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Any purchase of a modern day smartphone or tablet would be incomplete if it does not come with the relevant kind of accessories to go along with it. The recently announced iPad Air would be a good example, and this might be the very reason that the folks over at Kensington has decided to do something about the situation. As a result, they have come up with a quartet of new iPad keyboard cases for the iPad Air, where each one of them will offer a superior keyboard experience that is touted to match a desktop keyboard when it comes to for comfort, accuracy, responsiveness, and convenience, while you are on the go, of course. The four keyboard cases would be the Kensington KeyFolio Pro, the Kensington KeyFolio Executive, the Kensington KeyCover Hard Case, and the Kensington KeyFolio Exact.

Regardless of which model you choose, they will all arrive with half a dozen rows of island keys, where each of them will feature a dedicated space to increase the level of typing accuracy. Not only that, all KeyFolios will come with its own unique set of thoughtful touches. For instace, some of the keyboards will arrive with a trio of magnetic positioning wells for viewing-angle adjustments, while others will feature a stylish zipper closure option. There will also be a full suite of iOS shortcut keys, where among them include cut/paste, Siri and a couple of usable shift keys, making it perfect to avoid unnecessary finger acrobatics, especially when it comes to left-handers.

Of course, it goes without saying that once you have one of these Kensington KeyFolio iPad keyboard cases, your iPad Air would gain additional protection against unwanted scratches and nicks without having to add any unnecessary bulk. The battery life itself is quite phenomenal – we are talking about 960 hours of working time and 180 days of standby time, nowhow about that? Not only that, each new Kensington KeyFolio purchase would arrive with up to 65GB of free Google Drive storage for one year that is worth $42. The Kensington KeyFolio Pro, Kensington KeyFolio Executive, Kensington KeyCover Hard Case, and Kensington KeyFolio Exact will retail for $99.99, $119.99, $79.99, and $129.99, respectively.

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There was a time when getting ready to leave the house meant grabbing keys and your chimney-sweeper; now, we’re stuffing out pockets and bags with phones, tablets, portable chargers, games consoles, and more. For those paranoid about forgetting something – or losing it along the way – Kensington offers the Proximo, an app-based tracking system that uses Bluetooth fobs to keep tabs on your essentials.

The Proximo system can track up to five items concurrently, with the iPhone app showing their distance and pinging up a warning if you’re leaving them behind. Kensington offers a Fob, which hooks onto your keychain, and a Tag, which is designed to attach to other items; each runs for about six months on the replaceable CR2042 Li-Ion coin-style battery.

Inside there’s Bluetooth Smart 4.0, noted for its power-frugal efficiency. That’s what means you don’t have to keep recharging the Fobs and Tags every few days; Kensington will sell a Proximo Starter Kit, with one Fob and one Tag, and then subsequent Tags separately.

Individual distances before a reminder sounds can be set for each of the dongles, and the button on the Fob, when pressed, triggers an alarm on your iPhone, just in case it’s it that’s lost. The Proximo Starter Kit will be priced at $59.99, while each additional Tag will be $24.99.

Kensington Proximo: A Bluetooth tracking dongle for the perpetually paranoid is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Most of us probably have just one iPad – or maybe two in our households, so managing the chargers is pretty straightforward. But say you run a restaurant, museum, shop or office that’s started to use iPads in your business. How do you charge up a bunch of iPads at once? Well, Kensington has got you covered.

The Charge & Sync Cabinet ($599.99 USD) for iPad can juice up 10 iPads at the same time. Simply side the tablets into the cabinet, and the system will charge the iPad right up. A single power cord charges all the iPads, and there are also built-in USB ports for charge and sync operations. You can stack up to three of these cabinets too, and they each have a cooling fan inside to make sure the iPads don’t get too hot.

In addition, the cabinet has a locking front door, and can be secured using a mounting bracket or security cable, so you don’t have to worry about thieves walking off with 10 iPads at once. It looks like the Charge & Sync Cabinet currently only supports iPads with the 30-pin dock connector though, so if you’ve got iPad 4′s or later, you’ll have to look elsewhere for a charging solution – until Kensington releases Lightning adapter cables.

Kensington hits back with their new wireless mouse, the Pro Fit Mid-Size. Coming in a 5-button design, this ergonomic right-handed mouse features a 2.4GHz radio frequency (works up to 10 meters), a high-definition optical sensor (1750 DPI) for responsive control and a tiny USB receiver. The Pro Fit Mid-Size sells for just $24.99 in sapphire blue, ruby red, graphite gray and emerald green color options. [Product Page]

Kensington has been making all sorts of accessories for computers and tablets for a long time. The company has unveiled a pair of new docking stations that notebook users who take their machine with them to and from the home or office frequently will find useful. Both of these docking stations use DisplayLink technology to allow users to add a secondary larger screen.

Both docking stations also use USB 3.0 ports and the docks are called the Office Dock and Home Dock. The Office Dock is part number sd3500v and has dual head video support for both HDMI and DVI/VGA displays. The Office Dock also has gigabit Ethernet and supports up to 5.1 channel audio via HDMI. Other features for the Office Dock include USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 expansion ports.

The dock uses the DisplayLink DL-3900 IC. Kensington also has the Home Dock sd3000v it promises is an easy and efficient way to expand the home desktop using a single USB 3.0 connection. The Home Dock offers notebook users the ability to connect DVI or VGA displays. It also has an integrated gigabit Ethernet port and supports audio output.

The Home Dock has USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 expansion ports and uses the DisplayLink DL-3700 IC. Both docks support hot plug functionality for audio and video. Both the Office Dock and the Home Dock are available globally now selling for $169.99 and $199.99 respectively.

Kensington unveils DisplayLink USB 3.0 docks for home and office is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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