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TUAW Brainfark: Build or buy your own iPad mockup and fool your friends

by Steven Sande Jan 28th 2010 at 11:15AM

Denver-area Apple consultant, trainer, designer, and professional paraglider instructor Tim Meehan surprised me yesterday with the photo you see at right. It was one of a portfolio of pictures he sent to me via email, all of which had me wondering how the heck he had managed to get his hands on an iPad before the rest of us.

At the bottom of the email was the answer: "A little foamcore, an inkjet printer, some spray-mount adhesive, and voila! Something you can send all your friends to make them think you've been keeping a big secret from them..."

If you'd like to amaze and confuse your friends in the next 60 59 days, you can either follow Tim's easy instructions to make a faux iPad, or buy one of ten that he and Andrew McIntosh are selling on eBay.

There's no word on whether or not Tim has developed mockups of the Keyboard Dock or Camera Connection Kit yet.

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davidvogler

iPads have been quietly seeded in small numbers in a few markets. They're out there. I actually saw a punk hipster pawing at one in a Starbucks. Lucky bastard! Look: http://davidvogler.posterous.com/ipad-sighting-in-nyc

February 04 2010 at 9:57 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ubermelvinbozz

really? a scam? did you get your money back cuz i bought one

February 04 2010 at 3:26 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Hank

The eBay listing for this was a complete scam. I sent them money via Paypal and they didn't even ship out anything. eBay also terminated their account due to the violation.

February 04 2010 at 12:06 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jack

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO0h-vTm4Mg

January 31 2010 at 5:17 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Niclas Bahn

Here some instructions on how to build it: DIY Make your own iPad:
http://www.gravityapps.com/blogdata/files/diy_Making_your_own_iPad.html

January 31 2010 at 11:57 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jack

Where can one find these "easy instructions" of which you speak of?

January 30 2010 at 11:03 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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David L Good

Good job on that. Here's mine:

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=304274996413

February 01 2010 at 8:55 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jack

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO0h-vTm4Mg

February 01 2010 at 9:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
brian

Funny, but that's against Apple's terms use use for their images:
http://www.apple.com/pr/products/ipad/ipad.html
http://www.apple.com/pr/products/ipad/ipad_fbgame_agreement.html
"Subject to the terms of this Agreement, you may use the Image solely in whole for editorial use by press and/or industry analysts... The Image cannot be used to promote or sell any product or technology..."

January 28 2010 at 4:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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OS11

The shipping mockup doesn't use Apple's images.

January 28 2010 at 8:50 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sebastian

I guess no one would be fooled by looking at the date on the calendar (27)?

January 28 2010 at 4:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
K

Hahaha, it's going to be so funny to see none of you doomsayers around when Apple releases huge sales figures of this thing.

January 28 2010 at 3:50 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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