Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Update: The manufacturer says they include a Tab key now (and some users verify that). I haven't tried the new version myself, but that change should negate a major complaint I had! I gave them a star back for that. Original review follows: ===== First caveat: This does _not_ make your N7 into a mini-laptop. It's a little keyboard which becomes a screen cover, but there's no hinge; when you take it off, you now have two pieces -- a keyboard and a tablet. There's a slot in the keyboard where you can rest the tablet, which is nice, but this doesn't work super well on your lap, and the screen angle isn't adjustable. Most people will find the angle too steep for comfortable use on a table -- of course you can just lay the tablet down flat next to the keyboard. If you don't want to use the keyboard, you have to stash it somewhere; you can't attach it to the back of the tablet or anything. Second caveat: Any keyboard the size of an N7 is a small keyboard. The N7 plus this keyboard is a _very_ portable bundle, but that portability comes with a cost. Some people don't mind mini keyboards (I'm one of them); others try one for a few minutes and want to run screaming. Make sure you know which one you are. That all said, this is a nice product, better than most of the other N7 keyboards I've tried (which is several!). The product is well made and stylish; the keys have rounded edges; it's clearly designed for Android, with back/home/search keys, and no useless extra keys to take up space. (You'd be surprised how many "designed for Nexus 7" keyboards waste a whole row on F1-F12 keys that do nothing in Android.) The layout is sane, unlike many small keyboards that stick important keys (like quote, or semicolon) in weird places. The Bluetooth was reliable in my testing. If what you want is a hardcase keyboard that clips to your N7 for convenience, this is pretty good... Except for the killer flaw for me: No Tab key. This is a big deal because Alt+Tab (app switch) is one of the absolutely critical keyboard shortcuts for my use -- lets you swap back and forth between browser and Gmail, etc.. It's also vital for moving between multiline text fields. :: sigh :: WTF, keyboard-making people. To wrap up: - This is a separate keyboard that clips on for storage, _not_ a laptop style hinge keyboard - It's a small keyboard (duh) - It's generally nicely made, cute and functions well - The Tab key is missing (*gnashes teeth*) -- that's worth a whole star for me.