I'm glad to hear someone else address this, so I don't feel like a crazy person. I really liked the idea of the touch keypad, and as I write things for a livin

I'm glad to hear someone else address this, so I don't feel like a crazy person. I really liked the idea of the touch keypad, and as I write things for a living, I thought it might be a reason for me to get a surface. I tried one at BestBuy, and it was so awful I assumed it was broken. Then I went to a MSFT store and tried 4 before I realized it was broken, but at a much deeper level than I had initially assumed. The Type cover is usable, bit feels oh so cheap and breakable, out of character for the rest of the device's quite high build quality. So you're stick with a keyboard that's broken by design, or one that feels like it will break at any second. If they made a usable touch keypad, I'd buy a Surface.