ASUS Keyboard Touchpad & Transleeve Cover for VivoTab Smart ME400 Series (OLD VERSION)

Works like a charm. I will not go into detail about the product, since many posts have already done that. Before I bought the Transleeve + Asus keyboard, I purchased the Greatshield 2 Go Detachable Leather Bluetooth Keyboard case. I was fairly happy about that purchase. The leather case was nice, but the keyboard felt cheap. Within a month or two the keyboard broke, so I decided to purchase the Transleeve + Asus keyboard. Let me tell you, the Asus keyboard is really good quality. The Transleeve, does not protect my tablet very well, but I fixed that. I found a way to place my Transleeve and Asus keyboard within my Greatshield leather case. Now I feel like my Tablet is well protected. If you are worried about protecting your Asus Vivotab Smart and don't mind spending a little extra, I would recommend purchasing the Greatshield Go in addition to this product.

I read the reviews for this prior to ordering, but I figured for this price I had to give it a try. When I first bought my tablet 6 months ago, I purchased a generic folio case with a flimsy USB keyboard. I hate the look and I hated the quality of the keyboard. The price was only 10 dollars less than what I paid for this combo. Not to insult anyone that gave a negative review, but in reading some of them I wonder if they actually knew the correct way to use the transleeve cover. I admit it was tricky the first time, but I have not seen the same issues once I learned how to properly fold it into the stand. It holds securely and it folds back with no issues. I can understand that maybe some of these do have issues with the magnet strength, but I luckily wasn't one of them. I also found the keyboard to be the best portable keyboard I have personally used. Very thin but also solid and well designed. It paired with my tablet very easily and it connects every time I turn it on after booting windows on the tablet. If you own an Asus VIVOTAB ME400, you would definitely be completing your experience by getting this Transleeve Keyboard.

I will break down this review in the sum of its parts: Magnets - to me and my tablet, they are strong and do not have a problem latching onto the tablet, or folding to create the stand. it takes effort to break the stand (i.e. push at the tablets highest leverage point, and hard to get the stand to dislodge from the tablet) I say the Magnet is great, and I even grabbed the tablet by the cover to find that the tablet did not dislodge unless shaken or pulled at an angle. Cover - the cover is great in my opinion, it gets the job done and looks cool doing it. it has a double hinge that will allow you to put the keyboard between the tablet and cover, however I have not found that to be my most popular use case. I generally keep the keyboard in my back and leave the tablet with the cover on. its functional, thin, and best of all easy to carry. keyboard - This is where my 1 star is taken from. I love the idea of having a chargeable, wireless, and slim keyboard to go with my tablet. The keyboard is just like a slim desktop keyboard (keys you push in, and they bounce back) it feels good, it feels like a home keyboard in a lot of ways, and did I mention slim? because for what it adds to your tablet it sure is thin and light. However what I have begun to take away is that although the tablet gets far more functionality from having a keyboard, the trackpad is lacking. how does it lack? well its sensitivity is interesting. It does do the job, but feels like the lowest common denominator in quality. The trackpad will actually allow you to "Click" like a mouse would. it sounds good from the point of view of a gamer/desktop PC junky. but in practice, clicking the mouse moves its location enough for you to miss the target on the screen. perhaps with some practice it could get better, but I am reviewing after a month, and still notice it. Despite that one gripe. I have to say I love the package, getting the keyboard adds far more functionality to windows 8 and the vivotab smart. the cover is brilliant and does not show age easily. I feel that if you have bought into the vivotab smart, then you might as well buy into this kit of accessories. why limit what you have purchased? you will at least love the ability to do keyboard shortcuts, and typing on a real keyboard is functionally a lot better then the on screen. The cover again, is brilliant and adds a lot to your 450+ investment. get it, you will not regret it, I don't.

The keyboard is pretty nice. The cover is a travesty. Really, just awful in almost every way. The other reviewers pegged it. Only one magnet works when I fold it. It does stay folded, but feels like it is alway on the brink of coming unfolded. I bet it would be great with that other magnet working. Also, the magnets that hold it to the tablet are pretty weak. They probably function well for just keeping it all together when closed, but are much more shaky when you count on them to hold the tablet up. I have no doubts that if you accidentally grab the tablet by just the cover, then it will fall off completely. Also, the auto sleep/wake (smart cover) feature does not work. I bought a cheaper case with that feature and it works fine with that one, so it is simply a fault of the asus cover and not the tablet. On the flip side, the keyboard is pretty impressive. It's SOOOO thin and light. It connects right away and works great. I even paired it with my iPhone. The track pad is a little annoying because of the way you click the buttons, but that's only a small complaint. I'm actually quite pleased with the whole thing. The most surprising part is how well the keyboard sticks to the cover with the magnets. I've literally picked the cover up with the keyboard attached and tried to shake it loose. It comes off, but only after some very vigorous attempts to shake it loose. I can't believe they got that part right and couldn't get the cover to stay on the tablet! All in all, I will probably keep it because I like the keyboard. I wish you could buy it separate from the cover. I would NEVER buy the cover on its own! I bought another case/cover here on Amazon. It's a cheap one by Moko and I have been blown away by how well it works. It's thin, light, and feels/looks like a quality product. Plus, it has magnets that hold it closed, the auto sleep/wake "smart cover" functionality works, and it won't fall off if I look at it wrong.

