How the KEYBOARD looks like!? The thing you touch the most, look the most at and use the most is KEYBOARD. Why Amazon does not publish the photo of this, the most important, part of the laptop?I will not buy any laptop if I do not know precisely what the keyboard layout is. How the KEYBOARD looks like!? The thing you touch the most, look the most at and use the most is KEYBOARD. Why Amazon does not publish the photo of this, the most important, part of the laptop? » Read More How the KEYBOARD looks like!? The thing you touch the most, look the most at and use the most is KEYBOARD. Why Amazon does not publish the photo of this, the most important, part of the laptop?I will not buy any laptop if I do not know precisely what the keyboard layout is. « Show Less
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Is there anyone in Atlanta (GA) / Kennesaw area that bought an Acer Aspire S3 and is willing to meet with me for 20 minutes or so? I really like this laptop but I don't want to buy it before I see it.I am afraid that if I buy it online, the store might not want it back for who knows what reasons.Thank youAriel
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Hello. The keyboard is NOT backlit but if you type without looking at keyboard then that's not an issue. If you do not type without looking at keyboard then that's skill which you can learn in one day. I did it. About the screen protector. My case/keyboard damaged the outer case of the tablet and left mark on the tablet screen. Now I have rubber pads placed on the keyboard which separates tablet screen from keyboard (from the edge where tablet should be placed when it's standing). Overall: this case is great. I got correct keyboard layout to type my national characters. I also got keyboard from samsung but it was a lot harder to use it and it hadn't correct keyboard layout. I had to use CTRL key like ALT key on normal keyboard. Logitech's keyboard have correct keyboard layout so no problems there. I'd recomend it to anyone but put some screen protector on your tablet and put some rubber pads on the keyboard to be sure that it won't damage the screen. I also saw in a comment that the edge where tablet should be placed might not hold the tablet and tablet can just fall out from it. It didn't happened to me but better be safe than sorry. So try not to move the tablet+case when tablet is in vertical position (like on the picture). Best regards Tom.
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Hey there buyer. As Endres and Sancho have said previously, the only lights that are on the keyboard are in the usual place in the top right of the keyboard for the num lock, caps lock, etc. lights. They are blue in color, and to be honest, I did not really find them too distracting or too bright. I'm in a relatively well lit room, so it's probably just environment. And the entire keyboard does NOT light up, it's just the top right corner.
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not quite sure what you mean. To me the Acer Aspire has a normal keyboard. It actually is very easy to use and I love the lighted feature. It is a lot better than my old Toshiba keyboard. I can use a very light touch.
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It only displays an English keyboard (in a strange layout), but typing with a different layout than displayed works, as it just sends keycodes, not the characters - just don't look at it while typing!
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The photos stacked to show color of lighting are wrong the others are correct! ? is also / Key and the \ is above the enter key. I hope this helps....Barry
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periwinkles:I may be mistaken, but I believe the previous post you referred to was speaking of a piano keyboard being drawn, not a QWERTY keyboard. I have the pen, and think the piano is more of a demo/gimmick than anything useful. Sorry.
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Who cares if it does? It has unusable keys... The keys often don't report presses... There is nothing about the keyboard that makes it viable as a product! Returning it was not worthy time. Posting how bad it is isn't.
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Looks to me that the keys are illuminated underneath. The keys don't appear to be actually lit individually. However the blue lighting make it harder so see the keys. They should have make it where you can change the lit colors.
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Your best best is to take the keyboard out of your laptop and compare it with the one in the picture. If it matches cable and all order it. If it ends up not matching you can always return it.
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This is the laptop. If you want to see the keyboard, bottom base and side ports, battery bay etc, this photograph does not show these.
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When I saw this keyboard my immediate thought was, "why?"Where is the market for a keyboard with a poorly positioned lcd and bindings? I forgot that I live in a world where people used to market and actually successfully sell pet rocks. The lcd is useless. The guy who thinks you control movement purely with the mouse and absolutely never use wasd is [insert mild mannered word here that immediately gets this post censored by whaaaaaa-mazon].
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In case anyone's curious, turns out the keyboard is not illuminated. Here's Asus's tech support response:Dear Valued Customer,Thank you for contacting ASUS Customer Service.Sincerely sorry for the delay due to system error.U31JG is featured standard non-illuminated keyboards .We wrong placed the label by mistake.Sincerely sorry for the inconvenience that caused to you.
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It doesn't cover keyboard, though Moshi also has a keyboard cover. Have seen reports that keyboard covers may cause imperfections on surface of display.
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Yes but it's really shoddy, the backlight is positioned away from the middle of the keys so you can really see the difference between the top part of the letter and the bottom and there is no light around the edges of each key like there ought to be. I'm really sorry I bought this laptop.
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yes, and its a great keyboard. you will probably never use anything but this type again! i love it as it lights up and the layout seems perfect. i hope you like it as much as i do!good luck!!
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YIKES! I planned to get some color...only for the fun. I'll have to go in person and check the keyboards (black VS color). Thanks for this good info.