Maroo tablet cases, First Take: Stylish protection for Surface and other models

[dgstorm]

I've been using Maroo's Pango[hi] MacBook Air sleeve for my Surface Pro since it came out; made of high-quality leather, it's lined with a striking green microfibre that brushes off the dust nicely. The Surface 2 rattles around in there though. Now Microsoft has asked Maroo to be the first partner to create a leather case specifically for Surface and Surface Pro tablets, and the company has responded in style.

There are different cases for Surface and Surface Pro, but they're the same apart from the size, and both are available in black, power purple and azure blue, all at $49.95. We'd say the colour complements rather than matches Microsoft's Touch and Type Covers — especially as the materials are different (leather and fleece). Still, it's certainly stylish, with a nice accent colour and top-stitching (blue on the power purple case we tried out).

The leather is the same high quality, with...

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[benjitek]

...Microsoft has asked...

Really? How so? Did they ask them to engineer it so there was a black elastic band holding the keyboard in place? Looks like a lazily designed cheap case :-(