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As much every bit I love reviewing iPad cases, information technology sometimes becomes a chip overwhelming to handle all of the review requests we get from manufacturers. In the involvement of getting a pile of overdue case reviews done and go these absurd cases into the hands of our readers, I'm going to review and give abroad a dozen of these cases in i big post. Anyone looking for an iPad instance can find something here to make them happy.

Aranez Notebook Yard-Leather Case

The most exotic case of the bunch has to be the Aranez Notebook 1000-Leather iPad Case (U.s.a.$119.95). In instance y'all're wondering what G-Leather is, information technology's leather made from kangaroos! This cute black folio-way case comes with leather conditioner and a cobweb cloth to keep your Chiliad-Leather example looking skillful.

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When the example is opened, the left side reveals a small wallet -- there's room for a commuter'due south license, some credit cards, and even a pouch for folding money. On the other side is a polycarbonate clip-in for your iPad two or tertiary-generation iPad. Officially it's designed for the iPad two but, but my tertiary-gen device fit into the example with no bug. The case has openings in the bottom for the Dock Connector and speaker, a cutting-out on the side for the volume toggle and orientation/mute lock, and the top is broad open.

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The page is held closed with a magnetic clasp, and the unabridged thing looks like something that would exist entirely at home in an executive suite. With no offense to the many other manufacturers of page cases, the Aranez Notebook 1000-Leather Example is probably the classiest instance I've seen so far.

Pad & Quill Contega, Octavo, Octavo Luxury, and Graduate Edition Cases for Third-Generation iPad

I've raved nigh Pad & Quill's iPad and iPhone cases before, but this fourth dimension I think they've outdone themselves. With each iteration of their products comes refinement, and the products just proceed getting better.

Get-go, let'southward talk about the Octavo Luxury Case ($119.99). Rather than the bonded leather used in Pad & Quill's other cases, the Luxury Case features existent soft-stitched leather in either black or mahogany brown. Like the other cases, the iPad is held into the case deeply in a beautifully-machined lacquered Baltic birch frame. There are a diverseness of interior bookbinding material colors to cull from.

Pad & Quill used to apply those little gluey-backed pads in the corners a lá DODOcase, but at present they use small rubber inserts that are more permanent, durable and attractive. They telephone call this the Sure-Lock Arrangement; this makes sense, since the concluding proper name of the owners of Pad & Quill is Holmes (Get it? Certain-Lock Holmes? Wa-hahahaha!)

Other features of the Octavo Luxury Case include an elastic band to agree the embrace closed in transit, magnets in the cover to turn your iPad on and off, and a folder in the within encompass for important papers. If you like the combination of laminated wood, real leather, and traditional bookbinding techniques, you're going to dearest the Octavo Luxury Case.

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Side by side, the Octavo comes in a less-expensive ($69.99) version using bonded leather on the exterior, but with the same Sure-Lock bumper system and magnetic on/off system. For woods and leather page cases, the Octavo is probably the best bargain on the market.

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For our next instance from Pad & Quill, we'll go to something that is a bit more like the DODOcase -- the Graduate Edition Example for iPad ($59.99). Rather than using leather, the exterior of the Graduate Edition is beautifully finished in traditional volume bindery cloth. The one I received for this review was covered in a delicious woods green fabric with a "espresso" interior; there are also for deep bluish and burgundy exteriors. I'd like to bespeak out to anyone because a DODOcase that they'll be missing out on the new Certain-Lock bumper system and will have to pay an actress five bucks just to get a camera hole that the Pad & Quill cases already accept.

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Finally, the Contega example / iPad stand ($99.99) has been fully redesigned to add together the Sure-Lock arrangement and an improved magnetic switch system. The fold-out design of the Contega makes information technology an piece of cake style to stand an iPad up in landscape orientation. Pad & Quill continues to exist the innovative leader in leather-bound iPad folio cases. All of the cases are handcrafted in the exotic city of Minneapolis, MN.

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Booq Folio Fibre Drove for iPad 2 and 3rd-generation iPad

Literally minutes before I was ready to publish this iPad example roundup, my doorbell rang. Not only was there another case from Pad & Quill, but also another box containing ii Booq Folios for iPad 2 and the third-generation iPad ($49.95). That was fortunate since I'm able to include these cute and functional cases in the review.

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What makes these cases and then nice? They have a natural fibre outside that not merely has a good feel to information technology (good for holding onto your iPad), but also merely obviously looks nice. TUAW received both the blackness and sand colored cases, and they both stand out from the oversupply.

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The cases include a folding front embrace so that you can prop your iPad up in a diversity of positions, and they also include the magnetic on/off adequacy that is mutual with about recent iPad cases.

Powis iCase

The Powis iCase ($79.95) is the example that unashamedly asks the question "what's your favorite position?" that's because it has a innovative design that offers "9+" viewing positions. The all-time feature, in my opinion, is that y'all can emblazon the outside of the case with your very own photography. In the giveaway portion of this post, you'll go a chance to win a Powis iCase with 1 of my twilight photographs of Venice, Italy on the cover.

