Mini Bluetooth Keyboard for iPad/iPhone 4.0 OS/Window Mobile/Symbian smartphone

Bought this from seller "c-est-bon". It arrived within the expected delivery estimate, think it took roughly a week.I bought it to use with the PS4, as messaging with the controller is a bit long-winded.The initial pairing didn't seem to work, until I realised there's a tiny button by the blue light which you hit to start the pairing. As fas I could see, it doesn't appear to be mentioned in the instructions, but I could have missed it.The keyboard itself is a nice looking piece of kit, doesn't feel cheap, the buttons are rubber, so no feedback to speak of.It recharges via the same micro USB as the PS4 controller, I happened to charge it from a regular USB on another device, so works that way too. There's also a power switch, so it can be turned off.

I hate typing on the screen of my iPad, so thought that this might be the answer.Good news is that it is cheap, snall, connects easily to the iPad, and when you press a button, the right letter is displayed on the device.Bad news is alnost everything else. The action on the keys is horrible, reminiscent of the old Sinclair Spectrum "dead flesh" keys - you have to push them very firmly, and you certainly can't type at any speed. Typing a capital letter requires both hands, you have to hold down the shift key and the character at the same time - you can't just press the shift key and then the letter you need. If you put the keyboard down on a hard surface it slides around when you type, and pressing a key near to the edge makes it want to flip over. Take a pause from using it for more than a few seconds and you lose connection to the iPad.Probably better than nothing, but not much better.

First, my praises: Can't get enough of this sexy little gadget. It didn't even cost me a tenner. Not even £10 for a Bluetooth, USB charged keyboard, that works with a multitude of devices and makes you feel like a pro!I honestly have so much fun when I use this. I love finding shortcuts and different usabilities on my android device [HTC DHD]. Remotely taking photos was my most memorable.It's well easy to sync up but should you have issues, I used the free app "Bluetooth Keyboard Monitor". Problem solved.Now to be a bit more serious:I don't use this everyday, it's much faster to type on screen. Keys aren't clickety-clackety as you'd find on a desktop keyboard which means you can't type with five fingers; it's definately a thumbs-board.However, this said, if you're buying a mini BT keyboard the size of an iPhone, you aren't going to be writing essays on it or hammering out long documents. You're going to be setting your phone on your desk and giggling to yourself as you type out an email, shouting "HONEYYYYYYYYY!!! LOOK HOW AWESOME THIS IS!!!!" [Or Mum, or Dude]Highly recommended. Won't look back.

They are pretty compact with a nice design - faced no connectivity issues. I found it a bit strange upon pairing on Windows 8.1 when I have to type on the keyboard a specific series of numbers to authorize but OK.I ordered 4 (!) of them for a quiz game I was creating. They worked out great - range wise and identity wise - losing connection and regaining it. One however appeared to be defective and stopped responding at some point, no matter what, with its little connection / power light stack on "ON". I, of course, had to order another one, didn't bother to report, but other than that they served the purpose I bought them for. No need for a USB receiver. A Bluetooth capable computer (or enabled via USB/Bluetooth adapter) will do. I had 4 of them running during the game plus an additional different keyboard for the Director and Windows handled it pretty well, just for the info.

Stated for being suitable for Symbian 3.0 O.S., I thought this product would work with my Nokia E61i smartphone. As supplied, it would not; I returned the product and got a full refund. However, I am not totally convinced that it will not work on Nokia smartphones as I was then told from the supplier. The Amazon description page shows a mini-disc labelled "drivers" as accompanying the keyboard and I suspect that that disc may have contained the answer to my problem. The disc was not supplied to me and no information supplied as to where I might get a driver on-line. The keyboard would "pair" with my smartphone, but no more than that. Separately, it is quite a small footprint keyboard; not much bigger than you would get on a built-in smartphone keyboard.

Easy enough to pair with iphone 5. But the keys are small and don't give enough feedback. The case is too flimsy and bend so you have no idea if your keypress regsiters. All in all slower than using the onscreen keyboard. And although there are useful buttons for volume, brightness, play/pause (my most used button), there's no way to control home screen or send email etc! So you ended up alternating between wireless keyboard and tapping the iphone screen which I feel is a waste of a device.PS: Haven't figured out what the arrow keys are for. There's a promising looking "CMD" button but alas the manual only mention 5 trivial commands like cut and paste.

Worked ok on my Sony Experia Miro after loading an Ap "BlueKeyboard JP - Bluetooth" and quite a bit of faffing with the phone settings.I have to depress the buttons quite hard to get the device to register keystroke and so I can only really use it "two-thumbed". In case you think this might be because I have arthritis or something, I assure you; my fingers and hands are strong & healthy!I haven't worked out the shortcuts and extra bits (like using it to remotely trigger the camera etc.) which I'm sure will work - but I lost patience with the device before I got that far...I wouldn't recommend this product. Might be ok as novelty for someone with lots of time on their hands...