Do I Need to Lube My Keyboard Switches?
Figure 1: Sometime around here is a good time to ask that question... If you’re new to the mechanical keyboard hobby, I have no doubt that planning your first keyboard build is a bit of a daunting task. To be entirely honest with you, it’s only a tiny bit less daunting for your second or even third keyboard builds should you stay around a little while longer. You’ve got the keyboard itself to worry about, stabilizers, keycaps, and even switches on top of all of the intangible marks you want your dream keyboard to hit. Switches are especially daunting right out of the gate as there’s just so many options out there to pick from – each with their own unique specifications, manufacturers, and more. Yet, in spite of all of these differences between switches, time and time again I find people always asking about lubing switches as one of their chief concerns when it comes to picking some up. With countless numbers of content creators talking about lubing switches, its no...
Apr 17, 2024
Why? Because iOS does not recognize keyboards as supported USB devices. The stupid thing is that USB keyboards, in fact, work just fine. Apple allows them to work but nags you with a popup window every minute telling that your USB keyboard is not a supported device. Dumb dumb dumb.
I have a Pok3r and an iPad Air. The Pok3r is currently connected through the Lightning adapter and it "works" but with the nagging popup window. If I could connect the Pok3r to a bluetooth adapter like this one, then the iPad would theoretically see it as just another bluetooth keyboard like the one built into the Targus case. Bear in mind that I do not carry the Pok3r around with me. I leave it at work and carry the iPad around with me. The Pok3r isn't meant to be a portable input device; it is meant to be a superior replacement to both the glass surface of the iPad and the crummy chiclet keys of the Targus case keyboard. It can just stay at work where I spend 10 hours a day, and this bluetooth adapter can stay there too.
However, I am skeptical that it would work in my situation because I have the iPad paired with the Targus case keyboard. Can the iPad communicate with more than one bluetooth keyboard at the same time?