Apple accessories purveyor Mobee thinks it has the solution for needing to swap out the batteries on your Magic Trackpad every so often. The Power Bar will do the trick — if you remember to charge it.
It didn’t take long after Apple’s Magic Trackpad was introduced for people to start scooching it up next to its natural mate, the Apple keyboard. Now the good people at Twelve South have come up with a way to keep them together: the MagicWand.
Keep your wireless keyboard, Magic Trackpad and Apple remote neat, perfectly placed and right at your fingertips. For those of us who don’t have the full collection, there are three variations of this black walnut keyboard tray, so no worries.
You can confide in me if the thought of a fawn and duck-egg blue Magic Trackpad gets you hot. I won’t tell anyone. Least of all your bank-manager, who’d be pretty pissed at you spending $US75 on a paint job. [ColorWare]
I get it, Magic Trackpad. You don’t want any gaudy cords messing up the smooth lines of your industrial design. But some of us prefer USB power over batteries – and we will not be denied.
My last four computers have been laptops, but I quietly long for a matching set of Apple’s shiny silver peripherals on my desk. And it would be even better if they housed my whole computer itself, like these ones do:
