The Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover is a great option for people that don't want
a keyboard cover attached at all times.
Worse, fitting the iPad Pro with its Smart
Keyboard Cover attached into this leather sleeve is too snug.
But we found that with the Smart
Keyboard Cover attached, unfurling the keyboard isn't as easy as with the 10.5 - inch iPad Pro and its smaller keyboard cover — there's an extra flap to the foldable fabric keyboard at this size.
Weighing 2.09 pounds, the Yoga is heavier than the Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 (1.6 pounds) and 12 - inch Surface Pro 3 (1.8 pounds), though it's lighter than the Surface with
its keyboard cover attached (2.4 pounds).
If you can afford to spend a bit more, another option is Microsoft's far - superior Surface 3, which costs $ 529 ($ 80 more than our review unit) with
its keyboard cover attached.
Not exact matches
Also, VAIO Tap 11 comes with an integrated
keyboard and trackpad that magnetically
attaches to the front of the tablet, acting as a
cover.
In an AMA session on Reddit, Panos Panay, who is in charge of Microsoft's Surface division, has said the connectors at the bottom of the Surface Pro where the
keyboard cover gets
attached to the tablet can also be used to charge the tablet's battery.
In competition with the new Kindle Fire HDX 8.9, Google and HTC have also created a
keyboard folio
cover that
attaches magnetically to the Nexus 9, a can only be folded into two different angles.
It's obvious that you line up the tablet into the rubbery - feeling
keyboard folio
cover by using the proprietary connector in the spine of the case, but the magnetically
attaching flap used to set a display angle is confusing.
When joined with the
keyboard dock, the Switch 11's weight balloons to 3.4 pounds, which is heavier than the Surface Pro with its Type
Cover attached (2.4 pounds), the Dell Inspiron 11 3000 (3.1 pounds) and the T200 (3.2 pounds).
The Portege's tablet portion is slightly heavier than the new Microsoft Surface 3 (1.37 pounds), which gains only an extra half - pound with its optional Type
Cover keyboard attached.
When snapped into the
keyboard case, the X313 - M becomes only 0.15 inches thicker but weighs 3.1 pounds, significantly more than the Surface Pro 2 with its 0.55 - pound Type
Cover attached, as well as many full - fledged 11.6 - inch notebooks, including the Macbook Air 11 (2.8 pounds) and Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11s (3 pounds).
The back contains a workable kickstand, and several 3 mm
cover keyboards were shown, that magnetically
attach to the tablet.
Even with its
keyboard attached, the 2.4 - pound Surface with Type
Cover combo is barely heavier than the Yoga Table 2 13 is by itself.
Cheap screen
cover that becomes kickstand, cheap foldable
keyboard attaching to the only hole and a cheap pen (non-battery preferably), for 300 $ final price.
Our entry - level configuration also crashed with a blue - screen error once (a briefly shown error message blamed a display driver), and for a while, whenever I woke it from sleep with the
keyboard attached it insisted on alerting me that «Your
keyboard cover has been detected by reading the NFC tag.
The Galaxy Book is a nimble machine, once you figure out how to
attach and fold the unnecessarily complicated, origami - like
keyboard cover.
It's obvious that you line up the tablet into the rubbery - feeling
keyboard folio
cover by using the proprietary connector in the spine of the case, but the magnetically
attaching flap used to set a display angle is confusing.
There are two little spring - loaded holes that are used for
attaching accessory
covers and
keyboards (never understood why Samsung doesn't use magnets instead), and a small but noticeable camera pod up at the top when held in portrait.
There's a magnetic hinge on the Surface Pro 4 for
attaching the
keyboard, while the iPad Pro
attaches with a
cover and passes data and power through a small Smart Connector interface.
Samsung offers an adhesive S Pen holder you can
attach to the
keyboard cover.
This image shows the back when you have your Apple Smart
Keyboard attached and the included front
cover removed.
It's a small row of magnetic contacts used to
attach accessories, similar to how Microsoft's Surface tablets connect to their
keyboard covers.
A magnetically -
attached keyboard will be sold separately, but serves as a
cover, kick - stand, and fully - responsive input method.
There's a full - size USB port, for starters, and with the Type
Cover keyboard attached this tablet ultimately becomes a laptop.
The
keyboard attaches via the magnetic docking connector on the bottom and the screen turns off when you close the
cover.
It could be used to
attach accessories like a charging
cover (one that's less bulky than Apple's current eyesore of a case) or perhaps a
keyboard dock.
The Surface RT and Surface Pro could easily morph themselves into the ultimate productivity tool by using
keyboard covers that magnetically
attached to the bottom of the slates.
The new Type
Cover keyboard now has backlit keys as it can be more sturdy by
attaching itself to the front of it as well as clasping onto the connectors.