Dear Cupertino,
The beloved Apple Bluetooth Keyboard. It has its phenomenal design, matches the iMac and the rest of the Mac family beautifully with its Aluminum casing. It’s easy to type with, and has been named one of the best keyboards on the market. Its nearly perfect. Although I believe, and many agree with me, that its missing some pretty major features.
For starters... Backlit Please! The Macbook Pro has it, the Macbook Air has it, why can’t us desktop users feel just as special? Haven’t you ever stayed up until 3AM trying to finish an english essay but don’t want a light on in the room and struggle to see your keys? I know I have! This would really be able to bump Apple’s aluminum keyboard to the next level of usability.
Trackpad. A major flaw with Apple’s keyboard that disallows you to fully utilize Leopard’s Multitouch capabilities. Haven’t you always wanted to use the same capabilities as your iPhone on your iMac? I know I have! Why should I have to click my way through photo albums when I can gracefully take 3 fingers and swipe them across a smooth surface? This trackpad would also act as a screen. So say you were listening to music a virtual scroll wheel would appear, or if you needed the numeric pad say for a spreadsheet it would virtually appear on the screen. You would also be able to use this as an Apple TV keyboard. It could be used for a future Apple TV browser and could use the screen as a virtual remote.
Not so much a big concern, although I would like to see this new keyboard with the same keys as the Macbook Air, black keys show less dirt and match the black on my iMac. Sounds like a done deal to me.
So please can you give us a bluetooth keyboard just like the wired one, except instead of a numeric pad how about a giant trackpad? Give me backlit keyboard with black keys and you have my purchase!
Thanks,
Ryan Stellato
