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Apple announced new keyboards alongside its new iMacs in early August, but the bluetooth variant wasn’t shipping until mid-September. As you can see, mine just shipped (I’ve been using Apple bluetooth keyboards since they first came out).

When you initially open the package, these things really seem tiny. But in the end, they’re exactly the size as the thicker older model minus the numeric keypad and cursor keys moved over.

With regards to the touch feel (and I’m typing this on the keyboard you see above), they feel different but I can type quick and fast easily. The keyboard of my MacBook Pro still feels a little softer and typing on the old whitish Apple keyboards is a different deal altogether. The lowered height of the device is definitely a welcome change.

So far I don’t miss the numeric keypad (and I’m far from being an accountant). The only thing I have to mentally adjust for is the lack of an enter key right next to where I keep the mouse. Due to the smaller size, my mouse currently lives quite a bit to the right and I tended to hit that extra enter key with my right hand occasionally when reaching over from the mouse. This hits solid table ground for the time being. But I’ll live.

Keyboard Update 1.2 popped up when checking with Software Update after pairing the keyboard, installed and rebooted, the new keys for Dashboard and iTunes (play/pause/skip) worked immediately. So no issues to report there.