Images of Apple Wireless Keyboard With Backlight Keys and Power Button Appear in Online Store [Updated]

[willydimes]

Has anyone thought that someone just goofed up in the rendering and put the wrong keyboard image up online lol

Edit: Didn't see someone asked this 2 posts up, couldn't read 10 pages of this

 

[roadbloc]

This is long overdue. Any chance of a propper keyboard with a keypad though Apple, instead of these flimsy cut down half measures?

 

[Keebler]

Funny, for me the narrow Apple keyboard is the best I've ever typed on.

Oh I can type on my other Apple keyboard (an older model) fairly quick, but it's the shape and how our human hands and wrists lay down. They don't lay down straight - the hands are on an angle towards each other. I do love the tactile feel of the Apple keyboards...just not the straight board shape

 

[noob17]

Touch ID for sure

Why move the existing circular power button from the side to the top of the keyboard?

To make way for the touchID in the old place of the power button... simples...

 

[SixtyK]

That return key looks awful though.

That's not a US Keyboard.

 

[Nautilus007]

All of the images have been converted back.

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The Arabic keyboard in the Apple Store app still shows the backlight control buttons

 

[johngordon]

No, I'm sure the 15" will get the latest Intel processors and Force Touch and that's it.

Yeah - I think that will be it, but maybe with the new keyboard as well.

Had they not updated the 13" just now, they might have had a bit more up their sleeves.

 

[uid15]

I wish Apple would release a wireless keyboard with trackpad integrated, same layout as on the laptops.

Basically the new MacBook without the screen and computer.

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That'd be sooo sweet.

I can't imagine Apple making such a clunky design decision, it's not them AT ALL.

 

[NCWildcat]

Will they fix the issue where the play/pause key doesn't work half of the time?

 

[D.T.]

I wish Apple would release a wireless keyboard with trackpad integrated, same layout as on the laptops.

Basically the new MacBook without the screen and computer.

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That'd be sooo sweet.

Have you seen this product? Nice looking design, it's 3rd party, but if you ever need a solution to have an Apple KB and trackpad mounted in the same device, it seems pretty cool:

http://hengedocks.com/products/clique-magic-trackpad-and-wireless-keyboard-dock

 

[Peace]

The Arabic keyboard in the Apple Store app still shows the backlight control buttons

From the UAE Apple Store :

 

[robeddie]

Just get the logitech K811. I have had it for about 9 months now and LOVE it. Backlit, can easily switch to my iPad with the push of a button.

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I loved that keyboard, until I booted up windows in bootcamp, and unlike the apple keyboards, the brightness and volume buttons on the keyboard don't work in bootcamp. Not sure how they did it, but somehow Apple made it so only Apple keyboards have full functionality when running bootcamp.

 

[APlotdevice]

Why move the existing circular power button from the side to the top of the keyboard?

To make way for the touchID in the old place of the power button... simples...

A power button on top is unlikely to control the power for the keyboard, since, after all, a whole big reason people turn their keyboards off is so that it doesn't turn on while stowed in a bag cause the keys get squished in movement.

 

[Toltepeceno]

Just the way the key is on many international keyboards. Not a redesign.

Shhhh, nothing exists outside the US.

 

[uid15]

A power button on top is unlikely to control the power for the keyboard, since, after all, a whole big reason people turn their keyboards off is so that it doesn't turn on while stowed in a bag cause the keys get squished in movement.

The power key is a little too huge and overt to be for the keyboard; that power key is for the Mac itself, and if it were not, it would be clarified. Apple tend not to do ambiguity.

 

[patent10021]

And before you had to spend thousands on a MBP to get a backlit keyboard now you can get one for dollars and the MPB becomes 'less pro'.

Ridonkulous

 

[mattopotamus]

For people who put their display to sleep, you still need the eject key. It was probably a typo.

 

[Xenc]

That return key looks awful though.

Apple's American keyboards have each function spelled out fully.

The European versions have more abbreviations and symbols.

http://apple.stackexchange.com/a/106059

 

[Jonny1989]

Why not just look at Logitech? They've had one for a few years, now, which is excellent.

Just get the logitech K811. I have had it for about 9 months now and LOVE it. Backlit, can easily switch to my iPad with the push of a button.

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Although I admit I never seen this product and very interested, I attempted it like 3/4 years ago and was no longer interested. I didn't know someone actually made one though so I will probably buy this, thanks!

 

[Anuba]

The current keyboard design is 8 years old, and with the new keyboard on the latest MacBook (larger L/R cursor keys etc) I was expecting a redesign rather than another minor tweak.

I also think it's time for li-ion battery powered peripherals that you charge via a lightning cable you have lying around anyway, and if you still insist on a wired keyboard then just leave the lightning cable plugged in.

I mean come on, Apple is obsessed with battery tech, compartmentalized batteries, terraced batteries and what not. You'd think they'd come up with a more modern solution than AA batteries standardized in 1947. Some will argue that this is practical and generally awesome, and they're entitled to their opinion. Personally I think it's clunky and dated.

And while they're redesigning peripherals they might wanna consider keeping display design in sync with iMac design. I'm getting a little tired of the fact that ever since the first aluminum iMac was released, iMacs have been thinner than the displays (you could've fit at least two iMacs in the Cinema 30").

 

[topmounter]

Wouldn't a hypothetical iwatch already know when you're at your computer?

