The Macally BOOKSTAND iPad case
June 12th, 2010 at 12:57 pm ET
I popped out this morning to J&R to buy the Macally BOOKSTAND iPad case and am here at home trying it out. It’s so popular that they’re clean out of the black, so I had to settle for the slate gray (which itself had to be pulled from backstock, it’s sold out on the floor).
Unfortunately the color and material (microfiber), and the light brown leather strap, give an impression that I can only call “Julia Sugarbaker’s Filofax,” which (although it will work for some people) doesn’t work for me. Fortunately I’ve hit that age where for things like this, function trumps form. It doesn’t look actively ridiculous; and functionally, it delivers. The tilted typing angle does indeed improve speed and accuracy, by a large margin; the thing can stand up by itself for watching streaming video or typing on an external keyboard. When in typing position, the tongue of the strap protrudes a little below the bottom of the device (below the space bar), and I was afraid this would make it jiggly, but it has no meaningful impact on the effectiveness of the thing. And it improves the lap-typing experience noticeably.
Here are a few views of the object just removed from the packaging:
And here are before-and-after views of Netflix streaming of “Monarch of the Glen” streaming on the kitchen table. The “before” braces the naked iPad awkwardly against a bunch of glass IKEA tea light holders.
And some typing views:
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by Edward Rutherfurd
by Ben Macintyre
June 30th, 2010 at 9:41 pm
[...] a couple of people have asked me: I still like the Macally BOOKSTAND iPad case, but after about a month it’s already showing its wear. It picks up grime (and it’s [...]