Belkin has a bunch of different accessories and peripherals for Apple gear like the iPad and iPad 2. Today Belkin has unveiled a new accessory for the iPad 2 called the Keyboard Folio for iPad 2. As the name in implies the accessory is a case that has a little keyboard inside to allow you to type faster and more comfortably on your iPad 2.
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Apple Flat Keyless Keyboard Patent Revealed
It appears that in addition do their Motion-Sensitive keyboard patent, Apple has sent out a patent application for a "Flat Keyless Keyboard for Desktops & More." This application was signed for late last week and may be entirely flat or may include at least one input surface which may be constructed of glass, metal, plastic, or any other solid material Apple might end up wanting to use. In the case of glass, the keys could be painted on the surface or shown beneath the surface of the glass on a display, not unlike on-screen keyboards working on smartphones and tablets today.
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Verbatim Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard Review
For many of us, typing on our iPhone or iPad is usually limited to entering passwords or replying text messages. But if you often work on the go and have to bang out emails, picking up an accessory such as the Verbatim Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard will save you a lot of time and frustration. This portable keyboard is designed to be ultra-compact while delivering the convenience of a traditional keyboard along with some extras.
SwiftKey Tablet X Review
Today we’re privileged to get to take a peek at the newest offering from the 3rd party on-screen keyboard developers SwiftKey in an app made specifically for Android tablets, that being SwiftKey Tablet X. This is the first time SwiftKey has offered a tablet-specific keyboard in such a form as this, excitement abound as the handset version is, without a doubt, one of the more amazing non-stock keyboards on the market. This is a keyboard that predicts your text, gives you all the options a pro user like you could want, and is out in the Android Market right this second. Let’s take a look and see what we’re rolling with here.
Swiftkey X Review for Android Handsets
We had a vision, a great vision of the future, a future where everyone, great and small, had one keyboard on their mobile device to rule them all. Or, on the other hand, to have you rule it. This is a keyboard with predictive text, the ability to change the way it looks, and the ability to take in gestures to affect the text. Sounds fun already? Let’s have a look for all you not using it already (shouldn’t be too many, right? Right!) This is SwiftKey X, one half of the two-app review sent out today by the makers of the original SwiftKey keyboard!
ZAGGfolio For iPad 2 Offers Stylish Case, Bluetooth Keyboard, And Stand All-In-One
Here's a stylish protective case from ZAGG that turns your iPad 2 into a mini laptop. It's called the ZAGGfolio and it features a carbon fiber exterior design with a durable microfiber lining. But it not only looks good, it also combines a removeable Bluetooth keyboard and a built-in stand.
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Optimus Mini Six hits production; Popularis delayed (again)
Art Lebedev's Optimus Project studios promised that the Mini Six companion keyboard - a compact accessory with six buttons each integrating a user-customizable display - would be here later on in 2011, and now the company has confirmed that it's in the early production stage. In effect a doubled version of the Mini Three, the Mini Six does differ in that it uses new, more compact LCD displays for its keys.
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Swype 3.0 for Android 3.0 Honeycomb BETA Review
It’s that time again, time to take a look at an app so large in scale that it’s only got a few elements we can even talk about. It’s Swype 3.0 and we’re going hands on with the Beta of it as it’s being offered to each and every one of you today for testing. Swype, as you know, is a keyboard system in which you’re able to either peck away as you normally would or slide your finger around the keyboard in a manner that will allow the system to predict and understand the words you’re typing. Pretty cool, yes? Now it’s about to be available for Android tablets, and everybody’s celebratin’!
IOGEAR launches new Bluetooth Mini Keyboard supporting Switching between six devices
I bet most of us have more than one gadget that can benefit from a keyboard at some point. Things like your smartphone, computer, tablet, netbook, and lots more. The catch is that generally, you need a keyboard for each one of those devices or at least you have to sync a Bluetooth keyboard to each device each time you want to use it. IOGEAR has a new Multi-Link Bluetooth Mini Keyboard GKB601B that promises to be able to link with six different devices.
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WaterField Designs Keyboard Travel Express
Waterfield Designs announced today it is unveiling its Keyboard Travel Express. Designed with the wireless Apple Keyboard in mind, the Travel Express can hold wireless keyboards and accessories from other manufacturers as well. Measuring 13 x 7 x 1 inches, the Keyboard Travel Express is available in six colors. It can hold the Apple Wireless Keyboard, the power adapter, and the mouse, SuperDrive or TrackPad. Designed with the wireless Apple Keyboard in mind, the Travel Express can hold wireless keyboards and accessories from other manufacturers as well.
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Omnio WOWkeys Keyboard Dock Ships Today
Late last year we caught a glimpse of an interesting keyboard dock made for your iPhone and iPod touch. Made by Omnio, the dock was called WOWkeys and could be used as a keyboard for your i-device or be used as a standalone keyboard for your Mac or PC.
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Logitech outs iPad and Honeycomb tablet accessories
Logitech has outed a fulsome bevy of tablet accessories, with a choice of wireless keyboards, keyboard docks, speaker systems and more for your iPad or Android slate. Unsurprisingly, perhaps, given Logitech's peripheral obsessions, text-entry does monopolize the new range: there's the Logitech Tablet Keyboard for iPad ($69.99), a folding Bluetooth 'board and stand, and the Tablet Keyboard for Android 3.0+ ($69.99) which offers the same for Honeycomb.
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