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Meet The AluPen From Just Mobile

Eric — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:57:17 +0000

Just Mobile designs accessories for various Apple products including the iPhone and iPad. The AluPen is an aluminum pen specifically designed for the iPad, but also works with the iPhone, iPod touch and other touch sensitive devices where contact with the skin is necessary.

The AluPen has a soft rubber nib, that makes drawing and writing a uniquely smooth experience. The pen works with all iPad and iPhone applications and is a perfect partner for drawing and painting apps.

Order the AluPen at www.xtand.net for $20.

HyperMac Stand For iPad Is Also A Battery

Eric — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:22:12 +0000

What is better then a stand? What is better then an extra battery? Yes, a combination of the two. The HyperMac Stand is both a stand and a battery. The stand offers 16 hours of extra battery life to your iPad. The stand-part of the HyperMac Stand offers two ways to position the iPad: one at an 18-degree angle and one at an 45-degree angle.

The battery is a 400watt-hour rechargeable lithium-ion battery and promises to extend your iPad’s battery with another 16 hours. In theory that means you could work with the iPad a full 26 to 28 hours! Is there a downside? Unfortunately, yes. The price will not be everybody’s cup of tea as the HyperMac Stand is priced at $129,95. You’ll have to keep in mind ofcourse, that you get a stand AND a battery in one. Also compare the standalone HyperMac Battery to this HyperMac Stand. The price might suddenly become more attractive.

Below is the press release:

HyperMac Stand – The First And Only iPad Stand With Built-In Battery Pack
Pocket Sized Stand Holds And Charges iPad At The Same Time, Extends Battery Life By Extra 16 Hours

07.26.2010 – SUNNYVALE, California – Sanho Corporation, the company behind the award-winning HyperMac battery packs for Apple MacBook, iPad and iPhone today announce the availability of HyperMac Stand, the world’s first and only iPad stand with a built-in battery pack, providing up to 16 hours of additional battery life to the iPad.

HyperMac Stand incorporates 2 slots to hold the iPad at either 18 or 45 degrees, in portrait or landscape positions. The slots are specially treated with a soft touch coating to protect the iPad from scuffs and designed to work with both an encased or bare iPad.

Featuring a built-in 40-watt-hour rechargeable lithium-ion battery (compared to iPad’s internal 25-watt-hour battery), the HyperMac Stand is capable of extending the iPad battery life by an additional 16 hours, delivering power to the iPad via a 10W USB port. The HyperMac Stand itself can be recharged via a standard mini USB cable and supports pass-through charging/syncing so that the iPad can charge/sync with the computer even when it is connected via the HyperMac Stand. Users can check the HyperMac Stand battery level anytime with the built-in 5-stage lighted LED indicator.

“Most iPad stands in the market are either bulky or heavy or both, necessary characteristics to ensure that the not so tiny iPad can be properly supported,” states Daniel Chin, President of Sanho Corporation. “HyperMac Stand makes clever use of the natural weight of the lithium-ion battery cells to provide added stability,” he adds. “The end result is one of the most compact pocket-sized iPad stand available in the market with unsurpassed stability,” he continues. “Whatever little weight (12.7oz / 360g) the user have to carry is actually useful power to extend the iPad battery life by 1.5 times,” he concludes.

HyperMac batteries use the same high-end lithium ion cells and components that are supplied to the U.S. military, providing the utmost reliability, safety and performance. It is rechargeable up to 1,000 times and comes with a one year warranty

The HyperMac Stand is now available at www.hypermac.com/stand for $129.95.

Specifications
iPad Slots: 2 rubberized slots that holds iPad at 18° and 45°, portrait and landscape, case and no case
Capacity: 40Wh (11,000mAh)
Battery Chemistry: Lithium Ion
iPad Battery Life: Up to additional 16 hours
Dimensions: 6.02″ x 4.21″ x 1.14″ (153 x 107 x 29mm)
Weight: 12.7oz (360g)
Input Power (Charging the HyperMac Stand): 10W Mini USB 5V (2.1A Max)
Output Power (Powering the iPad): 10W USB 5V (2.1A Max)

For more product information and specifications, please visit:
http://www.hypermac.com/stand

Related URL: http://www.hypermac.com/stand

Hollandia iCon Bed Is Also iPad Dock, Costs $20,000!

Eric — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 08:47:15 +0000

Although the bed looks trendy and futuristic at the same time and would be appealing for many people to buy, not many people will actually buy it I guess. This Hollandia iCon Bed is not only a very comfortable bed with an adjustable 3D mattress it is also an iPad docking station (for two! iPads) with speaker system. The thing is; it costs a stunning $20,000!

So if you have the money and you’re searching for a trendy bed with the latest mattress technology, this iCon Bed might be the one to get. It’s also ‘the world’s first bed made for the iPad’, according to this article at Born Rich.

