Ten One Design, makers of the Pogo Stylus, have released a magnetic stand for the iPad 2 that is nearly invisible when in use, by repurposing the magnets designed for use with Apple's Smart Cover.
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Magnus is first machine-crafted from pure aluminum and then hand-finished using the latest manufacturing techniques. After that, customized magnets are installed into the base, and rubberized feet are fitted to the bottom surface.
Our designers targeted a reduced silhouette. Viewed from the side, you see only the iPad's tilt, and a flat plate on the desk. From there, the engineering took over.
Magnus may look like it's defying gravity, but it feels like a permanent attachment. You may need two hands to separate Magnus from your iPad.
The Magnus stand is $49.95, available from Ten One's website. It begins shipping later this month.
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(View all)For Ten One's sake, though, I sure hope the next iPad has the smart cover (and related magnets) as well, or this product's going to be very short lived.
I just received my BlueLounge Nest in the mail today. It's pretty awesome and was only $15...
http://www.bluelounge.com/products/nest/
The stand btw will only do landscape since it utilizes the magnets in the iPad 2 that are used for the SmartCover. Furthermore, that also means it will only work with the home button being on the right, since only one side has the magnets.
Essentially this is a much more stable implementation of the SmartCover "stand" and that is definitely a cool thing for stand lovers.
Bring it down to below $30 (which is at least $10 less than the SmartCover) and they would sell a lot more of these. I might still buy one because I haven't been much of a fan of the all the other stands on the market and only care about landscape orientation.
Another "gotcha" against this product is that it might not work with the iPad 3.
$40 maybe but it just doesn't seem to have that much more value than Apple's own $30 dock save for the landscape.
BookArc is not made by Ten One, what are you talking about?
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Again, which BookArc are you talking about, Ten One never made a book-arc.
TwelveSouth make those products. TenOne, TwelveSouth, ThirteenClam its an easy mistake to make.