Wireless apple keyboard  repeating first letter i type

every wireless keyboard  I have purchased, to date 10 +... has   had  an issue of  repeating the  first  letter i enter every time it  is used...after the  first letter   there are no repeats.the problem  seemed to  have  stopped for  a while until the last  IOS8 update  and  now it is back.  a brand new  ipad retnina and  a new  keyboard. I tried new  batteries but it  did not    fix the  issue. Not  a problem   with the OEM internal  keyboard...

Other's have noted the problem as well. There is a longer thread at:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3659519&#3659519
As far as I know, the problem is unresolved.

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