10 Unique iPad Stands

We recently took a look around the web and gathered up an interesting selection of iPad stands from high end prototypes to cheap home-made alternatives.

Tilt iPad Case

The subdued felt and leather Tilt iPad Case from Austria’s Hard Graft functions as both protective case and cushioned support stand; unobtrusive stretchy bands cover the bevel, not the screen.

Hard Graft

Element Joule iPad stand

Its stable, solid base has a simple, clean, and elegant design that enhances your iPad and makes it easier to use. Unlike most stands, the Joule won’t tip over when using the iPad’s touch screen, allowing you to better utilize the iPad on your deskop or kitchen counter top.

Element Case

Luxa2 H4

LUXA2 H4, is an e-book holder made of solid aluminum with a sleek and chic design tailor-made for the Apple iPad. With firm and strong bottom, 6 supporting arms with rubber pins, and silicone pad design, the LUXA2 H4 offers 360-degree rotation and a 300-degree tilt.

Luxa2

Wooden iPad Stand

This wood iPad stand has a modern design style, featuring Euro birch and an aluminum bracket that can be mounted to a wall or simply used as a desk stand.

The viewing angle is adjustable, from 35 degrees to 50 degrees. An easy to use thumb knob on the back allows you to adjust the stand to a horizontal or vertical viewing orientation.

Each piece is finished with a low-VOC water-based topcoat or an all natural hand applied oil wax finish.

Modgrain

iPad arcade cabinet built out of cardboard

ThinkGeek posted an iPad arcade cabinet as an April Fool’s joke this past year, but gamer Hideyoshi Moriya actually did build just such a cabinet out of cardboard and hardware — you plug the iPad into a dock, and then you can control software with the joystick and buttons via an Arduino board.

Hollowed Out iBook Is The Best Possible iPad Dock

This mod comes courtesy of a Japanese Apple fan (translated version here), who got tired waiting for the perfect keyboard accessory. Instead, he hacked together a solution using an old iBook. He calls is the iPad In iBook. While this falls short of the ClamCase, there is the tangible benefit of making this yourself and having it right away.

iPad inside a Macintosh Classic

The Macintosh Classic mod will be better suited to your more discerning, old school tastes. As you might expect, there’s not a lot involved in this one — just some gutted internals and an opening on the side that lets you slip in an iPad, which magically fits just where the old CRT used to be.

iPad stand made from a GPS holder and Panavise

Using the suction attachment of a Garmin GPS and a Panavise base, Kent Barnes made this unique iPad stand, Check more pictures at his website below.

Kent Barnes

Wooden iPad Stand

Lifehacking’s dock is handcrafted from a single piece of wood. The ‘specs’ 130 x 80 x 24 mm (5.1 x 3.1 x 0.9 inch) 180 grams (6.3 ounces) soft, sanded down wood. For a little over five dollars, it’s a cheap alternative!

Lifehacking

DIY from iPhone 2G stand

Cody Agenten found an iPhone 2G dock. A little work with a Dremel, and he discovered an iPad dock within it. Michelangelo would have been proud. By shaving down the sides of the dock in line with the grooves made for the iPhone, Cody repurposed his iPhone dock into a little number that’ll not only work fine as a stand, but will also charge the iPad at the same time, using the same 10-watt AC adapter as the iPhone 2G.

Lifehacker