Soooo creepy

 

[DaveMcM76]

I wish they had an ergonomic keyboard like the Microsoft natural.

Our wrists don't sit naturally board straight like you need to set them in order to use an Apple keyboard. It's blown me away since day 1 when I start using a Mac. Ridiculous.

I should clarify that I do value the thinness and the tactile feel of the keys (plus the colours), but honestly, no ergonomics is a mind blower (again, imho...others may disagree lol

I can cope with the rMBP keyboard for short periods of time but for any sustained typing I've got one of these both at home and in the office...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000UTQSM0?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage

The ergonomic mouse took a bit of getting used to and it will win no prizes for sveltness but other than that (and the fact it needs a dongle ) it's a very very nice keyboard.

 

[Anuba]

<yawn> I'm still mystified that Apple prides itself on being innovative and has such strong products yet the crappiest keyboard (imho that is!

I wish they had an ergonomic keyboard like the Microsoft natural.

Our wrists don't sit naturally board straight like you need to set them in order to use an Apple keyboard. It's blown me away since day 1 when I start using a Mac. Ridiculous.

I should clarify that I do value the thinness and the tactile feel of the keys (plus the colours), but honestly, no ergonomics is a mind blower (again, imho...others may disagree lol

Did Jony Ive ever strike you as someone who puts ergonomics over appearance? Does he ever tilt his head and introduce a new product with "it feels comfortable in your hand after prolonged use", or is it usually more like "the lustre of the diamond polished chamfered edges provides a striking contrast to the silky smoothness of the flush, laser sculpted aluMINIum surface of the blah blah derp de derp de doo"?

There was the puck mouse... then various oval shaped soap bars... then the Magic Mouse which is flat as a silverfish and has sharp edges. Keyboards went from full sized mechanical keys to flat chiclet keys and even those weren't flat enough, because now there's the new MacBook keyboard and you can bet that those keys will end up on the next gen MBPs and the next gen Apple Keyboard. And once it's introduced, customers will drool, run to the nearest Apple Store in their pyjamas, buy it, post an unboxing video on YouTube and then they'll blissfully engage in wrecking their wrists tapping away on the sexiest looking keyboard ever.

 

[uid15]

Did Jony Ive ever strike you as someone who puts ergonomics over appearance? Does he ever tilt his head and introduce a new product with "it feels comfortable in your hand after prolonged use", or is it usually more like "the lustre of the diamond polished chamfered edges provides a striking contrast to the silky smoothness of the flush, laser sculpted aluMINIum surface of the blah blah derp de derp de doo"?

There was the puck mouse... then various oval shaped soap bars... then the Magic Mouse which is flat as a silverfish and has sharp edges. Keyboards went from full sized mechanical keys to flat chiclet keys and even those weren't flat enough, because now there's the new MacBook keyboard and you can bet that those keys will end up on the next gen MBPs and the next gen Apple Keyboard. And once it's introduced, customers will drool, run to the nearest Apple Store in their pyjamas, buy it, post an unboxing video on YouTube and then they'll blissfully engage in wrecking their wrists tapping away on the sexiest looking keyboard ever.

Feel free to design better products, I am sure Apple will willingly read your job application.

PS: "Aluminium" is being pronounced correctly; it's spelt that way, and as a fellow English gentleman, I would think that he'd just pronounced words as they are meant to be, unless the spelling has suddenly been changed to "Aluminum"

 

[Anuba]

Feel free to design better products, I am sure Apple will willingly read your job application.

PS: "Aluminium" is being pronounced correctly; it's spelt that way, and as a fellow English gentleman, I would think that he'd just pronounced words as they are meant to be, unless the spelling has suddenly been changed to "Aluminum"

Well don't look at me, I'm Swedish and we pronounce it alumInium too, albeit with slightly different vowel sounds. That doesn't make it any less amusing to listen to an Englishman dropped into a Californian context.

Also... "feel free to design better products", really? You don't need industrial designer qualifications to have opinions about computer peripherals any more than you need to be an accomplished director before you've earned the right to say that a movie sucks.

Apple's keyboards and the Magic Mouse were not designed with ergonomics in mind, anyone can see and feel that. Just google the countless testimonials. These things aren't Birkenstocks, they're high heeled shoes designed to look good on the red carpet.

Aside from multitouch capabilities on the Magic mouse and trackpad, we've seen little to no innovation from Apple when it comes to input devices; they never seemed to mind being behind the curve in that department. When optical mice took off back in '99, (Microsoft had a huge hit with IntelliMouse), Apple was still on ball mice. When Apple went optical, others were already on laser. Companies like Logitech have taken laser mice further and developed ones that work on transparent surfaces like glass desks. Logitech has also been making rechargeable mice since 2002 and they run circles around Apple when it comes to battery life. They've made mice that run for months on a single AA or two AAA batteries. They have one that runs for up to three YEARS on two AAs. With Apple's stuff you get a couple of weeks at best.

It's not that they can't improve this stuff, it's that they just don't care. They obsess with revising the mobile products and remaining kings of thinness... everything else can wait for years and years. Keyboards, displays, Apple TV. I'm not sure where the bottleneck is, because you think a company that huge would be able to juggle work on multiple fronts, but it seems that whatever products that Ive's team aren't focusing on at the time are left to rot.