A pair of iPad stands heading your way soon
Many iPad owners are beginning to find that they want a way to have the iPad held in front of them, but not necessarily using their hands. Apple has not yet released the antigravity float pad for the iPad, so for the time being we're seeing a lot of mounts and stands that have been designed to take the weight of the device out of your hands.
The first is the Stabile iPad stand from Thought Out. Made of 4 pounds of "solid American steel," this stand looks like a take on the iMac / Cinema Display stand. It holds the iPad in either landscape or portrait orientation, and with the weight of the stand being concentrated in the bottom, the low center of gravity should keep this from tipping over regardless of how active the user's interaction with the iPad becomes.
The Stabile stand is available for pre-order now at a price of US$59.99 for black and $69.99 for silver, and will ship in June.
The second item is actually more of a mount than a stand, but can be used just about anywhere. Want to mount it on the bathroom wall? How about on a kitchen cabinet? Maybe slap it on the back of the front door so you can see what the weather report looks like as you're heading out to work? ClayWare Games has developed the Pad Bracket, a $24.95 piece of "high-quality material" that can be fastened securely to a variety of surfaces with a pair of screws. This really looks like what I'd like to have in my kitchen for reading recipes while I'm slaving over a hot stove.Like the Stabile stand, the Pad Bracket is currently available for pre-order and will ship in June.
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The problem I've been wrestling with is how to hold the iPad while sitting down or reclining. Watching movies for any length of time sure makes my neck sore. I found a stand called the Eazel in a yahoo search. No pictures yet, but they are claiming to have solved the problem with some type of multiple-articulated contraption that can be closed up like conventional case. Sure hope it works.
www.eazelstand.com
It looks nice, but I have to agree that it should be able to swivel around, kind of like the swivel mount for a gps. For example, that way if you could remove it from the stand and attach it the base of a gps mount you could have it suction-cup to any stick-able surface.
Maybe if you were "really" lazy / crazy, you could have it stick to the shower wall as you take a bath to watching a movie...lol. Probably wouldn't do it more than once, but would love to give it a try (probably be afraid that it would lose suction and fall in the tub).
Why does the iPad have a white faceplate in the first picture?
May 19 2010 at 8:11 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIsnt this like what that company, Clooly did to make an IPhone or ipod Touch look like a mini imac? http://www.iclooly.com/index.html
sure this iPad one doesnt look like an iMac but it does use the same idea. Anyone think so?
I want a case/mount for my car so the kids can watch it in the back seat without holding it. I want to use it as a DVD player replacement.
May 19 2010 at 6:21 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyDoes anyone know where to get something for the car?
May 19 2010 at 6:26 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe Stable iPad stand would have been better designed with a bracket that held the iPad securely on both sides, and swivelled to allow rotation from landscape to portrait without removing the iPad from the bracket.
For example, like the Just Mobile Xtand for iPhone.
Looked around and found the Rotation Bracket from eTech-City
http://www.etech-city.com/rotationbracketforappleipadtablet-p-2672.html
Suits my needs better than this one.
Nice, looks like something out of Twelve South.
May 19 2010 at 4:09 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyFYI, MacMall's "Deal of the Day" today is 30% OFF these clever iPad stands. They look similar to the ones mentioned above. http://bit.ly/9XJZgG
May 19 2010 at 4:05 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe quirky community, which has been covered here quite extensively, designed one made out of wood that looks nice, if not expensive: http://goo.gl/QHXO
May 19 2010 at 4:01 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt's a shame you couldn't balance it on your lap...kind of like a lappad.......laptop...
:-) Just kidding. Looking forward to my 64GB 3G unit arriving on the 28th!
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