I think it's a pretty good keyboard when considering the size of this device. It's not the keyboard you'd use to write your 'great novel' on. However, for minor typing needs, it is pretty good. As good or better than the Pandora. Better than the GPD WIN I had.
You can type on it either on a desk surface (which is mostly how I use it...) or thumb type. Unless you have tiny, skinny fingers, you won't be doing real 'touch typing' on it. I mostly use my index and middle fingers, and sometimes my middle finger. So, quasi-touch typing....
The keys are a somewhat soft rubber(?) material. Not hard like the Pandora and GPD WIN keys.
Hard to know about the markings and longevity of the keyboard, but it seems pretty well constructed.
Hope this helps a bit...
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That's great, AVahne, think you'll have fun with it, like I am...
btw, did you ask Chris what he has already finished and available now? A few weeks ago, he had a white one and a pink on available, ready to ship. Almost went with the white one....
As for why he wants to do several at a time, it surely is about efficiency. He's 3D printing the cases himself, then assembling the innards. So, I can see that it makes sense to do several at a time and get a rhythm going on the different component assemblies.
Chris is really a nice guy to deal with. He emailed me yesterday, Sunday, just to see how I was doing with the UMPC, since he hadn't heard from me for about 3 days...how many vendors do that kind of follow-up?