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Apple Wireless Keyboard Kit | 
 enlarge | Brand: Apple
Category: CE
List Price: $79.00
Buy New: $67.95
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New (6) Used (5) from $59.99
Rating:  71 reviews
Sales Rank: 335
Color: Icy white
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Keyboard: QWERTY
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 12.9 x 7.2 x 1.3
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: MB167LL/A
Model: MB167LL/A
UPC: 885909179077
EAN: 0885909179077
ASIN: B000V01RLK
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Ultra-thin design | | • | Anodized aluminum enclosure | | • | Low profile keys | | • | Use function keys for one-touch access | | • | Bluetooth wireless technology |
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Product Description
The Apple Wireless Keyboard has been completely redesigned to feature an elegant, ultra-thin anodized aluminum enclosure with low-profile keys that provide crisp, responsive feel. Use function keys for one-touch access to a quickly access features such as screen brightness, volume, eject, play/pause, fast-forward and rewind, Expose and Dashboard. Its compact design fits on your lap or even the most crowded desk. Bluetooth wireless technology lets you use it just about anywhere within 30 feet. The keyboard automatically powers down when you're not using it and turns on instantly as soon as you start typing. This intelligent power management means you'll get up to nine months of battery life with average usage. It also has an on/off switch for when you're away from your computer for a long time.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 66 more reviews...
 With a Great Keyboard Comes Great Responsibility February 13, 2008
46 out of 47 found this review helpful
The wafer-thin Apple Wireless Keyboard is aesthetically perfect and eminently usable, though it has a few minor flaws.
Visually, it exhibits a poetic, tasteful minimalism. It is surprisingly thin, and its unitary construction and brushed metallic finish project an air of solidity. Unlike other keyboards, the Apple Wireless Keyboard does not try to impress with garish, shameless decoration. Rather, its unadorned, utilitarian exterior suggests that this is a serious keyboard, for serious-minded people.
The feel and sound of the Apple Wireless Keyboard match its visual perfection. When pressed, the keys hit bottom with a satisfying finality (I have always detested those keyboards whose keys gently ease into the 'pressed' position without any tactile feedback). Typing on this keyboard produces a gentle clicking sound. It is not a grating, full-blown clatter, but more of a muted staccato.
The Apple keyboard is excellent from a functional standpoint as well. It does not exhibit the lag that can be so aggravating when typing on RF keyboards. It maintains a strong, persistent Bluetooth connection, and has a long battery life.
One of its most convenient features is the lack of inaccessible gaps between the keys. Not only is this aesthetically appealing, but it also prevents hairs, skin flakes, dust, and other types of nauseating detritus from accumulating inside the keyboard. This feature is indispensable for those of you who eat at your computers; no longer will your keyboard serve as a receptacle for the remnants of long-forgotten meals.
The Apple Wireless Keyboard does suffer from a few trifling imperfections, however. First, it does not have a dedicated 'delete' key. To trigger 'delete', one must hold down 'fn' and press 'backspace'. For those who use 'delete' often, this may be a problem. I have gotten used to it, but not so used to it that I don't occasionally lie awake at night wishing that my keyboard had a 'delete' key.
Second, the arrow keys are very narrow. This is not a huge problem for 'left' and 'right', but 'up' and 'down' are so close to each other that it is easy to accidentally hit the wrong one when in a hurry. People with ungainly sausage-fingers and people who drink too much coffee may be particularly susceptible.
Finally, the 'Caps Lock' key does not engage right away. Apple has incorporated a feature called "Caps Lock Protection" that is intended to minimize the inconvenience caused by accidentally hitting the 'Caps Lock' key. As a result, 'Caps Lock' will engage only if pressed slowly and deliberately.
For most people, Caps Lock Protection will probably be helpful (although it still seems vaguely paternalistic in its assumption that your keyboard knows what keys you want to press better than you do). However, for those who prefer to use 'Caps Lock' as an alternative 'Command' or 'Control' key, it may be somewhat inconvenient. It irks me that Apple chose to hard-wire this feature directly into the keyboard. It could just as easily have been implemented at the software level with an option to disable Caps Lock Protection and restore the once-proud 'Caps Lock' key to its former glory.
In conclusion, I recommend this keyboard to all people of good character and sober judgment. Use it wisely, for with a great keyboard comes great responsibility.
Wonderful BT keyboard that doubles as a work of industrial art September 30, 2007
42 out of 46 found this review helpful
After a four week wait, I received my Apple wireless bluetooth keyboard (shipped direct from China) a couple of days ago. Without a doubt, it has already become one of my all-time favorite Mac accessories in 20 years of Apple use.
Even if you've seen photos and read stats about its dimensions, that won't prepare you for how compact the keyboard is in person. It is spectacularly thin and minimalistic: if a keyboard could be called "beautiful," then this one is without a doubt a beauty.
Not only does it save an enormous amount of desk real estate, it manages to make the previous Apple keyboards (once upon a time fairly sleek-looking in comparison to other keyboards on the market) look dowdy, bulky and hopelessly outdated.