Very convenient keyboard. It's small and compact--but anyone who complains about that might just be new to tablet keyboards. They gotta be small. It fits the mini-suit case perfectly, which is more safe than the Transleeve itself. One very good feature is the mouse pad, which most tablet keyboards do not come with. This turns my Asus into a PC, and it will be ultra convenient for classes this fall. Good buy! Transleeve is good. It attaches securely to the Asus, magnetically, but I prefer a stronger cover so I can keep it safe in case of falls.

***Revising...this keyboard doesn't function well, doesn't warn you when battery is low, doesn't indicate if charging for all but 2 seconds, once dead, doesn't charge well, doesn't indicate when charged, doesn't work while charging, no food troubleshooting avail. Tried tech support and spent 20 min. Just answering their generic questions, got frustrated and hung up. This set is pretty good. Kind of awkward. It took me a bit to figure the keyboard out. You'd think it would be simple but the on off button didn't seem to work, charged it. The charging cable is like 12 inches. The charging light was only on for about 1-2 hrs before it went off. Then i tried to turn it on. It would flash then go off. You have to hold it down till the light comes on but it doesn't say that in the directions. Finally came on. Paired easily with the tablet. Connects flawlessly. Considering it is only as wide as the tablet. It works well and is not too cramped. The keys work great. I am using it now on my lap. Most say not suitable for your lap but the transleeve hasn't slipped once and it's quite secure. Now onto the transleeve. The magnetic hold is not very strong so don't think that it's secure enough to keep your tablet from falling. Someone mentioned it not being very intuitive when folding up as a stand. I don't know, I figured it out in 2 seconds, it can only fold 2 ways. What both the tablet and the transleeve really need are magnets on the 2 two top corners as well. While the transleeve is opened up and being used to cover your tablet screen, it does not stay closed because it is not magnetized to the top part of the tablet as well, so it flops around. Using it as a stand makes it worse because after being folded, it wants to stay folded and the two top corners stick up like a bad hair day! I just do not get why they didn't go the extra mile. It doesn't completely serve its purpose so it's a let down. The smart cover for the ipad folds nicely down over the screen and sticks firmly to the entire tablet with magnets. I'm annoyed that when I purchased it a week and a half ago, it was $117, now it's on Amazon for $98.

This Transboard and Transleeve are excellent. The magnets on the cover are nice and strong to hold the keyboard in place so it doesn't slide around when closed. Minor disappointment is that the hinge doesn't always hold on to the tablet, but I probably shouldn't be rough enough to make it pop off anyway. This Transboard and Transleeve has been put through a lot in the 4 months I've had it and has made it through with little to no problems. This is poor college student approved! P.S. If you turn the keyboard on and then it immediately shuts back off and you're 100% positive it's charged, make sure the tablet's Bluetooth is on. It will auto shut off if it can't immediately detect the tablet.

The cover works fairly well, and after figuring out how to fold it, was not a serious issue. The transboard is a different story. I bought the Smart and transboard/transleeve to use in school. The Smart is excellent, and would be perfect with a true docking port and full-sized USB port. The transboard worked very well... For about a month. After that, it refuses to charge, the system reports there is less than 1% charge available, and unless you have it plugged into a power source, it will not function. ASUS does not have anything on their website for the transboard, it does not come up in searches for support, and nothing on the web addresses this issue. Is it only mine? I cannot say. It was a great combo, but now an expensive (lightweight) paperweight.

Had it for a number of years now and operation is good with nice key operation. The mouse pad is not as smooth as I would like, but it operates well enough for me. Charging is quick and battery life can last for days. Nice piece of equipment.

The keyboard is worth buying as it is slim, light and easy to use. I really like it and it makes the Asus Windows 8 tablet even more interesting.

The cover works well, but the keyboard is a little on the small side to be very useful. Also, we had a few synching problems in the beginning and the instructions weren't very clear. It's fine for what it is but its too expensive to give a better review, I expected a bit more.

This thing attached via 2 magnets inside one long bar-thing, but one of the magnets wasn't polarized properly, I had to open up the thing and turn the one magnet around, and then tape-it all back together. The keyboard is really nice though .

It performed as I expected and stated. No issues at all with the magnetic hinge, it snaps into place easily and it holds strong enough to lift the tablet (carefully that is). The instructions are skimpy, and it took me a few minutes to set it up (add new device), but worked flawlessly once that was done. The power micro-USB plug is a little confusing, the male connector being longer than the female plug on the tablet, hence cannot be pushed all the way in, but it works and charged very quickly. Overall I think that it complements the tablet very nicely, and would recommend it.