Review: Ok in a pinch
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 17, 2014
I love my kindle HDX for one thing and one thing only: consuming media. Videos, books the occasional game. I would never use it for productivity. I rarely use my full size iPad Air for anything except the occasional email or word doc in a pinch. Anybody who wants or thinks they want to get a tablet of productivity I try to steer them in another direction. Any other direction. At worst a bigger tablet like the hdx 8.9, at best a cheap computer. So this product is a compromise solution for an already poor substitute. If you really must do productivity on your device, and your must use a keyboard (you should) and that keyboard must take the form of a cover, then this is a great choice. But... I would recommend a separate bluetooth keyboard that you cart around separately. To say this keyboard is cramped is akin to saying iPhones and tablets changed the tech landscape a lil. Keys are missing. Anybody who types by feel from home will make many many errors. To wit: I started to type this on the keyboard and after the first sentence took my computer out and typed on it instead because I had more to do today than just write one review. I think Belkin did an ok job with the constraints of the size of this device, but at much compromise in terms of size and materials to make it fit and be sort of light. Its better than using the built in keyboard for long bouts of typing but not by much. Just get a discreet bluetooth keyboard unless you need it to be in the form of a cover.