With nine days to go before the iPad 2’s launch, developers Booq and Scosche Industries are already publicizing a host of peripherals aimed at the upcoming product.
Booq’s Booqpad looks ideal for anyone using their iPad as a traveling computer, such as us reporting types. It’s basically a more elaborate iPad 2 folding case, crossed with a portable notepad. (As in, the sort with pen and paper. I know!)
In addition to this positively medieval technological revolution, the Booqpad adds slots for business cards, a pen, stylus, and cash. It ships with a 50-sheet A5 notepad, with additional notepad paper options tailored to specific tasks like sketches or web design.
Scosche Industries also offers a selection of carrying cases and other accessories for the iPad 2. But their freeKey Bluetooth mini-keyboard bears special attention. This high-quality silicone keyboard rolls up if you need to store it in a tight space and has an approximate range of 30 feet.
Booq Fuses Past and Present, Unveils the Smart and Stylish Booqpad Folio for iPad 2
With simple elegance and superior functionality, Booqpad provides the ideal solution to create, store, and present your next big idea
Sierra Madre, California — (March 2, 2011) — Booq, a leading brand of premium laptop and iPad carrying cases, announces Booqpad for iPad 2. The ultimate accessory for today’s creative professional, Booqpad combines the newest tablet on the market with the original tablet, the notepad. Booq combines these creative tools together perfectly in this simply elegant folio. Available at www.booqbags.com with eco-friendly and weatherproof versions for $49.95 and a higher-end luxury option for $99.95, the Booqpad is the ideal tool for designers, writers, engineers, and creative professionals everywhere.
Whether you’re designing the next app, sketching your latest product design, or just taking notes, pen and paper is sometimes the best way to bring your big idea to life. By fusing this tried & true method with the revolutionary iPad 2, booq makes it easy to create, store, review, and present your latest ideas all from one case. The highly functional interior layout includes designated areas for a pen, stylus, cash, paper notepad, and of course the iPad 2. A pair of business card slots, provide easy access to your cards, as well as a holder for all the important contacts you make during your day.
Designed symmetrically for right and left hand users, each Booqpad ships with a 50-sheet A5 notepad made from at least 30% post-consumer materials and printed with soy ink. Paper refills come in multiple options, all tailored for creative professionals on the go. Each notepad has a specific layout created with certain tasks in mind, including website development, app design, sketching, 3D art, and creative writing. Notepad sheets are the exact size of the iPad screen and each is micro-perforated for a clean tear-off every time.
Booqpad features include:
· Easily stores pen, stylus, cash, business cards, paper notepad, and iPad 2 all in one elegant folio
· Designed symmetrically for right and left handed users
· Secures and protects iPad 2, providing in case access to all buttons and ports
· Ships with 50 sheet notepad made from 30% post consumer materials and printed with soy ink
· 5 interior/exterior color combos: white/berry, sand/plum, gray/green, coffee/cream, black/gray
· $49.95 (Booqpad w/notepad) – $99.95 (coffee/cream model) – $9.95 (3-pack notepad refills)
Notepad options include:
· 5 MM-Ruled — Writing and note taking. Features a 18cm ruler with mm markings on the right edge for quick access
· 960 Web — Website, app, and banner development. Each page is printed with a 20 pixel grid and color lines & numbers indicating a 60 pixel-wide column with 20 pixel gutters
· 5 MM Grid — 3D product and packaging development. 5mm grid makes it easy to draw scaled or full-sized 3D objects
· ½ Inch Ruled — Note taking. Lines spaced ½ and 1 inch with the right edge featuring a 7 inch ruler perfect for measuring your products
· Blank — Ideal service to sketch out concepts, layouts, or brainstorm session ideas
· Blank Gray — Gray canvas allows sketching with light colored pens and colored pencils inspiring more creativity and design
· Available in 3-packs for $9.95
With attention to style and quality, booq provides multiple materials to choose from. Two models (gray-green, sand-plum) are constructed with a custom-made duotone fabric woven with 100% recycled PET, giving your water bottles an afterlife. For a higher-end option, booq crafted the luxuriously elegant coffee-cream model using supple first-grade Nappa leather. The slick black-gray and white-berry models sport an extremely durable, weatherproof leatherette exterior.