Beautifully Display Your iPad With The @Rest Stand

Eric — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:05:28 +0000

Yesterday, I placed an article about a very cheap iPad stand. For those of us who really want an elegant stand are willing to pay a little for it, maybe the @Rest from Heckler Design is the type of stand you’re looking for.

The iPad can be displayed in portrait mode and landscape mode. Each @Rest for iPad includes: one steel metal base, two precision milled resting pages, two adhesive foam resting pads, and four adhesive feet. The different colors are: Slate, Sky White, Silver, Buttercup and Red.

The @Rest is available for $59 and will be shipped for free. Shipping starts somewhere in August.
Go to Heckler Design for more pictures and to order the @Rest.

Meet The Pencil iPad Stand

Eric — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:00:12 +0000

Don’t have the money to buy a leather iPad stand, or just don’t wanna spend several dozens of dollars? Maybe the Pencil Stand is something you like. The iPad rests against a few pencils to show the screen in landscape or portrait mode. It’s a cheap solution for a stand and even looks cool on your desk.

You need 6 pencils and 4 rubber bands and some of your free time. Geeky-Gadgets explains a bit more about this super easy to make iPad stand and also shows a few more photos.

Rainbow Apple Logo Sticker For iPad

Eric — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:29:19 +0000

If you don’t like the black Apple logo on the back of the iPad, maybe the 1976 rainbow-colored Apple logo designed by Rob Janoff is something you like. It is now possible to replace the black logo for the rainbow logo. You can buy a sticker in the form of the 1976 Apple logo, exactly the size of the logo in the iPad. The sticker is available at Etsy. If you buy the MacBook version they’ll throw in the iPad version for free.

Cam-Case Gives The iPad A Webcam [concept]

Eric — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:24:35 +0000

Missing a webcam on the iPad? There might be a nice solution soon. Although it’s still a concept, the design looks very good. The iPad Cam-Case is designed by Chet Rosales. This designer actually packed the camera in a case, so the iPad is protected as well. The camera can be used to make video-calls with VOiP-like applications like Skype.

The good thing about this design is the fact the camera is implemented into a corner, so you can use the iPad in either landscape or portrait mode. The case is made of a rubber material. There is also a port on the bottom to be able to re-charge the iPad without taking it out of the case.

Ten One Design Shows Off Pressure Sensitive Sketching

Eric — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 11:07:21 +0000

The software of the iPad isn’t designed to detect pressure on the touchscreen. It only detects shadow and warmth. Apparently it is possible to enable the touchscreen of the iPad to detect pressure on its service. Ten One Design has managed to write an application that works with the Pogo Sketch. With the app you can write or sketch. By pressing the pogo stick harder on the screen, the app shows a darker and bigger line. A light touch to the screen creates a light and thin line.

As shown in the demo video below, Ten One Design also incorporated palm rejection algorithms from their Inklet product to prevent detection of extraneous touches from your palm.

Hopefully Apple does allow this application. Ten One Design uses private frameworks to access the data, and Apple doesn’t allow apps to take advantage of private frameworks. However, TOD is hopeful they can update the public UIKit framework. If Apple eventually allows the framework, the company will release the code as a free software library, so other developers can include the software in their apps.

First iPad Webcam

Eric — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:55:17 +0000

What do most people miss on the iPad? I think it’s the lack of a camera/webcam. Apple could have included iChat (and maybe iMovie), so you can chat with your friends using the camera and actually seeing each other. All the while the iPad is resting on your lap without having your legs getting burned by the heat a laptop produces. The iPad stays cool (no pun intended) and is much easier to use with applications like iChat than a laptop.

Microsoft has build a prototype webcam. The Microsoft Webcam can be plugged into the iPad dock connector. Video is displayed through VGA with a 640×480 resolution. The production model should be a lot smaller then the one displayed in the picture of this article. There’s only one obstacle here: Apple. They need to approve an app that works with the webcam. So you can either use the webcam via the official ways or via a jailbreak.

Source: Pocket-Lint

iPad Controlled Video Blimp [+ Video]

Eric — Tue, 18 May 2010 13:27:51 +0000

You buy an iPad, watch videos on it, listen to some music and play some games, but after a while you get bored. What do you do next? Well you write an application which enables you to control a blimp via the iPad.

That’s what happened at a killer event for the world’s top designers. What can you do to attract the audience to your project and even bring a smile to their faces? The answer: just fly a massive iPad controlled blimp over their heads.

The blimp is 52″ big and has a camera embedded into the cockpit. The iPad receives the live video-feed enabling users to control the blimp by using the iPad’s accelerometers. Everybody could give it a try and everything could be followed on the big screen at the event.

More info: Breakfast NY

We created a modified BlimpDuino controlled by an iPad’s accelerometer for guests to have a play with. Added bonuses: you get a cockpit view on the iPad, so you can see whatever the blimp sees, and it just so happens that anyone that looks up at the blimp has their face turned into one of the exhibited Munny character’s faces.