iPadLock protects your iPad from thieves

I'm glad to see someone has introduced this product. As a computer consultant, I've already been asked a few times about how to best secure an iPad.

I'm willing to bet the Targus dock lock for iphone/ipod/ipad is easily broken. Would you break the dock connector of the desired device in the process? Potentially. Is the average thief smart enough to think about that before trying this? No.

So a security device that fully ensconces the iPad is a much better idea. Even to the lamest of laymen, this security device appears much more secure than the dock thingy.

I would not be surprised that the new MacBook Air is lacking a Kensington security slot. Apple left it off of the 2010 Mini and I suspect they are migrating away from the security slot. Must be that "wasn't invented here" attitude that pervades Apple, taking over even more of the buildings in Cupertino.

Apple product design creedo: Don't worry about what the customer needs; worry about what the product needs to look like an art sculpture -- that's what's important.

Actually, I pretty much do just carry my iPad with me whenever I'm someplace where I'd be reluctant to leave it sitting by itself.

This is actually one of the (many) reasons the iPad has almost entirely replaced my MacBook. It's a real pain in the backside to close up a laptop and carry it with you every time you want to go up for another cup of coffee (or whatever), but the iPad is no different than carrying around a medium-sized book.

This is great. The iPad is a nice little divice to show a slidshow on a display table but you wouldnt want to leave it sitting there unlocked - especially if the table isn't constantly manned. This is a great solution. I just wish you could lock it from the back so the lock wasn't sticking out of the side of the iPad.

The iPad should have a standard Kensington lock receiver built in. There are plenty of businesses using them in industrial settings, restaurants, libraries, etc. to easily justify it.

It turns out that iPads are not just useful as personal devices. But to be fair to Apple it may not have foreseen this - so Apple can fix it on the iPad2.

Speaking for myself, I'd happily give up the space where my now useless screen orientation lock is.

More worrying - I don't have one - but I think I'm right in saying that the new MacBook Airs don't have a Kensington lock slot? Which, if I'm right, is much more of a blunder on Apple's part than missing one off the iPad.

Targus has several excellent products for securing iPods, iPhones and iPads that connect to the dock connector and don't require a special case.

http://www.targus.com/us/productsearch.aspx?searchedTerms=iPod+lock&x=0&y=0#subContainer-archived_

Here's an idea - don't leave it alone.