Surface Touch Cover promises the same sensations as a laptop keyboard

One of the unknowns regarding Surface are the keyboard-covers that come with the tablet and allow us to work with it laptop-style without compromising the mobility of the team. From the moment of its presentation, they have captured a lot of our attention, becoming one of the hallmarks of the Microsoft tablet. But to what extent will the experience with them be fully satisfactory? Will we be able to work comfortably enough to make us forget that we are not dealing with a full keyboard?

At Microsoft they are convinced that their Touch Cover and Type Cover can match the experience of laptop keyboards and have released a new video summarizing the process of designing them and the technology behind them.In it, one of its engineers ensures that Touch Cover does not require a high learning curve to get used to. From the Surface team they assure that with little time of use we will be able to type at the same speed as on our laptops.

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In the AMA (Ask Me Anything) that the people behind Surface did on Reddit last week, they reported that the Touch Cover, through specially designed electronics and a clever algorithm, can detect keypresses of less than 1 millisecond and distinguish whether or not there was an intention to press the key. In this way our fingers can rest on the keyboard in a similar way to how we do it on traditional keyboards. Although they recognize that how we adapt to the keyboard will depend on our way of writing, one of the members of the Surface team assures that he typed at the speed of 86 words per minute "

Another of the big doubts clarified during the round of questions was about the possibility of the keyboard being locked depending on the position to prevent us from accidentally pressing keys.Both the Touch Cover and the Type Cover include sensors that understand relative orientation to the Surface so that they differentiate between three positions:

• Closed: Keys and touchpad are disabled.
• Open up to 180 degrees: keys and touchpad are enabled.
• Open more than 180 degrees: keys and touchpad are disabled.

This ensures that we can fully open the covers and hold the Surface without fear of accidentally pressing the keys Hopefully we will have Surface available soon in Spain to be able to type like possessed on our Surface and confirm the good work they say they have done at Microsoft.

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