January 7, 2014 by

KOOTION Folio Case IBK-06 With Detachable Bluetooth Keyboard For iPad Air

Screen Shot 2014-01-07 at 12.13.24 PMThis is a very functional Bluetooth keyboard case for your iPad Air. It is a no-nonsense case that is designed to protect your iPad and provide you with an external physical keyboard for more productive tasks.

The keyboard paired up with iPad Air very easily and without any hitches. It also maintained connection for the duration of use. The keyboard is charged through a micro USB slot on the side. (An Apple compatible charging port might have been a more appropriate choice, but knowing how reluctant Apple is to let the third-party vendors use its ports, this was likely not going to happen.) The keyboard is responsive, but I am not a big fan of the key action. The size of the keyboard also feels cramped. This is one of the unfortunate side effects of iPad Air’s diminished size – it forces all the other accessories to shrink as well, which in the case of a physical keyboard is not such a great thing.

The arm that attaches the case to the keyboard allows for your iPad to rotate through an arbitrary angle. However, only the portrait and the landscape orientations will be useful for the most part. I found the landscape orientation to be unstable though – I either had to allow the iPad to “dangle” above the keyboard, or pull it out so far that the connecting arm becomes detached. If you are planning on typing in an on-the-go situation far away from a desk, then all of this is less than optimal.

The case in which iPad is housed can be completely detached from the keyboard and the stand. This is one of the more appealing features of this combo. I like using my iPad by itself, and anything that makes this more convenient is a great feature in my mind.

The overall look and feel of this combo seem little plasticky. This is not the most elegantly designed and sophisticated such device that you will come across. It gets the job done, and it for the most part works as advertised. However, I do think that the price point at which it sells right now on Amazon is a bit high. If it ever drops to about $30 to $35 it would be a pretty good deal.

 

 

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Bojan Tunguz was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which he and his family fled during the civil war for the neighboring Croatia. Over the past two decades he has studied, lived and worked in the United States. He is a theoretical physicist with degrees from Stanford and University of Illinois. Tunguz has taught physics at several prominent liberal arts colleges and has been writing about physics, science and technology for more than a decade. He also has a wide spectrum of interests, and reads and writes about current events, society, culture, religion and politics. Over the years he has reviewed many of the books that he has read, and posted his reviews on various online outlets. In 2011 he had become a top 10 reviewer on Amazon.com, where he continues to be very active. Aside from reading and writing, Tunguz enjoys traveling, digital photography, hiking, and fitness. He resides with his wife in Indiana. You can follow my review updates on the following pages as well: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tunguzreview Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tunguzreviews Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/104312842297641697463/posts

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