I wonder why they stopped there, with barely three buttons, when they could have added not just volume up / down as well but why not a proper numkey pad for those times when you need to crunch numbers out of the usb c port of your iPad
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Hyper's New 6-in-1 Hub for USB-C iPads Features Media Playback Keys
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I wonder why they stopped there, with barely three buttons, when they could have added not just volume up / down as well but why not a proper numkey pad for those times when you need to crunch numbers out of the usb c port of your iPad
But it does insert with some degree of depth. I get it, but I would think that the possibility to do that damage would require force enough to damage the plugin, and anyone near it. Possibly... If the iPad was plastic, oh heck yes. It would only end in tears...
The $35 one doesn't do 4k@60hz, and 4k@30hz is no good for anything except media playback.
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Your initial reactions to this product have helped restore my faith in humanity which was lost by seeing this product.
It annoys me that hardly any of these hubs support UHS-II, even the expensive ones. I have to plug a UHS-II to USB-C dongle into the USB-C hub to get decent read speeds off a UHS-II SD card. Dongle on top of dongle.
Please forget stupid things like media keys, and provide SD card slot connectors that aren't from a decade ago.
There are a few brand X hubs that have UHS-II slots, but I have not had good luck with brand X hubs. There is often some unadvertised limitation.
Please forget stupid things like media keys, and provide SD card slot connectors that aren't from a decade ago.
There are a few brand X hubs that have UHS-II slots, but I have not had good luck with brand X hubs. There is often some unadvertised limitation.
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This thing looks a bit silly. Still I must say, I felt like I saw the future when I plugged my iPad pro into the same USB C dock I use with my MacBook and the keyboard, mouse, and monitor just worked. If iPad OS gets just a few more features.. I may not buy a laptop again... crazy.
Thanks for this link! I bought one from BestBuy that is a 6-in-1 but have not seen many that had an extra USB-C data line effectively making me lose the existing, only USB-C data line on the iPad. I'm going to give this one a try and sell the old Hyper Drive.
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I have the 2nd gen 11" Pro, a similar hub and a Pitaka case, which is probably the slimmest case out there, and it works. The edge of the case you have looks much thicker (even 1-2 mm makes a difference) so if it did work it would probably be unstable. You'd be better off with a hub that connects with a cable on that case but if this one can be returned you can give it a shot.
I could see it being more useful if it had more features a standard Mac top row had but I get it's potentially trying to dig into that niche by adding standard top row buttons. I have a Magic Keyboard and missing that top row was a real bummer. Volume control, screen brightness, jumping between all apps, or even mapping shortcuts to buttons would all be neat features.
Accessory maker Hyper today announced the release of its new 6-in-1 hub for iPad models with a USB-C port, including the latest iPad Pro, iPad Air, and iPad mini. Key features of the hub include a form-fitting design and built-in media shortcut keys.
The hub fits snugly around the flat edge of recent iPad models, providing access to play/pause, rewind, and fast forward keys for audio and video. Other ports available on the hub include an HDMI port with 4K 60Hz video, a USB-C port with 60W Power Delivery, microSD and SD card readers, a USB-A port, and a 3.5mm headphone jack.
The hub is priced at $99.99 in the United States and it is available now on Hyper's website. An included USB-C extension cable allows the hub to work with other USB-C devices.
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Uff… that IS ugly. And it is somehow awkward and badly designed, isn’t it? Remind me, which problem adresses this?
Okay that was what I was worried about, the unstable part of the connection so perhaps I will follow your advice and just look for one that connects to the IPad Pro via a cable. I really like the UAG cases.
Anyway thanks for taking the time to reply. Much appreciated.
An the question do it get rid the lef and right black bars?? On their website it shows it connected to a display without the side black bars.
Accessory maker Hyper today announced the release of its new 6-in-1 hub for iPad models with a USB-C port, including the latest iPad Pro, iPad Air, and iPad mini. Key features of the hub include a form-fitting design and built-in media shortcut keys.
