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I also used the bottom half of the Brydge iPad Pro keyboard case, which is Bluetooth and worked in a pinch. I tested with a Logitech K380 Bluetooth keyboard and an Apple Magic Trackpad. One thing this dock doesn't come with, though, is a keyboard or mouse or trackpad. The keyboard and trackpad aren't included (BYO). A side button the dock turns it off and on in case you don't want it powered all the time and you could also just use the dock as an iPad stand with no power at all. (It comes with international plug adapters, too, although I'm not traveling with this anytime soon.) My review unit had a little bit of a subtle electrical hum when plugged in and powered up, but otherwise was fine. Kensington's dock comes with its own beefy AC charger, which plugs in the back and powers the whole thing. The dock can tilt upwards so if you wanted to use it as a sketch surface while standing, you could. An Apple Pencil can snap on the top of the iPad and stay in place in any orientation. For Zooms and other video chats, that's extremely helpful for getting the iPad camera angle just right. The cradle also rotates 90 degrees from landscape to portrait mode on the fly. The dock's iPad cradle tilts up and down from straight vertical to a horizontal orientation above the stand, in case you want to use it as a drawing surface while standing. It feels like an Apple Store on your desk. And you can charge all Apple devices at the same time, on the same dock. Optionally, you can also attach an extra Apple Watch charger (which I tried) to the dock's swiveling iPad cradle. 2 on the StudioDock is that its base is a wireless Qi charging mat for an iPhone and AirPods, but at a max of 5 watts for AirPods and 7.5 watts for iPhones. That one USB-C port can't help with video connections, only charging and external storage.Īll the ports on the back (and there's SD card, headphone jack, and USB-C on the sides).Ĭrazy Thing No. I plugged my Dell monitor in over HDMI, and it works, but iPads only mirror in 4:3 aspect ratio to external monitors unless running apps that specifically are optimized for multiscreen use. 1: The StudioDock comes with a huge number of ports: three USB 3.2, gigabit Ethernet and HDMI 2.0 on the back, USB-C on one side (3.2 Gen1, it doesn't output video for a monitor), a 3.5mm headphone jack (missing from the iPad Air and Pro) and an SD card reader on the other side.
One thing you can do is connect an extra monitor. There aren't that many apps that use a monitor as a second workspace. As good as it is, the StudioDock can't help me with that. The iPad Pro is extremely versatile in keyboard/trackpad mode, but it sometimes makes me wish I could just open up more windows, like a Mac. I'm already used to using the iPad Pro with the keyboard and trackpad built into the Magic Keyboard case, and in this dock the computer-like experience becomes even more compelling - and sometimes uncanny. If you have a wireless keyboard and mouse (or, just plug in wired ones to the extra ports on the StudioDock), you're good to go. It's designed to use along with a keyboard and trackpad or mouse, so that you'll basically be using the iPad like a desktop computer. The iPad slots into a magnetic-backed cradle and plugs into a USB-C port (it's not an instant snap-in), From there, the iPad just hangs out on its stand like a monitor.
The heavy aluminum stand on the Kensington StudioDock is big, but with a relatively compact footprint on a desk. Apple may have a new iPad Pro coming in just a couple of weeks, though, and if you're thinking about this type of accessory for a new iPad, I'd hold off until we hear more about whether the next iPad Pro will be compatible with it. (UK and Australian prices are yet to be announced, but $400 converts to around £290 or AU$515.) I tested it for the 12.9-inch version. It comes in two different sizes, one for the 11-inch models, and one for the 12.9-inch Pro, at two slightly different prices, $379 and $400. First of all, you'll need a USB-C equipped iPad: the iPad Pro ( 2018 or later) or 2020 iPad Air to enjoy it.
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