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Microsoft Universal Mobile Keyboard hands-on: Solid, but not quite universal

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Lawyers, pedants and fanboys may hold that Microsoft wasn’t lying when it named its Universal Mobile Keyboard. But Windows Phone users may come away unconvinced.</p><p>
From a hardware standpoint, Microsoft’s $80 Universal Mobile Keyboard continues its tradition of excellence, with a well-thought-out design incorporating a hardware switch to reconfigure the keyboard for Android, iOS, and “Windows” devices. Look closer, though, and what Microsoft bills as a “universal” keyboard simply doesn’t deliver, because it doesn’t support Windows Phone. </p><p>
It’s yet another frustration for Windows Phone users, who have become accustomed to playing second fiddle, even within Microsoft itself. It’s a practice that Microsoft’s Ifi Majid, head of experiences marketing for Microsoft’s Devices Group, promised would end (http://www.pcworld.com/article/2601743/microsoft-announces-two-lumia-phones-always-on-cortana-and-clever-new-mobile-accessories.html)—but Microsoft’s design teams apparently didn’t get the memo.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2839565/microsoft-universal-mobile-keyboard-hands-on-solid-but-not-quite-universal.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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