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Your iPad is held into the correct side of the case in a plastic frame that securely holds your iPad in identify. In that location's a large rubberband band that serves to concord the case closed, and it's wide enough to besides permit you lot concord the example with the strap wrapped around your manus. As with the other iPad 2/three cases, the Powis iCase has magnets embedded in the cover to automatically turn the device on and off.

Equally I noted earlier, the all-time feature has to be the ability to create a totally customized example with your own art or photography. That means that y'all can take a completely unique example. The printing process is flawless; I honestly take no thought how Powis makes money selling a custom instance for but $79.95.

mophie workbook

Yeah, y'all read that correctly. This is a protective smart instance made past mophie, the aforementioned company that makes those sweetness battery packs. The mophie workbook ($49.95) comes in five different exterior colors (black, white, greyness, brown, and purple) with four contrasting elastic bands that can exist changed out depending on your taste or whims. The black example that we received for review came with straps in the standard printer's colors of cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK).

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While most of the other cases discussed in this post are made of existent or bonded leather, the workbook is made of constructed brute-friendly materials. As opposed to the other cases, the workbook doesn't apply a rigid frame to hold the iPad in place. Instead, there's a "pleather" bezel that goes around the entire perimeter of the iPad to agree it steady.

That method of securing the iPad makes it easy to install or remove the iPad from the case, only I did discover that the magnetic closures were rather inconsistent. Sometimes when I expected the iPad to close off, I could meet that it was nonetheless turned on when the embrace was closed. I had to accommodate the cover a bit to get the iPad to close off.

A unique feature of the workbook is its ability to adjust to just nigh whatsoever viewing angle. That can exist very useful when y'all're using your iPad in your lap and want to change the angle depending on whether you lot're reading a book or watching a video.

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iFrogz Summit

Last in this review in terms of full cases, simply certainly non least in terms of capabilities, is the iFrogz Height Case ($59.95). This instance features a solid polycarbonate frame to hold an iPad two or 3rd-generation iPad in place, and has a false-leather exterior that should stand up to a lot of use.

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The Summit quickly adjusts to one of three positions in landscape orientation. You'll need to utilise a footling muscle to get the Acme out of its usual folio position, though -- there's a big hunk of Velcro on the back of the polycarbonate frame that requires a practiced tug to overcome.

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For those of yous who like to use styluses with your iPads, you'll be happy to know that the Summit comes with a stylus holder -- the only instance of those reviewed today that has that feature. As with the other cases, the comprehend turns an iPad ii or third-generation iPad on and off. There's a business menu slot in the forepart cover, handy for those situations where you want to conduct some cards with you but don't desire them taking up wallet space.

Happy Owl Studios Leather Beat out for iPad 2

This detail isn't a complete case; rather, it's a snap-on shell fabricated to protect the dorsum of your iPad ii. Unfortunately, it won't fit on a third-generation iPad -- I tried. The Leather Vanquish for iPad 2 ($39.99) snaps on easily and provides a luxurious thin leather feel to cover the common cold aluminum back of the iPad.

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Like all of Happy Owl'south other products, the Leather Beat out is well-designed and constructed. This is the perfect production for the iPad ii owner who is happy with Apple'due south Smart Cover merely would similar protection for the residuum of the iPad besides.

X-Doria Widge

Your kids can't go along their easily off of your iPad, and so what exercise you exercise? Protect it with an Ten-Doria Widge ($39.99). As the name sorta implies, the Widge is a wedge made of reddish-pinkish squishy foam. Yous push an iPad into it, and the kids have something fun to concur while they're playing Angry Birds on your device. Should they drop it, the foam padding volition protect your precious from damage unless they manage to score a direct striking on your display.

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For parents, the Widge is a godsend, just it's not simply for kids. A friend of mine liked the Widge that her kids were using then much that she gave i to a friend with bad arthritis in his easily. He loves existence able to use his iPad while holding something soft in his aching hands.

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Giveaway

Now, it's fourth dimension to brand room in my office for the next moving ridge of iPad cases. Twelve TUAW readers will become one of the cases described in this review, courtesy of the manufacturers and TUAW. All you need to do to fill out the giveaway form below. Only i entry is allowed per reader. Personal information will non be used for whatsoever purpose other than contacting the winners, who will exist selected in a random drawing of eligible entrants.

Hither are the rules for the giveaway:

  • Open to legal U.s. residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are xviii and older.
  • To enter, fill out the form below completely and click or tap the Submit button.
  • The entry must be made before May 23, 2012 11:59PM Eastern Standard Time.
  • You may enter only once.
  • Twelve winners will exist selected and will receive ane of the following prizes: Aranez Notebook K-Leather Case ($119.95 value), Pad & Quill Contega iPad example/stand ($99.99 value), Pad & Quill Octavo Luxury Case ($119.99 value), Pad & Quill Octavo Case ($69.99 value), Pad & Quill Graduate Edition Case ($59.99), Powis iCase with Steve Sande personalized photo ($79.95 value), mophie workbook ($49.95 value), iFrogz Top Example ($59.95 value), Happy Owl Studios Leather Shell for iPad 2 ($39.99 value), 10-Doria Widge ($39.99 value), Booq Folio Fibre Drove iPad ii/3 Case ($49.99 value).
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