YEKBEE Case with Keyboard for iPad 9th Generation (10.2", 2021) | 360° | 7 Modes | Backlit | 12 Colors | Thin, Light & Protective foriPad 9, 8th & 7th Gen, Air 3, Pro 10.5 with Pencil Holder

So here's almost just what I wanted. It's almost perfect. It turns the ipad into a netbook. Hard case + keyboard = awesome. I love it. I highly recommend it. I will be showing it to my friends and guarantee I will absolutely drive future sales as I think this thing rocks. I do have some feature suggestions.I could care less about the pencil holder thing. It's clearly modelled after the MS Surface tablet as the stylus loop is pretty much exactly what my surface tablet has for its stylus that I never use. Meh. Big meh. I'm tempted to cut it off. Wish like on the surface you could have the option of sticking it on either side. The Surface stylus loop is a sticker, put it where you want. It makes NO sense for the pencil holder to be on the bottom instead of the top in portrait/tablet mode. Kinda dumb. Even in clamshell mode it is on the left when most people are right handed. Little product design advice.Next advice: This hinge is clearly modelled after the Lenovo Twist laptop, which I had. Now my daughter has. The hinge works the same way. This is super cool and I love it as it was one of my favorite laptops. Here's the hinge issue though. It can't fold all the way around to the other side. That would be super cool. Just needs a double cardan type hinge so it can fold on a second hinge and get the full flip under.Next product feature request/suggestion: It needs a touchpad so it feels more like a laptop. A small one would be fine, certainly enough room for one. It should also suggest turning on the advanced keyboard navigation features in the instructions because that option makes this keyboard even way cooler. Okay, that was two.Next feature request is to make this thing work more like the ASUS transformer, which it obviously also gets its design ideas from. The tablet/netbook design rocked. The transformer was a tablet with 8 hours of battery that clipped onto the keyboard dock... which had its own battery that could charge and prolong the life of the tablet for another 8 hours for a total of 16 hours of battery. Surely, you could come up with a wireless or wired charging design. This would fix another issue...The keyboard is too light. If it had the battery bank in it, it would increase keyboard weight so the thing doesn't fall over backwards when you tilt the screen too far back.Is USB-C too much to ask for? Seriously? Using micro-USB is so 10-20 years ago. Again, back to the battery bank idea, plugging in the keyboard to charge both keyboard battery bank and tablet is just a good design idea for the next gen product.If there was even a thin covering of a neoprene like rubber in the case to help absorb shock from drops, that would rock.And if the tablet could mount in either way left or right (for the lefties, not that I'm one of those weirdos :D) that would just be a solid design idea. I mean, what would it take, cut some more holes?Whoever designed this made the coolest ipad keyboard case I have seen so far. I love it. All the above isn't criticism in the slightest. Just suggestions. If you're reading this as a customer, just buy it. You'll love it. Those floppy soft keyboard cases suck. Can't use them on your lap without a lapdesk. This case makes it a mini laptop running iOS (sadly). It's dope. Pull the trigger and get it, people.Okay, suggestions out of the way. They keyboard, while a little small, is excellent to type on, and I am a larger dude with big clumsy fingers, yet I can touch-type on it great. It's quite good. The "Twist" mode stuff is exceptional, the hinge feels sturdy, the material is solid. It seems to have amazing battery life. It's almost exactly what I wanted. It fits the bill quite nicely. I got one for my son and after playing with it for an hour I knew I needed one for my ipad. I love it. Buy it.

So I love this set-up way more than I loved my other folio-style. This case will “hold it’s shape/position” 100% better than the folio style. The other style was constantly slipping/falling from the viewing/typing angle I had it set to. Even with the slightest provocation. This one stays where it’s set!! The hinge is stiff/strong enough that it makes me nervous folding it from the flat position!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE all the different positions that this case operates at; laptop-style, tablet, tent, are the main ones I use. I also utilize the spin/screen-share feature way more than I thought I would!The keyboard is fantastic!! There is a slight delay from the time you tap any key (to wake it up) til the letters you are typing actually show up in the text. Sometimes it starts mid-word, if you’re a fast typer. I’m sure this ‘dormant-mode’ is a battery saving feature and it only happens when you haven’t been using the keyboard for a bit and then it’s only the first word that gets jacked up. The keyboard is laid out very well for me. My son has a similar style case and the ‘shift’ key & ‘pgup’ key are Right Next To Each Other. I frequently and randomly hit the wrong key, sending my cursor flying!! Super frustrating and Super Inconvenient. But not this one!!! I love it!! Keys are well placed and well spaced to accommodate my little kitten mittens!! The light-up feature is nice, but aside from just playing with it, I really haven’t had a reason/need to use it yet, so I cannot comment on the battery life with steady/continued use of the keyboard lights. The battery life without lights is very satisfactory! I have yet to even come close to running the darn thing down!! The function keys across the top: they mostly work 90%. Volume up/down is super consistent across all platforms. Pause/play, FF/RW Sometimes don’t work, but I suspect that has something to do with the application I’m trying to run with those buttons, ie a video embedded in a webpage does not alway do as the buttons command. Amazon videos, Netflix, etc... I have no trouble with. I don’t play/stream a lot of music through this device to know for sure about the compatibility of the buttons with Pandora, Spotify, Apple Music, etc. And lastly, the color is just gorgeous!!! (I got the light purple one.). My previous case was a navy blue that was very pretty, but every time I set it down on a dark surface, I lost the darn thing!! Dark counter top, dark weight bench, dark sofa... poof! It would just blend in and disappear! Well not this one!!!! I hope this helps!