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hi Dave Taylor here again and this time
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I want to talk about the zag slim book
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now zag makes a line of slim books for
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all the different iPads we just happen
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to have a mini that we're using it with
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and I want to show you what it is
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basically it takes your iPad and turns
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it into a little mini laptop how cool is
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that so it's a keyboard and it's a case
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and they work together so one things you
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can do right off the bat so you could
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take the iPad itself off and now you've
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got just your regular old iPad
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interestingly you can actually still
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type on it because it's a Bluetooth
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connection so that's kind of cool but it
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gives you a lot of the flexibility that
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you would have with a laptop so you'll
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notice if we look closely there are a
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couple little slots there I don't know
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if you can see that real well I'll try
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to zoom in a little bit and then that
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fits into two little tabs so now I have
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a lot of viewing angles here but where
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this gets really kind of fun is you can
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also do it the other way and now got a
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nice way to watch a movie or something
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right so it becomes a really functional
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stand in that regard too but of course
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the real test is the keys themselves and
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it is not a full-size keyboard it is a
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little bit smaller but the experience of
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using it is pretty nice and they are
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backlit keys so it really is sort of
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this more professional feeling keyboard
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is it as slick as Microsoft Surface pro
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4 well that is not exactly as thick as
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the Microsoft Surface keyboard but it's
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a nice retrofit for your existing iPad
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and I actually am in a situation where I
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have to go to Washington DC in a couple
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of weeks and take notes at a conference
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so this is really perfect for that in
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fact that's really what we were looking
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at when we got it in the first place so
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hinged keyboard detachable case backlit
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keys here's one thing is real impressive
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while I'm in DC taking notes I'm not
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have to worry about the battery because
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once you fully charge us it takes two
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years to need another charge two years
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so that's a lot of typing maybe I'll see
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if I can like be such a furious type er
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that I can get it to actually need to
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recharged in a year come back and check
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probably that's not gonna happen anyway
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it's not one of these it's it's not your
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Apple watch where it's like well you've
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been using it for six hours it's time to
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charge it again actually mine's not
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quite that bad but really great charge
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lots of different viewing angles the
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keyboard itself is really nice let me
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give you a little inset view here of all
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the keys and I'll just sort of scroll
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around a little bit so you can see it's
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a really nice keyboard and there's a lot
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of different function keys which makes
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it really nice for volume on your music
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and everything how much does this thing
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cost it's a hundred and nineteen bucks
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at zag comm but hold on because if
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you're an Amazon Prime member when I
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went to make this video I found that
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Amazon had it for 70 $1.99 that is a
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wicked good deal so 70 $1.99 for Amazon
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Prime members at amazon.com or full
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manufacturer's suggested retail price is
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a hundred and nineteen ninety-nine at
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zag comm however you managed to find a
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deal or not it's a really slick solution
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for turning your tablet into a much more
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functional device and when you have it
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all together and it's all closed up and
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everything this is pretty darn easy this
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is a nice thing to carry to class for
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example and then when you're done use
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back to your iPad so Dave Taylor I
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really really like this zag slim book
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and I think I'm ready for DC all I need
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to do now is find some ties catch in my