Much has been made of the lack of a numerical keypad: I see this is as a plus, allowing the keyboard to be highly portable and super small. If you truly need a numerical keypad, the wired version of this keyboard has one.
The tactile quality of the keyboard is great. It takes a while to get used to the different feel the keys -- they are flat rather than slightly concave -- but the overall feel and usability are an improvement.
The unit pairs up with your Mac seamlessly and there is no delay or lagtime in typing; the keyboars also wakes seamlessly from sleep at the touch of any key.
In short, I see no downside: it looks great, is stunningly thin and sleek, eliminates wire clutter, works wonderfully, and saves a lot of desk space. I can recommend it without reservation to anyone looking for a wireless keyboard.
Kudos, Apple, on an incredible job updating an everyday appliance most of us took for granted in such an elegant way that it doubles as a functional object of industrial art.
Exactly What I've been Waiting For! October 16, 2007
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
I've been waiting for a while for apple to make a wireless keyboard WITHOUT the numerical keypad. This allows you too keep either your mouse or drawing tablet close to the keyboard, and allows me to use minimal space while working with lots of papers or books.
However, I didn't expect it to be this awesome. Like all apple devices, its wrapped like godiva chocolates and opeing it gets rid of any sense of buyers remorse, along with the shere brilliance of its design and quality. It is so thin and slightly raised so that it feels like your typing on the desk. Its so small, compact thin and light, but feels tight and industructable. My hands never get tired, and i can finally use photoshop and illustrator more effectly by using the keyboard and tablet at the same time.
Also, I often hook my 17 macbook pro to my projector with the computer in the office next door and a dvi cable leading to the projector. The keyboard maintains its full signal from a distance around a doorway and has no delay from 15 feet. I now can have a 120" monitor at home with the computer far away. The keys have a perfect feel and are nicer than the laptop keys in clickyness and feel.
I have only one complaint that for 80 bucks, they could have lit the keyboard like on the macbook pros. But then they might have had to make it thicker, which would have been a bad tradeoff. The keyboard also comes with expensive top end energizer batteries, a nice touch.
If your thinking about getting this keyboard, stop thinking and get it. Seriously!
P.S. Like all apple wireless devices, make sure to set the device as a favorite under bluetooth settings, it gives them priority and makes them work their fastest. Also, if you turn your mouse or keyboard off for a while and then on, just click a key or mouse button untill the secure signal re-establishes itself. Some people think you have to repair the devices, that is untrue.
An Outstanding Bluetooth Keyboard! September 22, 2008
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is, by a wide margin, the best bluetooth keyboard I've ever used. I used to work for the business division of a major electronics chain where I've used and sold many wireless keyboards. I can honestly say that this keyboard outshines many of its competitors.
First, the small design is a definite plus, not a flaw. I have big hands and I was a bit worried that it would feel small and cramped, but my worries were proven false. It's a lot more durable than it looks, too. The keys feel strong, crisp, and responsive, and they don't get all loose and noisy over time like most keyboards do. For some reason other brands (like MS) seem to think that their keyboard isn't worthwhile unless it takes up as much desk real estate as possible, which just isn't practical. Just make sure you know what you're getting - take a good look at what keys are and aren't present. If you're trying to write code or do lots of calculations, this probably isn't your keyboard.
Secondly, the battery life is amazing. I bought this back in May 08. Today is September 22 and I only just replaced (today) the first set of batteries. I do regular internet stuff, plus a casual amount of gaming. I also never actually turn the thing off.
Lastly, the bluetooth connectivity is very strong and resilient. I have never lost a connection after 5 months of use - it's never even missed a single keystroke. Plus, Software Update actually updates the firmware ON THE KEYBOARD ITSELF, ensuring maximum product performance and use. This alone is a major plus!
Something to note - this keyboard does indeed work with Windows via bootcamp and Parallels (I use both). I paired the keyboard securely with Mac OS, but if you plan to use bootcamp you might have to pair it without a security key in Windows. Since I use Mac OS for anything critical, this is a non-issue for me. The keyboard automatically just connects and starts working with either OS. You could just as easily make Windows the secure connection. I haven't tried this, but I'd imagine that if you securely pair the keyboard in both OS's, you'd have to re-pair it each time you switch. In Parallels, however, it works right away without any additional setup.
This is a strong, practical, durable product. Now if only they could redesign that darn mouse...
After a Few Tries: KB from Apple that is Awesome October 12, 2007
50 out of 68 found this review helpful
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2BEGPK6PRFBEC Since I was very surprised on getting this, figured it would make good fodder for trying out the new video review feature here.
My prior Apple keyboard was great until it got gunked up with junk and became spongey. This one also appears to have yielded a speed benefit as well. I happened to have tested my speed a week before getting this. On my old keyboard it was 63WPM, on this one, I took the test 3 or 4 times and it was 70WPM (10% better), and my accuracy was higher for whatever reason.
Also, I have been buying wireless since the bloody beginning and even my recent Logitech starts dropping characters when I put it in my lap and the bloody receiver is on the desk directly above it. No such problems with this, since it is bluetooth.
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