Cube CDK05 transformer keyboard dock for Cube iWork 10 Ultimate

[Chris G]

Awesome, looks great. Mine should be here next week. Cube iwork10 for review and this very keyboard. Thanks for the post, very informative and detailed.

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[Evil E.]

You’re welcome, mate. 😉
Thanks for creating a sub-forum for the iWork10 Ultimate tablet, this will make it easier for people to find the relevant info for this specific model. Keep up the good work, Chris !!! 😀 😀 😀

[Danny]

Why are keyboards for Chinese tablets so expensive? They’re getting to be as expensive as microsoft surface case keyboards. I mean the Chinese ones look just as nice but still I would hope they would be cheaper.

[Evil E.]

They sure aren’t cheap, especially when you compare them with the price of the actual tablets they are supposed to accompany… 🙁

And what I also don’t really like is that these keyboards don’t come in localized versions (like Belgian AZERTY, in my case). 🙁 🙁 🙁
I have purchased a sticker kit and put it on the keyboard’s keys so that it has the AZERTY layout visually, but the problem is that this is only a cheap solution because (in my case with a Belgian AZERTY layout) the stickers cover some keys that have extra “Fn“-functions (marked in blue), and I am missing 1 extra key that doesn’t appear on a standard QWERTY keyboard : the “<>\”-key that is supposed to be in between the (smaller on QWERTY) Shift key and the “W”-key (“Z” on a QWERTY keyboard), on the lowest row of letter keys. And if you happen to do some software and/or website developing then the “<>\”-key is a key that you need very often… 🙁

The tablet manufacturers would make a really nice gesture to the international customers if they would produce localized versions of the keyboards…

I must say that I am very pleased with this keyboard, despite its layout drawbacks. It is the perfect companion for my iWork10 Ultimate tablet. It is a joy to be able to use the keyboard and plug in 2x extra USB 2 devices (like a mouse and something else) and have the microUSB 3 port on the tablet itself free for connecting a fast USB 3 device. It turns the tablet into a mini-laptop… 🙂 It was worth the high price, if you ask my personal opinion.

[MisterDeery]

I’ve got the tablet and keyboard on order right now and the main worry i had was in regard to the quality of the trackpad on the keyboard (supports gestures + physical click). This information has put my mind at ease, Cheers man.

 

[两载]

Hello, I have bought this keyboard, and already in use. If you have any questions, you can ask me, I am willing to answer for you.

[Victor C]

Hi, i order two of this tablets but i cant find the keyboard on stock anywhere, not even banggood has it. Does anyone know where i can buy it?

[Anonymous]

I’m also waiting for the keyboard to become in stock at GearBest so that I can purchase the combo package deal with the iWork 10 Ultimate, seems like a very good keyboard despite it being a bit overpriced for a Chinese company product.

Cube’s website has the keyboard in stock however it’s slightly more expensive then the package price (with tablet purchase) at GearBest and has shipping charges too:

http://www.cube-tablet.com/original-cube-iwork10-ultimate-ultrabook-rotary-shaft-keyboard.html

[Laura]

Victor C wrote:

Hi, i order two of this tablets but i cant find the keyboard on stock anywhere, not even banggood has it. Does anyone know where i can buy it?

nice question, i ordered it on banggood last week when it said they’d be restocking on the 7th… my order is still processing so i contacted them and they said they don’t even know IF the item will be restocked, ever -_________-

[Evil E.]

I purchased mine on aliexpress, and it still seems to be available there.

[Laura]

good to know, in the meantime however, gearbest is taking another 4 to 10 working days to ship the tablet…

[Laura]

keyboard is apparently in stock at banggood, 2€ less than before, yet my order has not been shipped yet -_-

 

edit: now marked as shipped… yet i have no tablet 😛

[Henry Atcorner]

两载 wrote:

Hello, I have bought this keyboard, and already in use. If you have any questions, you can ask me, I am willing to answer for you.

Thank you for your proposal. Could you please tell me if the key cap are clipped and can be removed ? (it is often the case on many keyboards)

I would like to change the layout in order to have an AZERTY keyboard without having to put stickers on the Keys.

Thank you

[Evil E.]

Henry Atcorner wrote:

I would like to change the layout in order to have an AZERTY keyboard without having to put stickers on the Keys. Thank you

@Henry Atcorner : take a look at the keyboard dock cover picture that I posted in my original post and notice the spacing in between the keys and how it is constructed. You will see that the keys are “sunken” into the top cover which has key cutouts for each individual key. You will face a lot of difficulties removing the keys from this keyboard dock because there is not enough room to get your key removal tool legs underneath the actual keys, unless you disassemble the keyboard dock itself and remove the top cover… So I recommend that you go with the sticker option if you want to avoid the trouble and the risk of damaging your keyboard dock.

Also keep in mind that these small sized QWERTY keyboards are missing 1 key when compared to our AZERTY counterparts (in between the left Shift key and the Z key) : they have a much larger left Shift key in place of the 2 keys that we have. And that 1 specific key that is missing happens to be very important for those who do a lot of programming with an AZERTY keyboard layout… 🙁 🙁 🙁

[E]

In case anyone else is interested, my Trekstor SurfTab Duo W1 Keyboard arrived yesterday. The Trekstor tablet is basically identical to the Windows-only 32GB/2GB Cube iWork 10 tablet, and the keyboard also fits perfectly on an iWork10 Ultimate. The keyboard layout is German QWERTZ and the hinge and back have a black rubberised coating which actually fits good with the blue paint job of the tablet and has a nice grippy feel. The four rubber feet are there as well, as well as a small Trekstor logo, the model (Surftab Duo W1) and a CE logo printed in white.

In other words, for less than the price of the Cube keyboard (30€ + P&P) you can in Europe buy a localised version of the same keyboard (so long as your locale is German, but for other locales you can put stickers on I guess the same as if you get the US layout).

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