So you’ve got an iPad tiny and you want to do some real work with it. Apple’s little tablet can be a legit laptop replacement for some people, with a little help from a ‘proper’ keyboard like this ‘Snugg iPad tiny Ultra Slim Bluetooth Keyboard Case’.
The first thing we observed about the Snugg was the price, at £34.99 this wireless keyboard is around half of what lots of of its competitors cost. The box consists of the keyboard, an instruction leaflet and a USB charging cable. There’s no mains adaptor but that’s not much of an issue these days, a lot of homes are littered with the things. Its micro USB socket probably indicates one less thing to pack when travelling too, as your phone charger will normally do.
The silvery brushed aluminium unit has white chiclet keys, and it looks similar to a tiny version of Apple’s wireless keyboard. You pair the Bluetooth 3.0 device with your iPad and a slot integrated into the back of the keyboard supports your iPad mini. In landscape orientation it looks a little like a mini-laptop, you can place the iPad tiny into the groove in portrait mode too.
The angle isn’t adjustable but if it doesn’t suit you always have the option of separating the screen and the keyboard – it works from around 10 metres away. We found the angle pretty close to what we needed when seated at a desk or a table. We’ve been using the unit on and off for a few weeks now, still on a single charge and Snugg say it can supply up to 80 hours typing time (90 days on days on standby) between its 3 hour re-charge.
It’s slightly odd at the start to step between touching the screen – to launch an app for example – and then step back to the keys. To help, there are some shortcut keys to give you quick access to your home screen and various other functions. In addition the following Safari Keyboard shortcuts for iOS can be used…
Command+L – jump to the URL bar
Command+T – open a new tab
Command+W – close the currently tab
Command+R – freshen the currently tab
Command+. (full stop) – Stop loading the current tab
Even though its size is constrained by the iPad mini’s longest side (making it a little over half the size of of our normal laptop keyboard) I was able to get up a respectable speed with the Snugg, despite being no touch-typist. You can access symbols like the ‘£’ sign easily by pressing the shift crucial and a lot more special character are available with shift plus alt and even a lot more with just alt.
Flip your iPad tiny over and it clicks into the keyboard’s plastic corner clips supplying semi-case duties. Semi because it will only supply protection to your screen, not the back of your iPad. I really does take on the look of a tiny MacBook Air when stowed away like this.
The Snugg iPad tiny Ultra Slim Bluetooth Keyboard case is a functional addition to your Apple tablet. If, like us, you’re trying to find an inexpensive keyboard for occasional typing on your iPad then this could be just the job.
www.thesnugg.co.uk : available from Amazon
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