Back-Up Battery, Protective Band, Touch Screen Stylus and Pen, and Dual USB Wall Charger Enhance Productivity with Apple Devices & Apps
Kensington Computer Products Group, a worldwide leader in delivering smart made simple™ computing accessories for the mobile consumer, today introduced four new products to extend connectivity with iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices and the applications that run on them. Among the newly announced peripherals is Kensington's PowerLift™ Back-Up Battery and Dock, a 2011 CES Innovations and Engineering Award Honoree . This clever product acts as a back-up battery and dock offering charging power and handsfree access. Three additional new accessories include: a rubberized band to protect iPad, a touch screen stylus and pen for iPad, and a dual USB wall charger for simultaneous charge of up to two iPad, iPhone, or iPod devices.
The four new smart made simple designs allow mobile business users to safeguard their Apple investments and lengthen life of the devices they rely on to get work done - at home, in the office or anywhere in between. iPhone chatting via FaceTime™ or Skype™ is made easy with Kensington's PowerLift, offering extra power and a dock for convenient handsfree access. Protective and productive, Kensington's BlackBelt™ Protection Band for iPad acts as rubberized smart armor with full access to all ports and controls. The Kensington Virtuoso™ Touch Screen Stylus and Pen enhances freedom to create with comfort and precision when using iPad apps such as iAnnotate, Penultimate™, or Sketchbook Pro™. With Kensington's Dual USB Wall Charger, multitasking iPad, iPhone, or iPod users can simultaneously charge two devices from a single wall outlet.
Kensington's new products serve to support the steady trend of consumer technology adoption for both personal and business usage. The use of an iPad as a business tool in particular continues to grow considerably. In fact, research company Techaisle's recent small business survey shows that 2 million iPads have been purchased by small businesses (1-99 employees) in the US with an adoption rate of 20%. The use of the iPad is more prevalent in businesses with a staff of between 20-99 employees. As more business professionals rely on mobile Apple devices to conduct work-related tasks, accessories that provide lasting performance become essential to achieving productivity.
- 1Source: http://www.cesweb.org/Awards/InnovationAwards/2011honorees.htm
- 2Source: http://smallbiztrends.com/2010/11/small-businesses-early-ipad-adoption-shows-promise-for-tablet-pcs-says-techaisle.html
New Kensington Accessories for iPad, iPhone, and iPod
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Kensington PowerLift™ Back-Up Battery and Dock (K39253US; SRP $49.99) |
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Kensington BlackBelt™ Protection Band for iPad (K39326US; SRP $39.99) |
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Kensington Virtuoso™ Touch Screen Stylus and Pen (K39304US Black, K39305US Black; SRP $24.99) |
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Kensington Dual USB Wall Charger (K39232US; SRP $34.99) |
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About Kensington
Kensington is a leading provider of desktop and mobile device accessories, trusted by IT, educators, business and home office professionals around the world for more than 35 years. Kensington products empower people to dynamically interact with content, creating a better working experience for productive performance. In both office and mobile environments, Kensington’s extensive portfolio of award-winning products provides trusted security, desktop productivity innovations, and ergonomic well-being. Our core competencies in engineering, industrial design, product quality and responsive customer support make Kensington The Professionals’ Choice™.
Headquartered in San Mateo, California, Kensington operates as the technology division of ACCO Brands (NYSE: ACCO), one of the world’s largest designers, marketers and manufacturers of branded business, academic and consumer products, sold in more than 100 countries across the globe.
Kensington is the inventor and worldwide leader in laptop security locks, the acknowledged leader of Trackball innovation and offers a broad range of premium-branded desktop productivity solutions.