bought it, a few of the very important keys had fallen off, making it a keyboard that I definitely could not use anymore. I decided to buy it again, given that it was working well for the time that all the keys were present. No surprise here, the second time I bought this product the same thing happened. The keys fell again. This time, it wasnt any keys that I typically use so I continued using it everyday. Today, sitting in class, the keys just stopped working. Instead of the delete button, there was a { sign that would come in its place. Hence, I could not use the delete button. I also couldnt use the space button, as an apostrophe sign would come up instead. I had sent a message to the seller after the first time I bought this product, but no response. Save your money, buy a different keyboard. This is definitely not worth it.

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Very nice style, slim , light , it looks like an APPLE keyboard... BUT , lots of times it looses connection (I only use it with my desktop, never move it). If you stop typing for a few minutes and then just start again ... later to find out the first sentences werent typed ! VERY ANNOYING. Then you cant connect until turning ON/OFF it again. It happens a few times a day. If you take a break , one must keep hitting one key until you see it on the screen

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One star because its a keyboard A previous review stated that they keyboard loses its bluetooth connectivity after inactivity. I think its around 5 mins. I use my computer for work. I bounce back and forth between what ever im working on and my computer which is also my music & video device. So lets say im off working on a project and a song comes on and I hate it and want to skip it. Normally you could just press the pause or skip button and in an instant the song torture would be over. Instead with this keyboard just tapping a key tells it to wake up. then 5 seconds later it will connect. Then you can try to pause or skip your song. Torture. There is no way to change this, the first thing I did was try to change the settings and they are nonexistent. Dog forbid if your computer is in screensaver mode. You will need to use your mouse to wake up your computer because guess what?! Your keyboard turned itself off when you werent paying attention to it. So tapping or slapping that space bar will not wake up your computer for at least another 5-10 seconds while that crappy song plays on your itunes/fav streaming app. Then I hope you arent trying to type anything anywhere because you will need to mouse over to another window click on a blank text box and then click back to your original text box before it will register your keystrokes. Also I found out that im a light typer as in I dont press on the keys very hard. Well this keyboard you need a little more force than im used to. I ended up smashing my fist on the keys and ready to punch this useless piece of plastic out of existence because I was so frustrated with it. I literally was ready to throw this keyboard against my wall. It does NOT spark joy and its going in the donation bin. Maybe ill run over it with my car. Its inexpensive but its so not worth it. I hate this keyboard... a lot. And one more thing: Why doesnt it have an escape key?

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I have one of the small magic keyboards (no numeric pad) that I use when traveling. Sadly, there was a minor accident that resulted in many of the keys getting very difficult to use (my fault, dont ask). I needed a replacement, and figured Id try this non-Apple substitute that was, after all, cheap. Turns out also to be very noisy and, if theres an escape key, I cant find it. Theres a key where escape is supposed to be, but it doesnt seem to do anything. Could be operator error, but its not a major issue, since the thing is way too noisy for my purposes. Best news: I only lost a few dollars experimenting with brand X.

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Just got this yesterday and my first impression is very positive. The keyboard is light, the keys have a nice little click and travel. The keyboard shortcuts built into IOS are very cool and boost your productivity nicely. Its nice to have shortcuts for volume, brightness, home button, volume, play pause, and many more. None of which are available on the super overpriced apple Smart Keyboard. I use the pro case leather folio case and this keyboard and it suits me fine at a fraction of the price of a Logitech. One down side is the keyboard is not rechargeable. It takes 2 AAA batteries which were not included, unfortunately. Also the lack of a backlight is a downside. But for the price and function Im giving it 4 stars. If i run into any issues i will update this review.

