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Speck PixelSkin HD Wrap
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Bought the Macally Bookstand2b yesterday on eBay. $28 shipped. No idea if it uses a magnet but if not I'm going to buy some thin magnet tape to get the backlight on/off working (hopefully it will be strong enough).
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Bought the Macally Bookstand2b yesterday on eBay. $28 shipped. No idea if it uses a magnet but if not I'm going to buy some thin magnet tape to get the backlight on/off working (hopefully it will be strong enough).
I read in another thread (maybe another forum) that someone contacted Macally and they said it does not have magnets, but a future revision will.
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I pinged Speck last night on twitter and they responded saying the following:
@Metagamers iPad 2 PixelSkin HD Wrap... 1st half of April, possibly in major US stores before it shows up elsewhere. We'll keep u posted!
That one looks like the perfect one, I might just order it today. Sigh will be funny in a couple of days sitting with my case but no ipad.
Perfect if you want a ton of your iPad 2 exposed, all sides, corners etc. I wouldn't touch that with a barge pole.
From the look of the pictures (the marware case), the whole top and bottom are exposed.
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I emailed Speck regarding the magnet feature.
"Not currently.
The Smart Cover from Apples require magnets to sleep/wake up. *This is something that there may be some patent protection on, so we have to be careful before using this type of system on our products."
There must be some sort of licensing agreement other manufacturers are paying into to use the smart cover feature.
"Not currently.
The Smart Cover from Apples require magnets to sleep/wake up. *This is something that there may be some patent protection on, so we have to be careful before using this type of system on our products."
There must be some sort of licensing agreement other manufacturers are paying into to use the smart cover feature.
Ugh, that stinks. I don't think I'd get it without the magnets. I don't want to hit the screen off button every time I close the case. I wonder how Marware is getting away with it?
Haha that is a cut and paste response. They said the same exact thing word for word to me. They must be getting asked it a lot.
Well not necessarily. Speck didn't say that apple definitely had it patented...just that they wanted to make sure before they started producing something.
And honestly pressing the sleep and wake button isn't very difficult to do.
This is still my favorite case so far.
+1. I cant wait to return the smart cover for it. I can live without the magnets.
Does anyone know what the release date is? I tried contacting them but they responded with a generic email. I read in one article (can't find it now) that they'll ship in mid-April. Ugh...that's so far away.
I received the generic email as well... I wonder how hard this thing will be to put on and off? I know the pixelskin for ip4 is pretty damn hard.
I do not care if it has magnets or not as my iPad will go to sleep without them.
This WILL be my iPad2 case the second that Speck releases it.
This WILL be my iPad2 case the second that Speck releases it.
I love that case though but that is a concern. I hate how hard you have to press down on it.
I wish we had a release date on this cover or the griffin one below. These are my 2 favorites so far....I just wanna read a review or something on it.
http://www.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=543050
http://www.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=543050