For: 11-inch iPad Professional M4, 13-inch iPad Professional M4
Most keyboards designed for the iPad follow a standard panorama (horizontal) design, however ESR’s competitively priced Rebound 360 has a useful trick up its sleeve because it permits you to place the iPad in both panorama or portrait (vertical) mode. The Rebound 360 is out there in a wide range of sizes, together with fashions for the 2024 11-inch and 13-inch iPad Professional and iPad Air, and ESR additionally gives U.S. and U.Okay. keyboard layouts as effectively. Simply take care when ordering, although, as there’s an older mannequin – merely referred to as the Rebound – which is restricted to panorama mode solely.
Like most iPad keyboards, the Rebound 360 has a hinged stand that permits you to regulate the viewing angle. Nevertheless, the iPad itself is held in place by slotting it right into a removable magnetic case. This lets you take away the iPad whereas it’s within the case and rotate it between portrait and panorama modes as required, maybe utilizing portrait mode for typing or scrolling via lengthy paperwork or net pages.
You can even simply take away the iPad whereas it’s within the case and maintain it in your palms once you need to use it as a pill, after which connect it to the keyboard once more when you want to get again to work. The one drawback of this design is that the keyboard is heavier than a few of its rivals, weighing in at a full one kilogram.
The keyboard is effectively constructed although, offering good safety for the iPad once you’re touring. There’s a magnetic clasp to make it possible for the display isn’t uncovered unintentionally, and the clasp will also be used to carry an Apple Pen or stylus in place as effectively.
The trackpad is somewhat small, maybe, however the keyboard itself is good for engaged on the transfer, with agency keys that really feel clean and responsive once you’re typing. There’s a row of Operate keys that can be utilized to regulate quantity and brightness, Play/Pause for music and video, and activate the Lock display. Like most keyboards, the Rebound 360 has a Operate key that permits you to regulate the extent of the backlight, however there’s additionally a key that permits you to change the colour too.
In case you get carried away with the colourful backlight then the battery will solely final for about two weeks, however you’ll be able to lengthen that to round three months of daytime use with out the backlight, and we like the truth that the backlight turns itself off routinely after 90 seconds of inactivity to assist save energy.
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