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New 'Magic Mouse 2' and Apple Wireless Keyboard With Bluetooth 4.2 Appear in FCC Filings
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I still prefer the magic mouse to the standalone trackpad and welcome an update. Ditto with wired keyboard vs. wireless. I gave up on the rechargeable batteries pretty fast because I was charging every few days which was a PIA while in school.
Three 'features' I do not want:
Backlit - useless on a desktop keyboard and drains battery. Stop sitting in the dark.
Numpad - why? To enter the occasional credit card number 10 seconds faster? Silly. If you're a mathematician, buy a calculator.
Touch ID - on a peripheral? Over bluetooth, which apparently is pretty insecure? Scary.
Backlit - useless on a desktop keyboard and drains battery. Stop sitting in the dark.
Numpad - why? To enter the occasional credit card number 10 seconds faster? Silly. If you're a mathematician, buy a calculator.
Touch ID - on a peripheral? Over bluetooth, which apparently is pretty insecure? Scary.
Well, if they implement it right, the finger print scans and everything would be handled and stored on the trackpad. The only thing that would be sent over Bluetooth would be the "Ok to Unlock" command, much like third party apps on the iPhone today.
I have. I'm using an older Apple wireless keyboard with a number pad.
Sorry if I've hurt your feelings by not liking your idea, but in the context of potential new Apple peripherals I don't think it's complaining to say that I'd prefer they make an integrated keyboard and number pad rather than buy a keyboard, and a $60 number pad, and another $25 of plastic garbage that I need to dremmel out to get it to all fit together-- and to explain why I feel that way to people who think numbers are old fashioned.
By this comment, I can tell you're either unemployed or in grade school. Every business in the world has people doing big data all day long, every day. If Apple wants to be in more and more of these organizations, they need to provide off-the-shelf solutions, including full size keyboards. Excel, Access, etc. all need a numeric keypad.
The Clique is not garbage. It was designed for the Apple Trackpad.
I guess I will have the numpad I ordered standing on its own, which is no loss for me, as it was either that or the trackpad.
"Stop sitting in the dark". Really?
Currently I love my logitech with backlit.
I would buy this in a second if they made a full size one.
Yeah I do not like keyboards with a number pad, takes up too much space. I'm a very fast touch typist, and probably only a handful of people who use the top row number keys, yes touch type. So I can enter my CC info faster than most people when checking out
And I'm probably the only one dreading the switch to internal rechargeable batteries. I swap out my AA Eneloops once every other week on my keyboard and trackpad, takes seconds to do. They're several years old and still look and work great. If they were internal rechargeable and the batteries wear out, you'd have to toss out a perfectly functional keyboard.
If you're using a graphic tablet, you can stick with the current Wireless Keyboard without a trackpad.
This one can be for people who don't use graphic tablets, which is a significant amount.
The magic mouse is definitely a 'marmite' device, you either love it or you hate it. I'm definitely in the love it camp as I find it is incredibly intuitive to use with Logic Pro where it dramatically increases my speed of navigation compared to any other mouse or track pad that I've used.
My preference for keyboards is without a number pad, but I can certainly appreciate that it's useful to a lot of people.
I suspect that these new models will either be wireless charging or will feature USB C charging to allow them to continue functioning as wired when the batteries go flat.
Backlighting is another feature that I would be very glad of, a brightly lit studio control room just isn't an option for those that keep telling others to "stop sitting in the dark"
My preference for keyboards is without a number pad, but I can certainly appreciate that it's useful to a lot of people.
I suspect that these new models will either be wireless charging or will feature USB C charging to allow them to continue functioning as wired when the batteries go flat.
Backlighting is another feature that I would be very glad of, a brightly lit studio control room just isn't an option for those that keep telling others to "stop sitting in the dark"
I haven't seen the Clique in person, so maybe I'm basing too much on the "flimsy" comments in the Amazon reviews. I think Apple made their keyboards out of high grade aluminum for a reason though, and wrapping them in plastic strikes me as undesirable. From a manufacturing perspective, most of the Amazon reviews indicate that the trackpad it is made to house can't click when it's mounted in the Clique, and the frame has to be hogged out with a power tool to fit the keypad which has a different shape from the trackpad...
oh err - this could be a wedge shape, but I have a sneaking suspicion that this keyboard will lay flat.
The best part about the current one is the design restriction of the AA batteries, creating the drum shape. It's both a beautiful example of form following function and elevates the keyboard to make it more ergonomic.
I hope this new model can 'elevate' the design
The best part about the current one is the design restriction of the AA batteries, creating the drum shape. It's both a beautiful example of form following function and elevates the keyboard to make it more ergonomic.
I hope this new model can 'elevate' the design
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My thought exactly... until it occurred to me that maybe the charging was through USB. In which case, the fallback for an uncharged device was the you would use it in wire mode until it recharged.
Here's another vote for hoping there's a wireless keyboard with a number pad.
The only thing that would make it truly indispensable is to combine with a rumba, use some of the rumored auto technology, and clean my desk when I leave.
I hope not. That would mean you couldn't use it while it's re-charging.
Am i the only one who likes the current magic mouse?
I'm betting on usb-c. But in any case, wired charging is the right way to go for these.
Does the trackpad click? I can tap...
I was also not a fan of polluting Apple's aluminium aesthetic, but it doesn't really look bad.
You can already launch iTunes from the keyboard and play rumba...
I use Turbotax to prepare and file three 1040s a year. I have to enter about ten numbers for each W2. That's about thirty numbers total. I don't use a numeric keypad. I would estimate using a numeric keypad would save me up to four seconds per year.