The hub fits snugly around the flat edge of recent iPad models, providing access to play/pause, rewind, and fast forward keys for audio and video. Other ports available on the hub include an HDMI port with 4K 60Hz video, a USB-C port with 60W Power Delivery, microSD and SD card readers, a USB-A port, and a 3.5mm headphone jack.
The hub is priced at $99.99 in the United States and it is available now on Hyper's website. An included USB-C extension cable allows the hub to work with other USB-C devices.
Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Hyper. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.
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But why? Also I’m never buying Hyper’s crap again. Their terrible hub is the reason why I had so many problems for so long with the Files app on the iPad Pro when trying to transfer files from an SD card to my Samsung SSD. An inexpensive Anker hub does the job well, but the HDMI output is all garbled and pink like it doesn’t have HDMI copy protection on my LG C9 TV while the Hyper one works fine. So for now I use both depending on the task.
USB-C is the real bag of hurt, not Blu-ray or whatever that quote was, lol. All the different types (video capable) and speeds of it are so confusing and so are the docks with all their specs and some have lower end USB-C that can’t do 4K60 and it’s all so weird and not clearly defined. Not to mention the different tiers of power delivery or the fact that sometimes it’s actually Thunderbolt. I’m a techie in my 30s and it confuses the absolutely hell out of me so idk how someone old who doesn’t even read about this stuff can even know where to begin.
USB-C is the real bag of hurt, not Blu-ray or whatever that quote was, lol. All the different types (video capable) and speeds of it are so confusing and so are the docks with all their specs and some have lower end USB-C that can’t do 4K60 and it’s all so weird and not clearly defined. Not to mention the different tiers of power delivery or the fact that sometimes it’s actually Thunderbolt. I’m a techie in my 30s and it confuses the absolutely hell out of me so idk how someone old who doesn’t even read about this stuff can even know where to begin.
Apple knows that landscape orientation for the iPad makes sense. Or at least a subset of people at Apple knew at one point. The original iPad prototypes had two ”iPod”-style connectors (pre-lightning) instead of one. The ports were located so that the iPad could be docked in both landscape and portrait orientations.
It's kind of like if some consortium got together and said, "hey, this is great, we can simplify houses - we've got this one connector that delivers electricity, hot water, cold water, hot air, cold air, and lollipops and you simply connect things together with these tubes and it Just Works - it'll solve every problem ever - you're welcome!" Except, not every wall connector supplies every kind of thing, and many of the tubes can only handle one kind of thing, and some of the wall connectors supply electricity as 12 volt DC while others supply 10 kilovolt AC, and some of the tubes are made out of paper and dissolve if you use them for water, and if you plug some appliances into some of the connectors they feed in water and short out the appliance and electrocute you.
The idea of one connector and one cable is nice, in theory. In practice, many of the ports can't handle some of the tasks, and of the cables can't handle many of the tasks, and some will damage your devices (there was, at one point, famously, a Google engineer who took it upon himself to buy and rate nearly every USB-C cable on Amazon, citing which were good and which were useless and which were actually dangerous). And the USB consortium has been mostly hand-wavey about "most cables will work for most purposes" while simply falling back to it being user error if someone used the wrong cable or port (despite them all looking exactly the same, on purpose).
If there is any struggle behind the scenes it's between legit computer lovers who want to give users the best possible experience in one device, and the marketers/execs who want artificial limitations maintained on the iPad to juice sales. If Apple really wanted to they could have your iPhone serve as your main computer, attaching it to a monitor with an external trackpad and keyboard as needed. At the very least an iPhone and an iPad should be enough for most people, but it's not as lucrative as selling a Mac or two on top of it.
Yes, fantastic opportunity for fly-by-night Amazon vendors who can sell cheap USB-C cables masquerading as fully capable cables. Most people likely don't understand all the nuances and simply click on the cable that is cheapest, and possibly don't even realize that they bought garbage. Similarly for hubs.
I heard someone ranting about how a 'gas station charger' ruined their phone. They didn't get much sympathy. Yeah, some of the questionable stuff is plain to see, but Amazon has made getting things that work so very much harder. But as long as it's profit for them, I guess it's okay. Someone has to help subsidize those rocket jaunts?
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