Booqpad becomes the newest addition to the booq line of folios, messengers, backpacks, and iPad bags & skins. Shipping in late March, Booqpad for iPad 2 is available starting at $49.95 (recycled PET, leatherette) and $99.95 (Nappa leather) on www.booqbags.com and various retailers throughout the U.S., see www.stores.booq.com.
Complete Scosche iPad 2 Accessory Line-up Available This Month
New accessories include cases, chargers and a Bluetooth keyboard
Oxnard, CA, — March 02, 2011 — Scosche Industries, award-winning innovator of consumer technology, is excited to announce its complete iPad 2 accessories line-up will be available this month. The Scosche iPad 2 product line-up is highlighted by three new cases, a waterproof Bluetooth mini keyboard and a variety of new charging options.
“We take pride in consistently being one of the first accessory manufacturers to market following a new Apple product announcement,” said Kas Alves, Executive Vice President of Scosche Industries. “This time we are taking our commitment to being a market leader to a new level by delivering all our new iPad 2 products in the same month as Apple’s announcement.”
iPad 2 users looking to protect their new tablet will have no shortage of options from Scosche. Inspired by the popular foldIO for the original iPad, the foldIO p2 is a stylish folio case. Available in black and white leather options, as well as black and white carbon fiber textured models, the foldIO p2 adds an element of sophistication to Scosche’s iPad 2 case line. Priced at $49.99, the foldIO p2 features three landscape viewing positions and a suede interior for enhanced protection.
The Scosche glosSEE p2 is a translucent, flexible rubber case for the new tablet that provides an enhanced grip and superior protection. Priced at $39.99, iPad 2 owners can choose from Crystal Clear, Smoke, Deep Purple, Rocker Pink and Blue options.
Available in the same fun colors, the Scosche snapSHIELD p2 is a low profile polycarbonate case for iPad 2. The shatterproof snapSHIELD protects the iPad and features an open design, providing access to all the tablet’s connections and controls for just $29.99.
Scosche has also put together an offering of screen protectors for the iPad 2. Models include the klearCOAT p2, satinSHIELD p2 and privaSEE p2 and they are priced at $19.99, $24.99 and $49.99 respectively.
The $59.99 Scosche freeKEY is a water resistant, Bluetooth keyboard, perfect for working on the go. The rugged, high quality silicone keyboard has a wireless range of up to 30 feet, a retractable USB cable for charging, and rolls up for easy storage.
iPad 2 customers worried about running down the new tablet’s battery can pick up a 2.1A powerPLUG for charging in the car for just $17.99, or the Scosche goBAT II dual USB battery back-up and charger for $79.99. Scosche’s dual USB reVIVE II chargers are perfect for simultaneously charging an iPad 2 and another USB powered device at home or in the car and are available for $24.99 and $29.99 respectively.
All of Scosche’s tapLINE II earphones are also compatible with the second-generation iPad. In addition, to volume and track control, these earphones provide iPad 2 users with a high quality mic for FaceTime and voice memos. The Scosche sneakPEEK II, HD audio video output solution, also works with the iPad 2 and is perfect for sharing media on the iPad 2 with friends and family and is also available at www.scosche.com for $59.99.
Follow Scosche at twitter.com/scosche or facebook.com/scosche for the latest news on the company’s complete line of of iPad 2 accessories and all of Scosche’s award-winning products.
About Scosche Industries:
Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2010, Scosche Industries is an award-winning innovator of iPad, iPhone and iPod accessories. Scosche is founded on its commitment to quality, value and customer service. With over 55 patents and countless industry awards it is easy to see that Scosche is consistently at the forefront of technology and innovation. Scosche Industries is the parent company of several distinct brands including: Scosche, REALM, EFX, BlueFusion and Accumat. Founded in 1980, Scosche is still 100% family owned and operated with over 120 great people alongside them. For more information visit our website at http://www.scosche.com/.
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