Microsoft announces Special Edition NFL Type Covers for Surface Pro tablets
NFL pre-season football is in full swing, meaning regular season games will be here before you know it. It is a league where anything can happen. Injuries (which are prevalent in USA football) can change rankings in the blink of an eye. If you participate in Fantasy Football, for instance, you know how things can change from week to week.
While many folks compete in fantasy leagues and track their favorite teams using smartphones nowadays, nothing trumps a full-fledged PC experience. This is what Microsoft's Surface Pro line of tablets can deliver. If you do use a Surface Pro 3 or 4 computer, and you love the NFL, Microsoft has something that will make you giddy -- Special Edition NFL Type Covers. Yes, all 32 teams are represented. This includes my favorite team, the J-E-T-S, JETS, JETS, JETS!
"Officially licensed by the National Football League, the new type covers let you support your favorite team in style with beautiful full-bleed NFL logos printed on premium and durable material. And of course it takes advantage of our latest Surface Pro keyboard technology to give you the perfect amount of travel in every keystroke, spaced keys for fast typing, and a large glass trackpad", says Panos Panay, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Devices.
Panay further shares, "we know that people who love their devices today also love to show their personality through the type cover they have chosen -- whether it’s a pop of color or the sophisticated design of the new Signature Type Cover we launched earlier this Spring. So being able to show your colors for your favorite team as you use your device seemed like a cool option for our customers. I will certainly be using my Seahawk and Bengals covers this season".
If you want to cop one of these super-cool type covers, you can get it today from Microsoft directly here. If for whatever reason you don't want to buy it from Microsoft (maybe you have a gift card for a different retailer), you can buy it from Amazon and Best Buy starting August 29th. With that said, these things are so cool, I can't see people wanting to wait.
Each one costs $160, which is rather reasonable considering the non-special edition variants cost $130. True, you are paying an extra $30 for a design that has no impact on performance, but they are officially licensed -- they are both functional and collectible. Nice.
Which NFL team is your favorite? Tell me in the comments.