iWerkz Universal Folding Keyboard review: Beware this non-standard layout - cruzobarresidde

At a Glance

Expert's Rating

Pros

Central travel and response of keys feel white

Cons

Cramped layout despite generous dimensions
Important keys poorly sized
Terribly situated hinge

Our Verdict

It's hard to consider that separate folks love iWerkz's Universal Folding keyboard, because the go through of typing on it is abysmal.

Of complete the portable keyboards I've tried and true or attempted to use over the geezerhood, I loathe the iWerkz Universal Protein folding Keyboard the just about. If you're shopping for a coworker, author, or student you despise, this is the accessory to get.

That aforesaid, there's a short ton of people that seem to LOVE IT—I chose to call information technology in for testing after visual perception that 50% of the 700-plus people who reviewed it on Amazon gave it a cinque-star rating. I even ran its Virago page through FakeSpot. The service told me that the reviews for the iWerkz were legit. FakeSpot couldn't tell me, however, how umpteen of the reviewers are masochists.

Eastern Samoa with the other folding keyboards profiled in this roundup, the iWerkz connects to devices via Bluetooth. Though the documentation is a bit wizen, the keyboard is compatible with computer hardware running Android, iOS, or Windows.

iWerkz Folding Keyboard - View of stand and keyboard

Purpose

The iWerkz measures 5.87 x 3.5 x 0.88 inches shuttered. Pivoting at a single hinge in the middle of the keyboard, its dimensions change to 11.5 x 3.5 x 0.25 inches once deployed.

Were every that quad used as typing real estate, the iWerkz would be pretty close to going blow-to-shock with a full-sorted laptop keyboard. Instead, the iWerkz's designers haggard more or less two inches of the keyboard's length with a large, inch-wide rectangle of plastic that contains the keyboard's battery pack, on-off switch, Bluetooth pairing button, and position lights. The keyboard's fanlike central hinge and impressible cowcatcher on the other side of the keyboard polish off the eternal sleep of what could stimulate been viable keyboard space.

Performance

The iWerkz's typewriting experience is hampered past keys that are littler, with narrower spacing between them, than on a full-sized keyboard. To make matters worsened, especially for touch-typers, that hinge in the in-between of the keyboard creates a half-inch gap right down the heart of the keys.

Reach into-typing was noncompliant connected the Jorno, ZAGG, and EC Tech keyboards, but it proved or so insurmountable with the iWerkz ironware. This issue is compounded by the fact that a number of keys on some sides of the hinge—the T, H and V—are longer than whatever of the other letter keys on the keyboard. The flexible joint likewise splits the spacebar in fractional. On a number of occasions during testing, I found that I'd slap the hinge with my thumb instead of creating a place between language. While hunting-and-pecking to eke out few sentences, my typing hasten slowed to a crawl. Even then, I found myself having to die back and straight typos.

Now, let's talk about the Backspace/Delete key.

The key stands around 0.75 inch in length and roughly 0.5 inch tall. With other keyboards, I'd call these dimensions an unfortunate design selection. Someone failing to account for how important the Backspace key is in word of honor processing. Mistakes happen. The iWerkz keyboard goes beyond forgetful design, however. About a half-inch of unused space sits directly to the leftfield of the key. The company could have made the Backspace headstone larger, but it chose not to.

With all of this in mind, it seems extraneous for me to short letter that the travel and reception of the keys actually feels pretty soundly. Unfortunate that everything other about the typing experience is so crummy.

Final thoughts

Afterwards searching my soulfulness, hard, I feel there's only a couple of good things I can say about the iWerkz Adaptable Folding Keyboard with a straight face. First, its hard formative sleeve, which is made from low-timber plastic, can equal slid disconnected and ill-used as a stand for your tablet or smartphone. It even offers a few different viewing angles when serving as a stand.

Back, the price tack on this is lone $30 (and I say "only" loosely). You give the sack get a Jorno knock-off with a much best experience for impartial few dollars more than, just at least something then terrible International Relations and Security Network't flat-away costly.