Keyboard for tablet

Unlike netbooks, tablets are by definition defective in the question of text input. The standard touchpad for the tablet, which is constantly trying to somehow improve the developers, is still very uncomfortable. Especially when comparing it with traditional input devices. A lot of complaints come from users who are accustomed to the keyboards of computers, they have to adapt to the way the text is printed, which the tablet offers is the hardest.

If you do not believe, then just try typing text on a regular keyboard, and then on the keyboard of your tablet. The drop in the usual speed of dialing, as well as the difficulty in switching from numbers to letters and back, will immediately become apparent to you. These keyboards provide undeniable advantages: the fingers are firmly on them, there is good feedback when pressed, the keys do not slip, a blind dialing method is possible.

I must say that the manufacturers of tablets are aware of this problem and gradually all the major players of the market have begun to develop devices that can correct the situation. Some decided that the best option was a simple, small keyboard for the tablet, others created whole docking stations combined with a keyboard, an additional battery, and other options that extend the capabilities of the tablet. There are even versions with a speaker and a microphone, such keyboards can be used as a phone handset when calling from a 3G tablet or Skype.

The tablet computer with the keyboard immediately found both supporters and opponents. And if the first main argument is a significant increase in convenience and speed, then the second - an increase in the weight and dimensions of the device, almost equalizing the device in these parameters with netbooks, from which the manufacturers of tablets do their best to distance themselves for obvious reasons.

As for these devices themselves, there is already a keyboard for the android tablet, designed to finally close the question of typing, it's called AlphaUI. It is fixed on the back of the tablet with a diagonal of 5-7 inches. The device with the connected AlphaUI does not look like a laptop, since the keys are located on the back side in such a way that, by clasping the tablet with their hands, the user can conveniently print. In this case, both the typed text and the keyboard are displayed on the display. This device has a couple of days to get used to, but then the speed of printing grows very significantly. For the sake of justice, it should be noted that the full keyboard this device still does not replace.

The first built-in keyboard for the tablet was demonstrated along with the Asus Eee Pad Slider. In the folded state, the tablet looks like any other, except that it is slightly thicker, but if its upper panel is moved back, the keyboard will appear, while the tablet screen rises at an angle to the base, for more convenient operation.

It should be noted that the docking station for the Android-tablet is a more complex device than the keyboard of the netbook, since its integration with the OS is much more difficult than in the case of Windows devices.

For example, you can cite Asus Eee Pad Transformer, in which certain buttons are reserved for Android OS, so there are buttons "Home", "Search", "Menu", "Turn on Bluetooth", brightness buttons, and others. In addition, the docking station usually provides such functionality as a connection to a PC, USB connectors, and of course, it helps to charge the tablet.

It seems to me that the incessant debate about whether a keyboard is needed for a tablet, or is a completely useless waste of money, will sooner or later abate by themselves and users will decide the fate of these devices. If they are bought - they will survive, if they stop - then they will wither away naturally, as hundreds of other useless inventions have already disappeared from the market .