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The delay of the American company Apple in the launch of accessories for its new devices, the iPad, prompted some companies to introduce accessories that adapt to new mobile devices that facilitate their use.
The Irish company Zag revealed a set of new accessories for many iPad models, in addition to the Pro Keys and Messenger Folio 2, as well as the Pro Stylus, which represents an alternative to the Apple Pencil.
Users need a real keyboard in an attempt to overcome the difficulties resulting from the iPad’s adoption of a virtual keyboard that touches the screen.
The Irish company explained that the Pro Key is a wireless keyboard with a removable protective cover with backlit keys and an adjustable stand.
The Pro Key keyboard is available for the 10.2-inch iPad iPad (7th and 8th generation) and the 4th generation iPad Air for the 10.9-inch iPad Air, and is offered at around $ 110.
Irish Zag also offers Messenger Folio 2 as a keyboard for the 10.2-inch iPad (7th and 8th generation) and the 3rd generation 10.5-inch iPad Air.
The keyboard, which costs about 60 euros, is a bag that includes storage space for the Apple Pencil, which means that it is a keyboard and a bag at the same time. Additional functions include special function keys and magnetic lock.
The Pro Stylus is available as an alternative to the Apple Pencil, and costs about 80 euros. The stylus is compatible with the 1st and 2nd generation Apple Pencil devices manufactured in 2018 or later.
And in January 2021, the 11th anniversary of the announcement of the first iPad launched by Steve Jobs, more than a decade ago, as the third class of computing devices to be found somewhere between a smartphone and a laptop.
The main idea behind the creation of the iPad was to provide the ability to have a browser that you can interact with with your fingers and that is portable anywhere.
Big sales
The iPad has achieved rapid success, as Apple sold 300,000 devices during the first day of sales, and sales broke the two million device barrier in less than two months, and Apple sold 7.5 million iPads in 2010 , then sold 32.4 million iPads in 2011 and then 58.3 million. One device in 2012, then 71 million devices in 2013, and in total, Apple has sold more than 350 million iPads since its launch in early 2020.
Soon, IT industries responded, and Microsoft released Windows 8 with a touch-friendly user interface in October 2012.
IPad Competitors
Later, it launched a group of tablets (Surface) to compete with the iPad, and then several other manufacturers of other personal computers that use “Windows” joined the battle, launching a variety of mixed configuration programs to link tablets with computers. portable, to varying degrees. success and failure.
And it appeared that Android device OEMs pose the biggest threat to the hegemony of iPads in this industry. The Samsung Galaxy family of tablets has greatly narrowed the gap, and Amazon’s “Fire” tablets, with their low prices, have achieved some success.
Research company “GlobalStats” indicated that Apple dominates the tablet market with a market share of more than 63% as of December 2019, and Samsung ranks second by a wide margin, with a market share of 19%.
IPad devices have evolved over time, the iPad device was initially released to function as a tablet more than 10 years ago, and the main purpose of its use was to use it to play media and browse the Internet, and the current iPad has reached the institutional usage level, and large iPad devices now support usability. The keyboard, writing with a pen and Apple has also adapted its operating system and can now perform laptop-like tasks such as office production applications.
