It’s a chance that you have to get used to.īecause it’s so big and heavy, it works best on flat a surface, like a desk or a table. It’s like we’ve transmogrified the tablet into a laptop. When placed in the Folio, iPad becomes more than twice as thick and more than twice as heavy. If you follow Apple at all, you know that for years they have worked hard at making all of their devices, including their tablets, lighter and thinner. The first thing that we noted about the Folio is how it changes the very nature of the iPad. I suppose we’ll just have to charge it periodically and hope that we don’t run out of juice at a critical time. I feel like this is a major omission, as the primary purpose of this gadget is to provide a physical keyboard, and that keyboard needs to be charged in order to work. There’s a blue battery icon on the CTRL key and pressing FN-CTRL makes the LED on Power key flash, but without any help from the guide, we have no idea what it means. Unfortunately, the guide doesn’t mention any way to determine whether or not the Folio is fully charged or when it needs to be re-charged. As we already use this charger as our base for charging our iPads, it’s a convenient way to charge both the keyboard and the iPad at the same time. To be safe I connected the USB cable to the keyboard and then plugged it into our trusty Anker charger. The Folio appears to comes pre-charged, but the guide doesn’t say if it’s fully charged. The LED on the Power key will flash blue, and “ZAGG Messenger Folio” will appear in the list of “My Devices.” Overall, setup was super easy and took about a minute. On the keyboard, press and hold the Bluetooth key for three seconds. On the iPad, select Settings and then Bluetooth. This case is not designed to pop your iPad in and out it’s meant to put it in and leave it. Together these hold the iPad snuggly in place. There are two guides for the upper corners and one in the middle for the bottom. Second, insert the Folio into the guides and snap it into place. To power it off, hold this key for 3 seconds and the LED will flash red twice. The LED built into the key will flash green to indicate that it’s powered on. First, open the Folio and press the Power key. The quick start guide describes the three steps required to set up the Folio. It’s a minimalistic design that is very functional. The keyboard is built into the case and cannot be pulled out. The Folio is a black, hard case that is wrapped in fabric, which protects the iPad.
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