What is going on everyone. It is Mike. And welcome back to
Tech 24/7 TV. If you're in the market for a keyboard for your
ten point two inch I pad and you want to have a good typing
experience. You want it backlit Keys and integrated trackpad. I
might have found the perfect keyboard for you. This is the
combo touch from Logitech and is available for the ten point
two inch iPad as well as the iPad Air three. Now as of this
video it is only available from the Apple Store but I'll go and
make sure that there are links to anywhere else I go out and
find this keyboard. Now just so you and I are on the same page.
This is not a paid review from Logitech.
I bought this keyboard with my own money and anything I talk
about in the video will be linked in the video description
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if you into buying something for them Amazon pays me a small
commission that doesn't cost you a thing any money that I
earn ends up getting reinvested into the channel. In terms of
more proxy reviews so anything you can do is much appreciated.
Finally a good keyboard for the template huge I've had. Isn't
that a difficult thing to do. You might even remember that
last year I reviewed the bridge keyboard for the ten point two
inch I paid maybe in October or November if I remember
correctly. And at the time it was really the most prim
keyboard available for Apple's entry level tablet.
It was 130 bucks it offered a good typing experience. It was
designed nicely and I think was a win for a lot of people but
it did leave somethings to be desired. Now enter the combo
touch if you're familiar with logic keyboard cases I would
say that their hallmark by three design principles First
the keyboards are gonna have a comfortable typing experience
that's going to appeal to a wide variety of different
people based on how they type. Second the keyboard is going to
have a row of dedicated iOS function keys along the top
giving quick access to common functions. And through the
keyboard case itself is going to offer full protection for
your iPad. Now after using the combo touch for the past 10
days I would tell you that the keyboard delivers on all three
of those design principles.
Let's talk about the basics. The entire case is covered in a
gray woven fabric and it gives really kind of pleasing
experience. The sides of the case are wrapped in a gray
rubber that complements the wolf and fabric there are cut
us in all the right places giving you quick access to the
camera microphone and even the charging port. along the back
you're going to find a hinge that allows for viewing angles
to be adjusted anywhere from almost completely flat. I would
say to about 90 degrees the hinge on the viewing angles
play off one another and they really are what enable the
different contexts that the combo touch can be used in. You
have type view sketch and read. unlike most keyboard cases that
I've seen to date.
The combo touches is the first keyboard case here in
the States, it connect to yours iPad using the smart dock
connector located on the bottom of your iPad. Now this
automatically pair and powers that keyboard. Using that smart
dock connector fan there are two direct benefits see you
here. First you don't need to worry about that cumbersome
pairing and charging process that associated with most
bluetooth keyboards that I'm sure you hate. Second it allows
for quick context switching from typing this catching or
any other those context mentioned a moment ago. In just
a matter of a few seconds. Now as I alluded to in
the beginning, the keyboard typing appearance is pretty
good.
All right I do like it a lot. It's going to be sufficient for
most people that I think are considering the combo touch.
First the keys have a good amount of key travel here.
Let's see this
and they sound good. This is. This is a good sounding
keyboard now if you're rating keyboards always sound I would
say that this is a good sounding keyboard but there is
a good amount of key travel here and they're going to be
five levels of backlight now somewhat uniquely Apple is
giving keyboard manufacturers the ability to develop.
iPadOS apps to customize the keyboard experience which is
actually really neat as you go out and connect the combo touch
to your iPod you're prompted to download the companion app from
the apps or inside this logic app you can use it to modify
the timeout duration. Even the key brightness. Now I don't
know about you but I'd really like to see a company like
Logitech bring something wild to the IPA keyboard like RG
lighting. That would be awesome logic. Let me know if you can
make that happen. I'll be a fan. Now across the top you're
gonna find a full row of Iowa's function keys which I'm you
know I'm a fan of. I do like these things because they
really just can help facilitate easy actions.
One button to bring you home just a screen brightness up and
down. Bring up the virtual keyboard search in IOW change
the brightness up and down MIDI controls you know remind
password play volume controls and mute. In addition a single
button to go ahead and lock the iPad in tight mode. I
I think that really the biggest selling point is going be to
integrate a trackpad found at the bottom of the keyboard so
the bottom 30 percent the keyboard is whether you're
going to have that integrated trackpad. Now if I'm looking at
the size of the trackpad on the combo touching comparing
against the match trackpad it's the same height same size.
There's really no different from it. It actually feels
exactly the same.
Here's the trackpad
I give you a click ability score.
That's because it integrate trackpad turned your iPod into
a fully functional computer. I'm not joking here I know
there's people here that think iPad US is a joke but it turns
your iPod into a fully functional computer simply by
attaching this keyboard. Now what's great is it gives you
immediate access to all the great trackpad features that
have come in I've had OS they're doing that for now here
as a record this video. I have a competition front of me. I
have my magic track pad in front of me with my iPad and
all the same functions are available on either device.
This means that whether I'm buying 300 3.0 tablet or the
800 our tablet the keyboard that attaches to it functions
exactly the same.
If you are unfamiliar with gestures and how they work or
you really just want to refresh your memory. I'll go out and
put a link in the video description above to a video
that I did for twenty five tips and tricks for the magic
trackpad. Simply stated I am a huge fan of the tribe
experience maybe even more so than those I function keys
which is hard to believe but I really because it just changes
the way that you work on the iPad. Now using each one of
these I guess said you cannot tell the difference between the
trackpad on the combo touch and that the magic keyboard.
So there's that depending on how you type.
You might find the keys a little bit on the small side
now looking at this keyboard. The keys themselves like the
letter keys are not any smaller than that on the magic trackpad
but it's all the keys that are around it so you know all the
function keys the shift keys those are all smaller than the
what they are on the magic trackpad. So that's where you
might say you might have some trouble if you use the till the
a lot.
This is gonna be a little bit smaller I would say this is
actually probably the same size as the eleven inch magic
keyboard and the day you can ask yourself is it worth
spending one hundred fifty dollars on this keyboard case
with the integrate trackpad. Well you can think about one of
two different ways. If you don't already have a keyboard
today is there value in you buying this keyboard with the
integrated track pad. I think it's more valuable to have this
versus buy a keyboard separately and magic trackpad
two or even having a separate mouse. The experience with the
gestures on the measure have had really make the it's the
really the best experience out there today.
I would prioritize getting a trackpad over getting a mouse
at this point. Now it does have a good typing experience is it
going to be a great experience for you. That's something
you'll have to let me know in the comments below but
otherwise I think I would rather have an integrated
trackpad with a keyboard much like the combo touch. But let
me know what you think about this in the comments below. Are
you going to pick one up. Have you already picked it up and if
you have. Do you plan to keep it. Now I have a lot of other
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I got the bridge Pro Plus coming up very soon I should
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keyboard coming up. I am Mike. This is tech 24/7 TV. Stay safe
out there folks.