PadPivot – From lap to desk, the ultimate iPad and tablet stand

PadPivot appears to be well on its way to becoming another success story from the project funding site KickStarter. The PadPivot is a universal tablet, iPad, eBook reader stand that has been designed to go from your lap (actually, your leg) to a table top. It even folds for easy storage. The two designers put the PadPivot on KickStarter to get funding of $10,000 for tooling expenses and the money was earned within 3 days. The original request of 10K has already been surpassed and is up to almost 50K! The designers plan to have the PadPivot available by April. Check out the video on either linked site to see what this stand can do. It looks like a winner. You can pre-order yours for $25.

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ZAGGmate for iPad

The people at ZAGG say you’ll wonder how you ever used your Apple iPad® without a ZAGGmate case. The ZAGGmate cases are made of aircraft-grade aluminum with a bead-blasted, hard-anodized finish to match the iPad. They are 9.75″ tall X 7.63″ wide. A case fits on your iPad as a screen cover and adds 0.25″ or less (depending on the style) to the thickness of the iPad. Take the ZAGGmate with keyboard (shown in the pictures) off the iPad to reveal the Bluetooth keyboard and stand. The stand adjusts to different positions and can hold the iPad in either portrait or landscape orientation. The keyboard has a 510 mAh rechargeable lithium polymer battery that should give you a few weeks of use between chargings. There are special function keys that control music playback, volume, photo slideshow, home and search keys, and the like. The ZAGGmate with keyboard will be $99.99. It’s not available yet, but you can sign up at ZAGG to be notified when it is ready to order. If you’d like an aluminum screen cover with a built-in stand but no keyboard, ZAGG will be offering one of those, too. The ZAGGmate will adjust to 10 different angles for viewing or typing (on the on-screen keyboard) and will be $69.99 when it is available. The ZAGGmate case will add 7 ounces to the weight of the iPad; the ZAGGmate with keyboard will add 12.8 ounces.
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