am i reading this correctly? Is the composition shipping within 3-5 days? if so I'm about seconds away from ordering, I'd just like to see some updated photos.
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Portenzo iPad 2 Case: Now a Smart Cover
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thats only for pad 1
Questions...
Hi all!
Here are some answers:
Shipping, I'ts starting to trickle... flood coming soon...
Shipping times? Pre orders definitely go out first. Updates will be posted as we get a better picture of capacity.
MagnaGrip with or without the Elastic Strap? Personal choice. If our rough with your iPad, get the strap; If you want a super clean, elegant look, go for the MagnaGrip. You can even get both...
Stylus photos? None yet, check out the stylus option on the original iPad case here: it's the same configuration. (adds .325" to the width of the case)
Composition shipping in 3 to 5 days? For the iPad 1, yes, that is possible. For the iPad 2, no. 1-2 weeks.
Will my iPad fit with Skins on it? Most likely, yes, but we have not tested every option. I'ts better without, but should be OK with most thin style skins.
More colors? Perhaps, but not right now.
The Twenty Three And A Half? Now available for order here (exclusively to MacRumors first!):
https://shop.portenzo.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=White_23-5_iPad_2_case
If you already have an order and wish to upgrade to the Twenty Three And A Half, then click here: https://shop.portenzo.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=23-5_Upgrade
If you think you know what the name "Twenty Three And A Half" represents, then email me your guess. The winner (if there is one) gets a free case & I'll publish the answer and the winner here. If there is no answer by Friday, I'll let you know the answer. (if you have already ordered the case and win, then you'll get a refund.)
Thanks again,
Darin and Team Portenzo!
Hi all!
Here are some answers:
Shipping, I'ts starting to trickle... flood coming soon...
Shipping times? Pre orders definitely go out first. Updates will be posted as we get a better picture of capacity.
MagnaGrip with or without the Elastic Strap? Personal choice. If our rough with your iPad, get the strap; If you want a super clean, elegant look, go for the MagnaGrip. You can even get both...
Stylus photos? None yet, check out the stylus option on the original iPad case here: it's the same configuration. (adds .325" to the width of the case)
Composition shipping in 3 to 5 days? For the iPad 1, yes, that is possible. For the iPad 2, no. 1-2 weeks.
Will my iPad fit with Skins on it? Most likely, yes, but we have not tested every option. I'ts better without, but should be OK with most thin style skins.
More colors? Perhaps, but not right now.
The Twenty Three And A Half? Now available for order here (exclusively to MacRumors first!):
https://shop.portenzo.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=White_23-5_iPad_2_case
If you already have an order and wish to upgrade to the Twenty Three And A Half, then click here: https://shop.portenzo.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=23-5_Upgrade
If you think you know what the name "Twenty Three And A Half" represents, then email me your guess. The winner (if there is one) gets a free case & I'll publish the answer and the winner here. If there is no answer by Friday, I'll let you know the answer. (if you have already ordered the case and win, then you'll get a refund.)
Thanks again,
Darin and Team Portenzo!
Team Portenzo-
Great job with the communications! Quick request..Would love to see pics of a white Ipad 2 in the composition case...
Thx!
Will the new Alano feature the sleep/wake ability and magna-grip of the new case models?
Also, do you have pictures somewhere of the different color finishes of the leather (buck naked and dark chocolate)?
Thank you for all the updates!
Jack
23.5
Darin,
I'm going to take a stab at the meaning of 23.5. The number 23.5 has numerous associations with the bloodline of Christ (like you read about in Dan Brown books and articles about the Illuminati). Some view the numerological proof found throughout scripture and other religious texts that Jesus had children and a bloodline still exists as the "Holy Grail". Are you attaching this number to this particular model of case because it is the "Holy Grail" of Portenzo cases? In looking at it, this case is rather heavenly all wrapped in white. If Jesus was around today and he had an iPad, I'm sure he would like it Just some further info on 23.5...23.5 degrees is the Earth's axis angle of rotation in space and is therefore responsible for the seasons, it is the angle of the great pyramid at Giza, the angle is used in numerous medieval paintings, and it also appears all over Masonic imagery.
Thanks,
Josh
PS- I've bugged you over email a couple of times...I've got an order in for an iPad2 case right now. Can't wait to get it. Keep up the fine work!
Darin,
I'm going to take a stab at the meaning of 23.5. The number 23.5 has numerous associations with the bloodline of Christ (like you read about in Dan Brown books and articles about the Illuminati). Some view the numerological proof found throughout scripture and other religious texts that Jesus had children and a bloodline still exists as the "Holy Grail". Are you attaching this number to this particular model of case because it is the "Holy Grail" of Portenzo cases? In looking at it, this case is rather heavenly all wrapped in white. If Jesus was around today and he had an iPad, I'm sure he would like it
Just some further info on 23.5...23.5 degrees is the Earth's axis angle of rotation in space and is therefore responsible for the seasons, it is the angle of the great pyramid at Giza, the angle is used in numerous medieval paintings, and it also appears all over Masonic imagery.Thanks,
Josh
PS- I've bugged you over email a couple of times...I've got an order in for an iPad2 case right now. Can't wait to get it. Keep up the fine work!
