
Android isn't designed for mousing, however, and we tended to tap the screen rather than use the touchpad. Left and right buttons are embedded into the bottom of the touchpad. On the space bar row there's a key that takes you to the main home screen and another that opens the in-app menu, through which you can scroll using the quartet of cursor keys in the bottom right corner of the keyboard.īeneath the keyboard is a small touchpad that supports gestures such as two-finger scrolling and pinch zooming. There are seventeen of them above the number row, offering functions including media playback, volume and screen brightness controls to Bluetooth and Wi-Fi toggles, a web browser launch key and a Settings shortcut key. The trademark for all Transformer keyboards is a series of keys providing access to Android functions. Heavy-handed typists will notice a bit of give in the keyboard. The keys are light-touch with a reasonable amount of travel, and we were able to type at a good speed.

The keyboard is well built, if a little cramped.

The keyboard has a number of Android-specific keys, and allows for reasonably fast typing. If you see inaccuracies in our content, please report the mistake via this form.

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