They need something for Gen2 along with 720p Facetime, second USB-C port with 2x bandwidth and $999 128GB entry model.
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Images of Apple Wireless Keyboard With Backlight Keys and Power Button Appear in Online Store [Updated]
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They need something for Gen2 along with 720p Facetime, second USB-C port with 2x bandwidth and $999 128GB entry model.
That may just be the region-specific layout. Some of the other keys ('z' and 'y') for instance are not in their U.S.-English layout positions.
what's there to update? it's perfect.
ok, it should have a usb charger and built in battery.
<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
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
Do you have trouble pressing all the other keys which are a lot smaller than our return key?
Can someone explain the difference between the new f5/f6 key vs the regular brightness keys? Are they different light sources?
Fixed the battery spring?
The REAL thing I want to know is whether they've fixed the ghastly mechanical design.
The current one uses a spring which is just slightly too weak to push the battery against the end to make electrical contact. So, as the spring gets weaker, you start losing contact and have to do idiot things thing folding up pieces of aluminum foil to make the battery slightly longer to still force contact.
(I'm not making this up. Do a google search for "apple wireless keyboard aluminum foil" and look at the LONG list of entries there, each one representing a very obvious failure on Apple's part.)
I expect there's also a haptic magic trackpad coming, and the logical thing would be to launch it with the new keyboard.
The REAL thing I want to know is whether they've fixed the ghastly mechanical design.
The current one uses a spring which is just slightly too weak to push the battery against the end to make electrical contact. So, as the spring gets weaker, you start losing contact and have to do idiot things thing folding up pieces of aluminum foil to make the battery slightly longer to still force contact.
(I'm not making this up. Do a google search for "apple wireless keyboard aluminum foil" and look at the LONG list of entries there, each one representing a very obvious failure on Apple's part.)
I expect there's also a haptic magic trackpad coming, and the logical thing would be to launch it with the new keyboard.
Do you have trouble pressing all the other keys which are a lot smaller than our return key?
No, but that's a key you use so much. I always press the left edge of the US key, so I would have to change the way I type for this keyboard.
It just surprised me, I didn't mean to come off insulting or critical.
Better still, if we'd all switch to base 11, that would sure mess us all up... But for Apple we'd adapt
.Do you have trouble pressing all the other keys which are a lot smaller than our return key?
Is the keyboard physically the same size (in terms of width) as the US keyboard?
It would probably bother you if you've grown up using those gigantic American return keys
but it's not a problem if it's all you have ever known.