first I 'll admit I might be older than the usual person use to thumb typing everything ... I be not a huge texter , and when I email on my smart phone , I often make it short or use voice recognition ... so that be say , the keyboard be pretty good mechanically in that the button click nicely -lrb- so you know you have hit it a button -rrb- ... it be a qwerty layout , so good enough . . if you be use to thumbtype this be probably awesome ... there be a backlight which help see in the dark room ... there be a big mouse pad . . all good so far ... and it be small so it do not add significantly to the `` pile of remote '' . . however , my main issue be that I find the mouse pad not very responsive or sometimes to responsive . . its way too easy to ` double click '' and select a link as you try to slide over it . because it be a small area , you have no choice but to pick up you thumb and move it back onto the pad sometimes and this can be interpret as a `` click '' ... Everytime I find myself log in to a website , I find myself think `` gee , I should really just put a wireless keyboard and mouse here '' , and I may just do that ... but once all you site be log into , and you get the mouse speed across the screen good , this be probably a good thing . . and I mainly use the laser pointer to freak out the dog and the neighbor cat , but I could image it would be useful for presentation -lrb- again if you be good at thumb typing -rrb- . . but that be the design of this unit so I can not really make that a detraction . . if you want a full size keyboard , get a full size keyboard ...