Skooba, venerable maker of Checkpoint-friendly laptop bags and other sturdy computer cases (and CES CtrStg sponsor), has started selling Proporta-brand cases for portable gear as of today. Normally I wouldn’t bother reporting on reseller news, even a US exclusive, but 1. I like Skooba, and 2. Proporta has some nice-looking stuff. I’ve found it oddly difficult to find nice cases for some of my gadgets, so any new supplier is welcome.
The full Proporta line-up includes everything from drawstring, to leather, to neoprene, and outfits itsy bitsy devices like the iPod Shuffle (all versions) all the way up to 10″ netbooks and full-size laptops. I had hoped the netbook cases would include include handles (I’m ready to replace my fashionable-but-rapidly-soiled Golla bag freebie), but like most on the market, they’re only netbook sleeves with no easy carrying attachment. On the other hand, the Proporta selection of iPod and other MP3 player cases is quite impressive. Fashion and function are both well represented.
No word on how wide a range of products Skooba will sell from the Proporta line (iPod cases now, but more products coming soon), but Skooba did send us a coupon for our readers if you want to do some shopping. You can get 15% off any Proporta items through the end of May. Use discount code PROPORTA.
Dave,
You may have gotten this same Email I received from Hannah at Proporta this morning so excsuse me if I have jumped the gun on you. Not my intention, of course.
As a matter of record PROPORTA.com has announced that SKOOBA iis to be the “sole US Distributer of PROPORTA’s best selling Proporta iPod and iPhone cases and selected accessories”
The big advantage to the USA custiomer base is that their orders will now be shipped from within the USA and not from the UK.
I wish PROPORTA and SKOOBA good luck on this venture. PROPORTA is a great company staffed with fine people and I recommend them wholeheartedly.
Doesn’t bother me at all. Gadget bags/cases are important to me too. Personally my big issue is that the bags I use INSIDE my laptop bag to carry various gear (DVD player and DVDs in one, portable drive and cable in another, then one with my standard load of cables and charges and another with the stuff I don’t use as often) aren’t very common. Some I actually got with a laptop bag, and have no idea how I would replace them if I needed to. Seems like everybody has these little bags, but not a lot of people sell them.