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It either has to do with the book or the fact earth is tilted at a 23.5* angle....
It either has to do with the book or the fact earth is tilted at a 23.5* angle....
tropic of cancer is at 23.5 degrees north.. summer solstice.. also the angles of the streets in washington dc pinpoint on 23.5 degrees at the center is the white house.. lol i dunno
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My guess for “Twenty Three and a Half” is the Spoon Gouge No. 23 1/2 you use to carve the beautiful cases you design.
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Hi Darin,
Any answer to this? Looking at another photo, there doesn't appear to be open access to the mic?
2.
There's small cutouts similar to the speaker I believe. Look at the top left photo of the regular case below.
Attachments
No choice for interior color? Why? Was so hoping for a sky blue with my white portenza
Was gonna order till I saw there wasn't any choice.
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my wife has a real moleskine and she puts the pen on the strap.. i wonder if it would work with a stylus.. ?
also.. anyone get email about shipment?
also.. anyone get email about shipment?
Hi Darin - Just wondering if you have an answer to the question I asked yesterday:
"One question regarding "exotic" covers, specifically black leather. Is this leather the Alano or is there an option to have a thinner black leather on the standard harder case? If so is it possible to produce that now or are you only producing synthetics?"
OK, now that that's out of the way I'll bite on the 23 1/2 thing...
Given that Portenzo is based in St. Louis and baseball season is just around the corner...
In 1942 the Brooklyn Dodgers finished 5 1/2 games behind the second place Cincinnati Reds but a whopping twenty-three and a half games behind the pennant winning St. Louis Cardinals.
Is that too much of a stretch? Ok, how about this, going with a spring / fruitful season thing here...
In ancient times former sun worshippers viewed the cross as a symbol of salvation. This was because the sun, in crossing the equator in the vernal equinox, brought in salvation from perpetual winter, and consequential starvation and cold. One of the earliest symbols consisted of a cross with a lamb at the foot, with the five bleeding wounds that the five kings, or wintry months had made. This cross was the "saltier cross" on which St. Andrew was crucified, represented by the angle of twenty-three and a half degrees, formed by the ecliptic and equator. The symbol of the Roman cross was Egyptic, and was to them the symbol of salvation because it was erected on the banks of the Nile to measure the flood. When the waters reached the cross piece they were high enough to flood the whole country, and the land was saved from famine. In symbolizing the fruitful season, which itself became the symbol of heaven, the ancients adopted those forms in nature and art that expressed most clearly the generating forces. These forces became the most effective at or about the time of the vernal equinox, and there must of necessity be a regeneration of nature every spring and a new birth into the kingdom of summer.
Maybe it means a "rebirth" for Portenzo this spring? A very fruitful sales season?
No? Then I'm stumped and would guess it has more to do with something in the other posts here.
"One question regarding "exotic" covers, specifically black leather. Is this leather the Alano or is there an option to have a thinner black leather on the standard harder case? If so is it possible to produce that now or are you only producing synthetics?"
OK, now that that's out of the way I'll bite on the 23 1/2 thing...
Given that Portenzo is based in St. Louis and baseball season is just around the corner...
In 1942 the Brooklyn Dodgers finished 5 1/2 games behind the second place Cincinnati Reds but a whopping twenty-three and a half games behind the pennant winning St. Louis Cardinals.
Is that too much of a stretch? Ok, how about this, going with a spring / fruitful season thing here...
In ancient times former sun worshippers viewed the cross as a symbol of salvation. This was because the sun, in crossing the equator in the vernal equinox, brought in salvation from perpetual winter, and consequential starvation and cold. One of the earliest symbols consisted of a cross with a lamb at the foot, with the five bleeding wounds that the five kings, or wintry months had made. This cross was the "saltier cross" on which St. Andrew was crucified, represented by the angle of twenty-three and a half degrees, formed by the ecliptic and equator. The symbol of the Roman cross was Egyptic, and was to them the symbol of salvation because it was erected on the banks of the Nile to measure the flood. When the waters reached the cross piece they were high enough to flood the whole country, and the land was saved from famine. In symbolizing the fruitful season, which itself became the symbol of heaven, the ancients adopted those forms in nature and art that expressed most clearly the generating forces. These forces became the most effective at or about the time of the vernal equinox, and there must of necessity be a regeneration of nature every spring and a new birth into the kingdom of summer.
Maybe it means a "rebirth" for Portenzo this spring? A very fruitful sales season?
No? Then I'm stumped and would guess it has more to do with something in the other posts here.
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23.5 hours of sleep darin needs after all these questions lol
23.5 hours Darin has worked w/o sleep
23.5" of material in each portenzo case
23.5 questions on the earphone port
lol i dunno just cant wait to get my case.. my ipad 2 is naked
23.5 hours Darin has worked w/o sleep
23.5" of material in each portenzo case
23.5 questions on the earphone port
lol i dunno
just cant wait to get my case.. my ipad 2 is naked "Twenty Three & a Half" is also either the Tropic of Cancer or Tropic of Capricorn maybe an allusion to the fact that Darin needs a vacation once this thing is shipped!
Darin - I'm the guy who emailed you about ordering five of these iPad 2 cases for my company. When time permits, please email me back!
Thanks,
Josh
Thanks,
Josh