A couple years ago, my life was greatly simplified when I got a mouse and a keyboard that used Bluetooth to connect to three different devices. So instead of three keyboards and three mouses littering the area around my chair in the living room, I had just one keyboard and one mouse to rule them all. Just a keypress would change whether they talked to my TV media machine, my main laptop, or a third device, which changed from time to time. (It was sometimes my phone.) The improvement in convenience just couldn't be overstated.
Lately, though, I began to suspect that my Logitech* keyboard might be beginning to show its age. I seemed to be stopping way too often to correct a doubled character, or a missing space between words. Maybe it was just me, but I did have my suspicions. So, I looked for a potential replacement for it, or a backup for it, if the problem turned out to be just me.
My favorite brand of keyboard for a long time has been Arteck, but a couple years ago they didn't have one that handled three devices, and was the size I wanted -- that's why I ended up with the Logitech model. But now I was pleased to find out that Arteck has exactly what I wanted in the first place.
It's the perfect size for a lap or a crowded desktop. Its keys are well shaped, and their size and position are exactly like the ones on my Latitude laptops. It switches among three computers using those three colored keys next to the <ESC> key. Just a single keypress does it. It's very easy to pair with those three devices. It works reliably with a media machine many feet away, on the other side of a living room.
Normally, I'm a lousy 2-thumb typist, but with this keyboard connected to my Samsung phone, I can text like a teenage girl. If I need to text an answer longer than "Y" or "N", I do it with the keyboard.
Did I mention this is USB rechargeable? That's supposed to be needed about twice a year. The price in that image is from Amazon. I would imagine it's available from other vendors for a similar price. I've had this for a couple weeks now, and have no complaints. Since it virtually duplicates my laptop keyboards, there was no problem at all getting used to it. And my typos have been reduced by about 90%.
* Logitech was a compromise, with its smaller, close-spaced, round keys, no recharging, and a higher cost, but it did support three devices.
