Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I bought this keyboard to use with my Samsung Galaxy Note 8... I'm one of those crazy people who still mourn the loss of slide out qwerty keyboards on smart phones and I use my phone to send e-mails at work quite a lot, so this was definitely needed. I am a bit obsessed with keyboards (I love clicky mechanical keyboards and have Unicomp Model M clone as my daily driver at home)... I touch type 92 words per minute, so having a real keyboard is very important to me as I can't stand typing on glass. I've had this one for about a week now, and it works better than many other Bluetooth keyboards that I've tried in the past. Many of them miss characters, or enter characters multiple times when you only strike them once, but this one does not do that. Another problem that is common among Bluetooth keyboards, but not this on this one is that many of them have some of the keys (shift, or backspace, for example) oddly shaped and sized, which is not fun when you are a touch typist. With this keyboard, there were no surprises, the layout is standard and I have been able to find every key without a huge learning curve. I love that it came with the stand, the stand it worth more than its weight in gold... it holds the phone at the pefect angle and the rubber feet on the bottom really work well to prevent it from sliding around. The keyboard also arrived fully charged, so I was able to begin playing with it immediately, I didn't have to charge it for a long time before I could use it. It paired easily, both with my Surface Pro 3 (Windows device) and with my Galaxy Note 8 (Android). I'm sure Apple people would have similar results, though I can't speak from experience. I had been hoping to buy a Waytools Textblade, but since those things were supposed to ship in 2015 and they still haven't entered mass production, I Iost hope and had to search for an alternative... I'm glad that I found th is one! To turn it on, you simply unfold it, to turn it off, you fold it closed, so there is no power switch.. I've been typing like crazy on it for a week and it still hasn't needed a charge! If I had to pick something to complain about, I would say that they only give you a USB cord to charge it with... the USB cord is very short (about 15 inches long), and I'd prefer it to come with something that I can plug into a wall. I can use my cell phone charger if I ever need to, but I haven't had to charge it yet. It would also be nice if a light a was included for caps lock. Also, when I am editing documents, I use delete and backspace pretty equally... with this keyboard, they are the same key, you have to hold the function button down and press the backspace key to get "delete". That is a slight annoyance, but I can learn to live with it. One other thing to note is that the keyboard does not lock closed, there is a magnet that does a decent job of keeping it shut when not in use, but if you need something stronger than that, this may not be the keyboard for you. Another thing to be aware of is that the keys are not backlit... I do not care about this as a touch typist, but hunt and peck people would have a hard time with this keyboard in a dark room. The final thing that annoys me about keyboard is that it can't remember more than 1 device at a time, so if you switch devices, you will have to re-pair it every time. I switch between my Galaxy Note 8 and Surface Pro 3 frequently, so that is slightly annoying, but it does pair easily. The good far outweighs the bad here. I'd say to give it a try, it works better than many of the other options available and the price does not break the bank!