Yay for writing and posting! *\O/* I have four bluetooth keyboards by now, with various advantages and disadvantages. The first was a very inexpensive (about 7€) one a bit difficult to set up (most are set by default to a QWERTY layout, but as I'm used to a QWERTZ layout even when typing English this won't work for me, also because all the umlauts and lots of punctuation marks are missing or in the wrong places) but works really well. It's about 20% smaller than a regular notebook keyboard and very lightweight, and I mostly used this one until I got nr. 4. Nr. 2 was bought after a recommendation by a friend, a sturdy, water-resistant Logitech one where you could put the phone or tablet upside in so you'd have a fake notebook. Sounded awesome also for using it as a passenger, but it's so bulky and heavy that I never wanted to lug it around. I gave it away eventually. Then I found out that using one keyboard with two devices (tabled & phone) often causes connecting/coupling issues, as you need to couple it again if switching devices, and then with some devices need to selet the keyboard layout again. So I got a sleeve for the tablet with an attached, magnetic, keyboard, which also works really well, so I can use the tablet very comfortably for writing, too. The first one I used with my phone only, but the size is a bit big in my handbag, and as it's got no cover the keys are subject to getting dirty or scratched by other content of my handbag. *coughs* So I got a foldable one, for around 30€, I think. Folded, it's of course bulkier than the other one, but as long as my phone and only a bit wider, and lives happily all the time in my handbag without any issue. It's super comfortable to write on, but I needed ot get used to it first, as the two folding joints at the bottom irritated a bit in the beginning, and the keys of the topmost row are a bit shorter than the others. But after only three writing mornings I'm now typing as fast on it as I do on my regular keyboard, and I'm able to type _really_ fast. If you want to buy one, make sure it's suited to your device, has the correct keyboard layout, and read as many reviews and reports about it as possible. The latter helped me enormously finding out which ones suited me and which not, as people kindly listed issues they had or had not. Now if I could use Scrivener on my phone, too, I'd be in writer's haven! *ggg* I used to have a Samsung and now have a Fairphone, so I make do with Jotterpad and Google Drive, where I have the texts I'm working at for reference, and then just copy&paste any new content. It's not ideal, as I like to check back and forth through lots of texts with some writing work, but it's possible to be productive and creative, so I'm happy enough.
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I have four bluetooth keyboards by now, with various advantages and disadvantages. The first was a very inexpensive (about 7€) one a bit difficult to set up (most are set by default to a QWERTY layout, but as I'm used to a QWERTZ layout even when typing English this won't work for me, also because all the umlauts and lots of punctuation marks are missing or in the wrong places) but works really well. It's about 20% smaller than a regular notebook keyboard and very lightweight, and I mostly used this one until I got nr. 4. Nr. 2 was bought after a recommendation by a friend, a sturdy, water-resistant Logitech one where you could put the phone or tablet upside in so you'd have a fake notebook. Sounded awesome also for using it as a passenger, but it's so bulky and heavy that I never wanted to lug it around. I gave it away eventually. Then I found out that using one keyboard with two devices (tabled & phone) often causes connecting/coupling issues, as you need to couple it again if switching devices, and then with some devices need to selet the keyboard layout again. So I got a sleeve for the tablet with an attached, magnetic, keyboard, which also works really well, so I can use the tablet very comfortably for writing, too.
The first one I used with my phone only, but the size is a bit big in my handbag, and as it's got no cover the keys are subject to getting dirty or scratched by other content of my handbag. *coughs* So I got a foldable one, for around 30€, I think. Folded, it's of course bulkier than the other one, but as long as my phone and only a bit wider, and lives happily all the time in my handbag without any issue. It's super comfortable to write on, but I needed ot get used to it first, as the two folding joints at the bottom irritated a bit in the beginning, and the keys of the topmost row are a bit shorter than the others. But after only three writing mornings I'm now typing as fast on it as I do on my regular keyboard, and I'm able to type _really_ fast.
If you want to buy one, make sure it's suited to your device, has the correct keyboard layout, and read as many reviews and reports about it as possible. The latter helped me enormously finding out which ones suited me and which not, as people kindly listed issues they had or had not.
Now if I could use Scrivener on my phone, too, I'd be in writer's haven! *ggg* I used to have a Samsung and now have a Fairphone, so I make do with Jotterpad and Google Drive, where I have the texts I'm working at for reference, and then just copy&paste any new content. It's not ideal, as I like to check back and forth through lots of texts with some writing work, but it's possible to be productive and creative, so I'm happy enough.