New Apple Wireless Keyboard unboxed (and shipping)
Tonight is the night of new Apple product unboxing! First we had the iPod Touch unboxing and now we have Flickr user MischievousOne's pictures of her brand new Apple Wireless Keyboard (which, it would seem, is finally shipping though the one I ordered hasn't shipped yet) here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.
I asked MischievousOne how she liked the new keyboard and she said, 'I also love the feel of the keys. I've got a black MacBook and I love typing on it. This is very similar to that, if not exactly the same. So far, I like it a lot.' Sounds about right to me. Any of you received your new wireless keyboard yet?
![TUAW [Cafepress]](http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tuaw.com/media/tuaw-cafepress-promo.png)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Tim Kimberl said 7:51PM on 9-13-2007
Oh where oh where did my number pad go. :(
Reply
iDevin said 8:06PM on 9-13-2007
We ordered a 24" iMac with the 2.8 and the wireless keyboard and mouse, which was delayed 4-6 weeks because of a keyboard backorder, and it just changed status to "Prepared for Shipment" this morning. Hopefully this means the keyboards are now essentially in stock and we'll be getting our computer soon.
Reply
n[ate]vw said 8:12PM on 9-13-2007
Nice mousepad!
Reply
futami said 8:23PM on 9-13-2007
I agree the number pad (and arrows) are needed. I cant think of why they didnt include them. I would have already bought one if it werent for this.
Reply
Jon said 8:39PM on 9-13-2007
#4: Arrow keys are still there if you look carefully.
Reply
jezza said 8:46PM on 9-13-2007
the bluetooth keyboard is great and all...except for the "no number pad" part
Reply
R L said 8:50PM on 9-13-2007
I got mine today. I ordered three of them and got all them them in separate boxes. It's even smaller than I thought it would be. Works great!
Reply
Sean Karns said 8:52PM on 9-13-2007
I know it's off topic, but I want to use my $100 rebate (iphone) to get one of these...what ever happened to that? Werent we supposed to see information on the Apple site this week? Or did Steve just say that to appease the masses and hope we'd forget about it?
Reply
ryan said 9:19PM on 9-13-2007
i got mine yesterday after more than a month of agony and it was worth it. i have a macbook so it's nice that i can use the exact same keyboard on my laptop or my desktop
Reply
Reg said 9:23PM on 9-13-2007
@Sean,
For Apple "by October" means when the last ghoul has left the streets on Halloween, and "next week" means by 11:45 pm on Saturday night (or whatever week-ends-on convention they're using this year).
In other words, Steve says be patient.
Reply
Glen Piper said 11:32PM on 9-13-2007
I just got mine today (arriving a day earlier than scheduled!), and so far I'm very impressed. It's got a just-more-than-slightly different feel to it than my MBP, but I can't say that I don't like it. And I *can* say that I like it more than my old-style Apple Bluetooth Keyboard.
Wrt the lack of a number pad, well, that was a selling point for me. It keeps the keyboard footprint nice & small, and it lets me have the same centered, symmetrical, look & feel that I have when using the MBP's keyboard. The old keyboard just bugged me when it was either making my hands be off-center, or having the numpad "hanging over" the side & jutting out in a less than aesthetic way.
And besides, it just looks too damn cool!
Reply
Tomahawk said 11:40PM on 9-13-2007
They really need a Bluetooth model that "HAS" a numeric keypad, not having one is really a deal breaker for me.
Reply
Evan said 12:02AM on 9-14-2007
That's the same desk that I have my Mac on. Bought it at Crate & Barrel a few months ago.
He stole my desk! ;-)
Reply
GrantMeStrength said 12:31AM on 9-14-2007
Evan - "He" is actually a "She" (and a hot one at that). Even girls
can have MacPros ;-)
Reply
Tom said 2:33AM on 9-14-2007
Needs a number pad! I usually love wireless keyboards, but that was a dealbreaker for me on this one. I ended up getting the new wired keyboard, and I love it! (except for the lack of Bluetooth)
Reply
Pete said 6:06AM on 9-14-2007
I wish there was a wired version without a number pad. I never use the pad and it forces my mouse an uncomfortable distance away from the keyboard. Either that or I wind up leaning to the left to type.
Sometimes I wonder how many people actually do much typing on their computers, since there just doesn't seem to be a comfortable and ergonomic way of having both keyboard (with pad) and mouse arranged on a desk...
Reply
PK said 6:43AM on 9-14-2007
I am really surprised so many people actually use their numeric keypads - for what? game playing? number crunching at home? I can undestand the need for it if you do a lot of spreadsheet work etc...but still. I agree with Pete, having the keyboard further to the right by removing the numbers makes a more ergonomic setup for typing. I wouldn't miss the numbers so much, but I think I would miss the Home/Delete/PgUp/PgDn keys etc
Reply
Dan said 8:18AM on 9-14-2007
I ordered the mouse and keyboard combo back when they were first announced. This morning I see that the "Ships by" date has now changed to Oct 15th...WTH OCTOBER 15TH!!! :(
Reply
Alistair Holt said 5:49AM on 9-15-2007
Does anyone know the dimensions of the new wireless keyboard?
Reply
TH said 10:37AM on 9-14-2007
@17: I use the numberpad for everyday number entry (phone numbers and addresses, MM/DD/YYYY, CC number, etc). Since those numbers are typically in clusters, I prefer the ergonomics of a quick lateral shift versus stretching past the QWERTY row. Thoroughly mixed numbers and letters (like passwords) are touch typed as if the numbers were an extra row of letters.
I understand this keyboard as part of a living room HTPC setup. And I have grown to love the macbook style keyboard. But I would greatly prefer the utility of a fullsize bluetooth keyboard (and a decent bluetooth mouse) to allow my macbook to sit on a desktop stand without multiple USB tethers.
Reply