Hyper’s HyperDrive iPad Pro sells for $89.99. All it’s ports work as well as they can, given some irritating iOS limitations. HyperDrive is well designed, with the flange is a brilliant addition to reduce potential damage to the iPad’s USB-C port. The benefits to businesspeople and consumers are clear: make a presentation from your iPad, use an easily-available keyboard, copy your vacation photos onto your tablet in a snap… the list goes on and on. There’s so much potential in the USB-C port in the iPad Pro - potential that’s fully unlocked by Hyper’s 6-port hub designed for this tablet. Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac Hyper HyperDrive iPad Pro final thoughts This is what’s possible with the HyperDrive and an iPad Pro. We daisy-chined a second hub and everything but the HDMI and USB-C ports on the second hub worked fine. On the other side of the coin, the port is good for more than just power. Not a terrible limitation but one to be aware of. Our tests indicate that this hub transfers power at 18W at most, even though the iPad can receive power at up to 30W. The primary use of the USB-C port in the HyperDrive is to allow the iPad Pro to charge while using other accessories. The difference isn’t huge, and anyone just wanting some music or a podcast might not care. While we don’t have the equipment to test audio quality, we felt that a song played over a Bluetooth connection sounded slightly better than over a wired connection to the same speaker. That said, Hyper doesn’t seem to have gone all out with this feature. The headset jack in the HyperDrive is a boon to those irritated that Apple left one out of the 2018 iPad Pro, instead expecting people to use Bluetooth speakers or headphones.

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