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Cool Things: Coffee-Colored iPad Smart Cover Made with Real Coffee

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Coffe Color iPad Smart Cover

The photo above shows a gorgeous coffee-colored iPad Smart Cover – but it’s not a color you’ll find in the Apple store range. It’s the result of a DIY project involving actual coffee being applied to the Smart Cover.

This is the creation of simeon, one of the developers at twolivesleft – makers of Codea and other apps and games.

Simeon decided he wasn’t seeing quite the aging effect he had hoped for on the tan Smart Cover, so he decided to create his own.

I’m not too careful with my cover. I chose the leather cover thinking the more scuffed and damaged it got, the better. I wanted it to look worn. Unfortunately after only two weeks of use it did start to look worn — on one side only.

As you can see in the above photos the right side of the cover is darkened in the place I usually hold it while reading.

This asymmetry wouldn’t do. I had a wonderful, horrible idea: I’d stain the cover with coffee.

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This I Gotta See: a $6.95 iPad Case

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Poetic Covermate iPad mini case

Here’s something you don’t see every day – an iPad case for $6.95. And it doesn’t look half bad – in fact, it looks pretty good in its product shots. It’s called the Poetic Covermate Case – for iPad 2 / 3 / 4 or iPad mini – and it costs less than the standard shipping fee for it.

The folks from Your Poetic mentioned this one in my iPad Accessories Google+ community, I took a look at the Amazon page for it, and I couldn’t resist finding out what a $6.95 case for the iPad mini is like. So I ordered one just a few minutes ago.

I’ll let you know what I think of the Poetic Covermate once I’ve had a chance to try it out.

In the meantime, you can see more detail or place an order at this Amazon page.

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Pad & Quill Announce the Aria for iPad Case

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Aria for iPad case

I posted a few weeks back about the gorgeous looking new Aria for iPad mini Case from Pad & Quill. Now there’s good news for owners of iPad 2/3/4 models – Pad & Quill have announced the Aria for iPad – and it looks just as handsome as its little buddy.

P&Q reckon the Aria for iPad is ‘the most beautiful case we’ve ever crafted’ – and that’s saying something give their track record for producing great looking cases. Both the  Aria for iPad and the Aria for iPad mini are hand crafted book design cases – made with a combination of boot leather and baltic birch wood.

Here are some of the cases’ other notable features:

  • Multiple self propping angles for viewing
  • Lightweight! Only 12 oz.!
  • Hand finished WOOD with a gorgeous satin finish 
  • Protects and disguises your iPad
  • Magnetic On/Off feature wakes and puts to sleep your iPad… by closing the book!
  • Classic PQ ‘Bookmark’ for easy device removal
  • Access to all functions on the iPad

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Composition Book for iPad mini: Kids’ Favorite Sneaky iPad Case?

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Composition Book Case for iPad mini

I did Career Day presentations at my daughter’s school this morning – where I talked about my job as a blogger / site owner to groups of 3rd to 5th graders. It was a blast – the students had lots of great questions and comments.

The guidelines for being a presenter stressed that props and anything else to get the kids engaged were encouraged. So I took along a handful of favorite iPad mini cases, did a very brief rundown on each one, and passed them around the room. The cases I took in were a Zoogue Case Prodigy, a Portenzo Alano, a Portenzo Composition Book, the Oberon Design Celtic Hounds, and a Moshi VersaCover in use on my iPad mini.

Each case had some supporters – with the Celtic Hounds and Alano getting compliments on their great looks, the Case Prodigy getting praise for its versatility and the VersaCover appealing for its lightness and looking cool.

But the runaway favorite was the Composition Book, and it was unanimously cited for one specific reason: the Sneaky factor. Every student who picked it as their favorite talked about how it would make their parents think they were busy with homework while they were actually enjoying a game.

So there you go Portenzo marketing team – make Sneaky the focus of your promotions!

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Last Minute Gift Suggestions for the iPad Owner in Your Life

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Alano for iPad mini

If you’ve got a significant other, family member, or friend who’s an iPad owner and likely to enjoy a new iPad accessory as a holiday gift, I’ve got a few last minute suggestions for you. These will work just as well if you feel like treating yourself and your own iPad a little over the next couple of weeks.

There are thousands and thousands of iPad accessories around these days – cases, covers, screen protectors, stands of all shapes and sizes, keyboards and keyboard cases, and on and on. So this is not intended as any sort of comprehensive guide to what’s out there. Instead it’s a very personal suggestion list. I’m fortunate in that because I run this site I get exposed to a wide range of iPad accessories and get an opportunity to check out and review those that strike me as most interesting.

In this post I’ll recommend some of the best I’ve seen and some personal favorite iPad cases and other useful iPad accessories. Let’s get started:

iPad Cases

iPad Smart Cover

Apple iPad Smart Cover:

This is one of the very best companions for the iPad or iPad mini. It attaches ‘like magic’ to the left side of the iPad and automatically wakes and sleeps the iPad when it is opened and closed. It’s very lightweight and comes in a nice range of colors. Smart Covers for the full-sized iPad (IPad 2,3, or 4) come in polyurethane and leather models. For the iPad mini, only the polyurethane models are available.

Price: $39 for the polyurethane smart covers, for iPad or iPad mini. $69 for the leather models.

Product Page: http://www.apple.com/ipad/accessories/

Apple also offers an iPad Smart Case for full coverage, but I have not found it to be anywhere near as impressive as the Smart Cover.

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Most Beautiful iPad Case. Ever

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Yesterday afternoon I received this little fella in the mail. It’s a review unit of the Celtic Hounds iPad mini Cover, from the lovely folks at Oberon Design. I’ll spend some time with the case and then do a review, but I can tell you one thing right now: This is – easily – The [...]

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Review: Padintosh Case for iPad

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I thought the Padintosh Case for iPad was striking and fun looking the very first time I saw it, and I love the playful ‘Party Like It’s 1984’ strapline for it. It didn’t take me long at all to decide to order one. I’ve had mine for over a month now and it has been [...]

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Dr. Gonzo Has Left My iPad Again

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I’ve talked a lot about how much I love the combination of an Apple Smart Cover and an ultra-thin Gelaskin on the back of my iPad. I’ve also mentioned more than once that my favorite Gelaskin is the Vintage Gonzo drawing by Ralph Steadman. This weekend I’ve removed Dr. Gonzo again, for the same reason [...]

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Padintosh Case for iPad: First Impressions

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I posted last week about the Padintosh Case for iPad, and how striking looking it was. I ordered one very shortly after seeing it at ThinkGeek, and it arrived a little earlier today. I’ve only given it a very quick tryout so far, but I’ve already learned one important thing at it, and have some [...]

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