LG is entering the booming mobile accessories market with a new solid, foldable, wireless and portable keyboard called the Rolly, Model No. KBB-700. To be unveiled next week at IFA 2015 in Berlin, Germany, the Rolly features a four-stage fold up along the rows to create an easy-to-carry “stick” that fits easily in a purse, briefcase or backpack. It sports a 17 mm key pitch, features high-contrast keys and a fold-out mobile device stand.
Made of impact-resistant and durable polycarbonate and ABS plastic, LG claims that typing on the Rolly “offers satisfying tactile feedback not found on flexible silicone keyboards”. The Rolly uses Bluetooth V3.0 to connect / pair with most Android devices. It has a single AAA battery that gives up to 3 months of average usage time.
“LG Rolly Keyboard is just one of the many premium input devices we’ll be unveiling in the coming months as we expand our accessories offerings,” Seo Young-jae, VP in charge of Innovative Personal Devices, LG Electronics said. “The goal was to create a product that could add more value to LG smartphones and tablets, at the same time offering a unique design proposition that hadn’t been explored before.”
The Rolly Keyboard will make its debut in September in the US, followed by key markets in Europe, Latin America and Asia in the fourth quarter, with prices and details of availability to be announced locally at the time of launch.
Full press release below:[blockquote type=”left”]In an attempt to seize a higher percentage of the quick-rising cellular equipment marketplace, LG Electronics (LG) will unveil the business’s first forged rollable wireless moveable keyboard at IFA 2015 in Berlin, Germany. Unlike different moveable keyboards available on the market, LG’s Rolly Keyboard (type KBB-700) folds up alongside the 4 rows to create a very easy-to-lift “stick” that matches into one’s pocket as simply as any handbag or briefcase.
Featuring top-distinction keys and a fold-out cellular tool stand, typing on Rolly Keyboard is terribly comfy as a result of its 17mm key pitch is just about as beneficiant because the 18mm key pitch discovered on so much computer keyboards. Made of have an effect on-resistant and sturdy polycarbonate and ABS plastic, typing at the keyboard gives fulfilling tactile comments now not discovered on versatile silicone keyboards. Two strong palms fold out to reinforce smartphones in addition to tablets1 in an upright place. Simply unfolding the Rolly Keyboard allows the automobile pairing serve as to glue simply to 2 other units on the similar time by means of Bluetooth 3.0 being able to toggle among the 2 with a easy key press. S unmarried AAA battery powers the keyboard for as much as 3 months of moderate use.
“LG Rolly Keyboard is simply some of the many top class enter units we’ll be unveiling in the approaching months as we enlarge our equipment services,” stated Seo Young-jae, vice chairman in rate of Innovative Personal Devices at LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. “The objective used to be to create a product that would upload extra worth to LG smartphones and pills on the similar time providing a distinctive layout proposition that hadn’t been explored prior to.”[/blockquote]
