Today we're talking about something that I really never
expected to see.
This is the DOQO DQ-1integrated keyboard and trackpad.
This is for the twelve point nine inch iPad Pro and it is
available for eleven inch.
I got this on Kickstarter by backing their project maybe
back in January of this year and I never thought I'd
see it.
I did obviously get it right.
And today we're going to unbox and get to know it a little
better and see what my initial thoughts and impressions are
of this keyboard.
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So the first thing I talk about here is going to be the price.
Now when I bought this for one hundred and thirty four hundred
forty dollars on Kickstarter obviously pre launch.
Now this is two hundred twenty dollars and it's available for
either the eleven (11) inch or the twelve point nine inch
(12.9") at that same price.
It does come in two different colors and it is aluminum.
$220 dollars.
There's obviously a lot of competition and I would say you
know that's something that you have to think about whether or
not it's going to buy.
It does have a high degree of both quality.
Now the iPad here sits in the case by these little clips here
at the top where you'll see that the iPad holds the I've
had in place and then the keyboard and trackpad connect
to your iPad Pro by this USB-C cable that's kind of hidden in
the hinge or tucked away into the hinge.
So this is a cable connection to your iPad.
There is no Bluetooth needed in order to go ahead and do this.
Now what makes the DOQO keyboard a little bit unique
here is gonna be the eight different ports that they have
on the side.
On this side you have you USB-C power delivery up to 18 watts,
HDMI 4K 30.
You have three point five millimeter Jack and then
finally here is gonna be a full size SD card.
Now on the other side you're going to have two USB ports
which are capable of delivering 5 gigs of data transfer speed.
Another USB-C port which is USB-C three point one if I'm
not mistaken and a trans flash card or a micro sd card.
All that is built into the case and allows you to go ahead and
take advantage of these ports when you connect this and this
integrated USB-Ccable into your iPad.
Also this does have a a 5000 milli amp (mAh) battery which
allows you to go ahead and use all these accessories without
draining the battery on your iPad.
Now by itself I say this is maybe about a pound and a
quarter if I'm not mistaken.
It does have a nice way to it it's not nearly too heavy.
And when you put your iPad Pro in it it does have a good
weight distribution closed when you open it.
Obviously since the iPad is heavy a lot of that weight is
going to be built into the hinge or onto this
back plate here.
But it does not tip over with kind of just a light brush or
say maybe a moderate brush unless you have the hinge all
the way back for maximum viewing angle.
Now here you can see obviously it's just like a normal hinge
and it closely resembles a macbook air with this little
cut out here.
On the bottom of the feet in order to go and protect the
surface whatever it is on here putting the iPad into there
is very simple.
There are two clips near the top that allow you to go ahead
and place the iPad in bottom first plug in the USB cable
rotate the clips the top to get a secure fit,
And as you can see here obviously this is for the
2020 iPad Pro.
You know it's built for it.
It's got the cut out there for the camera but though I can't
imagine you're even using your iPad like this to take photos
because you look like a fool no judgment if you're doing that
but hey it's just my opinion.
The keyboard itself is a scissor switch keyboard so it
does have a good typing experience.
I would say the keys are they're not they're
actually not mushy.
They have a good feeling to them on the type of person they
can get accustomed typing probably within 15 20 minutes
of using a keyboard and that is the same for this keyboard.
I think it has a good feel to it.
All of the keys here are going to be backlit.
There's three levels of backlighting plus obviously the
off while when you're using that and you have this
dedicated row of iOS function keys which is
the normal suspects.
So you're able to go ahead and push the home button and pull
up the app switcher raise and lower the brightness you will
go and have immediate control keys you have the onscreen
keyboard in addition to the volume keys and raising and
lowering the brightness on it.
Additionally, there is this "H" key which is all the way the
far right hand side right here.
And when you push that that actually go ahead in turns on
and off the hub.
So if you wanted to you can go ahead and have your accessories
connected but then turn that off and that will go ahead and
disconnect the power and the accessories from your iPad.
So that is nice you have to worry about having that
constant drain which is probably you know there is a
problem that you see here when you're using a hub anytime that
you have a hub connected it is always draining your battery
and here they give you a simple on off switch eliminating that
problem which I am a fan of.
Now the trackpad itself is a multi function or
multi touch trackpad.
I would say that it is not the same as what you may be used to
on your magic keyboard.
The trackpad has quite a unique sound.
Let's
I don't know it sounds very
Peculiar maybe to say I don't like the sound.
I think it's a little bit too loud where if I was maybe say
working in bed next to you know my significant other.
That trackpad would probably wake her up and she would hit
me with her slipper so I wouldn't be I wouldn't want
to use this.
Here along the top of the track pad that area is
not clickable.
It does support one, two,
three, and four finger gestures.
Some of the gestures are a little on I would say the way
that they're implement is a little strange.
Like when you do the screen zoom it actually
zooms the screen.
I would say it's accessibility tweak the way that it's doing
it because the screen actually the text on the screen.
Is re shuffled.
Let me find a good example of it here.
I'm on theverge.com and if I go ahead and pinch to
squeeze this text, you could see that the way that it
actually brings in the text is different.
And when I do it without the keyboard connected so let's
take that out here.
So here you see that none of the text actually reposition
itself or format itself for the size the screen so
it's just weird.
I don't know so say I would like it but it is something to
think of when you do that and unfortunately there'sno
configuration and you can't change that.
There's no app that comes with this.
Like some of the other party keyboards.
As a quick basis of comparison, here's the
DOQO and here is the MAGIC KEYBOARD you can see here that
the trackpadon the Magic Keyboard is give me a little
bit smaller than this is by about I would say 30 percent
just roughly estimating and obviously the DOQO has a much
bigger footprint because there's this battery and this
additional functionality built into it.
Now I do have another video planned for comparison
with the DOQO, the MAGIC KEYBOARD, and the
BRYDGE PRO PLUS.
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So yeah some of the gestures are interesting like when you
swipe up with four fingers.
It takes a screenshot and I'm used to swiping it with three
fingers which that does not work but it does list all the
gestures here that are supported.
You can do one finger tap to click and move the pointer.
You can drag items by tapping twice you site over and pull
the switch or you can also see the doc here by go ahead and
sliding one finger up from the bottom edge which is much like
you do on.
I've had a on the magic keyboard or any other keyboard
you do two fingers to click.
You can also do pinch to zoom.
You could swipe to navigate by forward and back inside pages
and you can scroll up and down using two fingers
three fingers.
You can pinch inward you can cut by doing the three finger
pension you can paste by doing a three finger paste out and
you can undo by three finger swiping to the left.
So you actually cannot bring up control center the availability
of the apps or all the open apps with the three finger
swipe up gesture that is a little bit annoying but what
you can do it if you want to go and overcome that you would
just swipe down once with one finger.
All right from any app that you're in and that will bring
up app Expose.
All in all, I'd say this is a really interesting keyboard and
I'm going to use this for a replacement to
my magic keyboard.
Now from a "do I like this or that" kind of comparison:I
would say that there's going to be advantages of both.
If you're someone who maybe leaves your iPad inside of the
case and you're looking for extra protection.
The DOQO is gonna be a better choice specially because it is
about one hundred and thirty bucks cheaper.
But I would say that the magic keyboard really affords you the
ability to use this or leave this on your desk as something
that is being you know as an accessory for your iPad opposed
to having your iPad always.
In this case which that might be the breaking point for me
because I'm someone who likes to use my iPad both inside of
the case and outside the case.
I do plan on doing a comparison with the doco a magic keyboard
as well as the bridge laughs.
Let me know in the comments below if you want to see that
or if I should consider any other keyboards at this price
point and 2 and 20 bucks for the doco.
This is gonna be one of the last videos that you guys see
in this space as my family and I were moving to Florida very
soon and this will
probably be it.
Though I am super excited because I could set up a new
studio space down in Florida.
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