i-wallmount
I have a wallmounted iPad in our kitchen made by a custom furniture-maker friend of mine. It's fantastic!
here is what it does for us:
- shared calendar for wife, kids, me, family, work stuff .... this was one of the main reasons I had it made and it has made life much better since we now have zero double bookings. Having it in the kitchen means there is no excuse not to check iCal or gCal
- quick checks of the web. Movie times, weather, wikipedia.... endlessly useful
- I use it as a remote for my airport express connected mac mini, which connects to the stereo for way better sound than the piddly iPad speaker
- we can keep an eye on what the kids are doing on-line, as well as how much they are emailing or messaging
- Epicurious in the kitchen
- note taking etc
- quick check of email and reply
- you tube video
- gardening stuff with Eden garden designer
- picture frame slideshows - great at parties
of course any app you use and is iPad friendly
most of the time we are happy to type while the iPad is on the wall but occasionally we simply slip it out, load it onto the Apple keyboard doc, and my wife is then able to do longer replies for email or use Pages for document writing
While I am totally satisfied with a wall mounted shared and updated calendar, I have been pleasantly surprised at how it has changed behaviour in our house. My wife isn't always taking my laptop away for extended periods and the kids aren't hidden in my office on the iMac.
the guy I had make it is building a bunch more and is going to bring them to market. Mine is made of African sapele hardwood but the production version is Russian baltic birch - which actually looks better than mine (and a lot cheaper!)
I'll take some pics of it and post here later