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i just got this keyboard for my iPad Pro 10.5, and as others have reported, it is a lovely keyboard design. the instructions say it shuts off after 10 minutes to conserve battery life — which seems about right with my calculations. the keys are well spaced, and easy to type with. as a bonus, and of additional value, i can lock the iPad with one key, return to the home screen with another, or open and close the touch screen keyboard with another. for an external keyboard, its lightweight, comfortable, and quiet to tap on. ... but, and there always seems to be one of those, i regret to report that not all the keyboard characters work. to date, neither the concatenation key, or forward slash work on my iPad Pro 10.5. nor does the left carat above the comma, or the single apostrophe. while this may be fine for some keyboarders, it creates havoc for anybody typing HTML. i found myself having to use the touch screen keyboard to finish my coding. for some people this may not be a fatal flaw, but as it impacts my use, why keep a keyboard where only some of the characters work? [EDIT] July 25, 2017 ive upgraded my review by one star, because all keys seem to work on the MacBook Pro, and Monica offered excellent customer service — genuinely working with me to help me troubleshoot it. due to its compact size and design ill keep it as a backup for my MacBook. regrettably, my original caveat still applies to the iPad Pro 10.5. id love to get this fully functioning on all my bluetooth devices — but it was not to be.

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I just got mine yesterday. It’s a great keyboard. It runs on 2 AAA batteries instead of being rechargeable which we don’t mind. It’s very lightweight and not too bulky. Connecting it to our iPad Pro and iPhones were a breeze. Reconnecting it between devices were easy as well. Just make sure that when you switch devices, you have to pair it back again to that device. I am currently using this keyboard to type up this review from my iPhone 6s and will be reconnecting it back to my iPad Pro after this. So far, keys are functioning properly although I haven’t really tried each one of them yet. UPDATE 05/24/2019: The keys are still working great. The batteries are still good, still the same ones I used from the beginning. I love this keyboard.

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Wow, this is a really nice keyboard, especially for the price. It has a vey nice tactile feel, and the appearance is close to that of an Apple keyboard. Two small nit-picks, however. First, the keyboard lacks support in the center, so aggressive typing makes it bend and clatter. I fixed this by adding a rubber "bumper" (those things that make your cabinet doors close quietly) in the center under the space bar. It is rock solid now. Second, and I dont know if this is they keyboard or a feature of Bluetooth on the iPad itself, but after the keyboard has been idle for a while (10 minutes?), the connection times out and it takes 5 seconds or so of tapping on a key to restore the connection. A minor annoyance, but I thought it was worth mentioning. All in all, I am quite pleased with it.

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GREAT replacement keyboard. There are a couple drawbacks, but for the price its great. Pros: 1. Springy, responsive keys feel nice. 2. Takes 2 AAA batteries which can be easily replaced, also has a standby mode so you dont need to power it off every time. 3. Far cheaper than the official Apple alternative 4. Easy, no-hassle set-up 5. Same keyboard layout to the official Apple keyboard. Cons: 1. The ESC key is replaced with a generic "home" key which doesnt work on MacOS, but thats ok, I can remap the CapsLock to use ESC. 2. The Fn key doesnt appear to do anything. So using Fn-F# to use Fn-F1 thru F12 if you have set this up for MacOS do not work, and some other system shortcuts I have configured that rely on Fn do not work also, but again, not a huge deal, just some muscle memory to unlearn. All in all a fantastic replacement for the external Apple keyboard. Far more affordable.

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Updating the review to reflect a more accurate review, originally I posted that it was completely useless under MacOS because it would go to sleep and never wake up. While the keyboard I received did this, Omoton has worked with me and replaced the keyboard and the new one does not have this defect. Big thumbs up to Omoton who has tried hard to make me happy. MacOS (take two) - While the keyboard works almost flawlessly under MacOS, the wakeup speed is fast and does doe what it is supposed to do; the lack of a n Escape key is a problem. I have tried hard to find a way to map the HOME button to an Escape key but was not able to do so, it just isnt seen as any key under MacOS. Generally this is not a problem and the keyboard would be find as it is; as long as whatever applications you are using do not need the ESC key (Im look at you VIM coders, this is not the keyboard for you then). Windows - Didnt spend a lot of time with it under windows, it is not recommended in general for windows; thus I didnt try too hard to get it to work. iOS (Pad & Phone) - This is where the keyboard shined, worked flawlessly. Work up rapidly, synced to the device without a problem and did great. If this is what you want to use the keyboard for, then this keyboard will be great. Its not expensive, it is well designed. Did everything that I needed it to do under iOS. AppleTV Gen 4 - Synced and just worked. Much like under iOS, it worked perfectly. If there was something that I would change, I would love to see the home button have a switch on the back side (just like the power switch) that allows it to be Escape instead of Home. That way the keyboard would work without a problem for either MacOS or iOS.

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