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I would buy the whole back at 4.99
Cool -- kinda wish you could sort to see HD only (may have missed it).
I've been looking for a stand to raise the iPad up to eye level for hands-free viewing, but most of the options out there were either too expensive or took up too much space. Other "swing arm" style stands ran up to $270! I decided to take a look at a SnakeClamp.
The SnakeClamp brand seems a relatively new line of products, and as far as I could tell, there were literally zero reviews of their iPad stands online. This may be the first! Still, the price was nice ($54.95 plus shipping) and I decided to take the plunge. I chose the "Mini-Universal" iPad mount option because I wanted to leave my Incipio NGP bumper case on the iPad.
The iPad Cobra SnakeClamp contains three 1' aluminum arm sections, a vise grip clamp for attaching to a desk or table, and your choice of a iPad 1, iPad 2/3, or a "Mini-Universal" bracket for mounting your iPad.
The vise grip is sturdy metal and has a rubber coating to prevent damage to the desk or table.
I was able to assemble the stand in less than five minutes, and ended up only using two of the three arm sections. This made the distance just right for couch-surfing with the iPad and also reduced the "wobble factor" when tapping and swiping the screen.
iPad lounging in full effect!
Very easy on the eyes and wrists, and I can now read comics, surf the web, and watch videos for hours on end without getting a crick in my neck from staring down at my lap. And my hands stay free for a cold beverage!
PROS AND CONS:
+ The cheapest eye-level iPad stand at $54.95 plus shipping.
+ Sturdy, quality aluminum construction.
+ Up to 3 feet of adjustable arm length.
+ Easy to remove from table/desk and set back up once you find a comfortable locked position.
+ The mini-universal attachment accommodates an iPad with a case (as well as any other tablet or e-reader).
OVERALL, I am very pleased with the SnakeClamp! It's a "best buy" for this kind of stand at $55 plus shipping. Just be aware that you want the iPad 2/3 attachment if you would like to use both portrait and landscape orientations.
The SnakeClamp brand seems a relatively new line of products, and as far as I could tell, there were literally zero reviews of their iPad stands online. This may be the first! Still, the price was nice ($54.95 plus shipping) and I decided to take the plunge. I chose the "Mini-Universal" iPad mount option because I wanted to leave my Incipio NGP bumper case on the iPad.
The iPad Cobra SnakeClamp contains three 1' aluminum arm sections, a vise grip clamp for attaching to a desk or table, and your choice of a iPad 1, iPad 2/3, or a "Mini-Universal" bracket for mounting your iPad.
The vise grip is sturdy metal and has a rubber coating to prevent damage to the desk or table.
I was able to assemble the stand in less than five minutes, and ended up only using two of the three arm sections. This made the distance just right for couch-surfing with the iPad and also reduced the "wobble factor" when tapping and swiping the screen.
iPad lounging in full effect!
Very easy on the eyes and wrists, and I can now read comics, surf the web, and watch videos for hours on end without getting a crick in my neck from staring down at my lap. And my hands stay free for a cold beverage!
PROS AND CONS:
+ The cheapest eye-level iPad stand at $54.95 plus shipping.
+ Sturdy, quality aluminum construction.
+ Up to 3 feet of adjustable arm length.
+ Easy to remove from table/desk and set back up once you find a comfortable locked position.
+ The mini-universal attachment accommodates an iPad with a case (as well as any other tablet or e-reader).
- - The mini-universal attachment does NOT support a vertical portrait orientation for the iPad--it will slide right out. Choose the iPad 1 or iPad 2/3 attachment for that--but then you will need to remove any case.
- - The stand wobbles a bit when you touch the screen, and this can be disorienting while reading. I fixed this by leaning a heavy book against the vise arm, which reduced the wobble factor to nearly zero.
- - You must loosen/tighten each arm joint to reposition it--this is not a tension spring arm that is instantly adjustable.
OVERALL, I am very pleased with the SnakeClamp! It's a "best buy" for this kind of stand at $55 plus shipping. Just be aware that you want the iPad 2/3 attachment if you would like to use both portrait and landscape orientations.
I think moving forward everything will be loaded in HD. Even the illegal scan groups are starting to upload their scans at multiple quality settings. The large files are only like 50 Meg's so I don't see a big reason to not upload higher quality. I really hope they don't actually try and sell the HD versions at a premium though like they've historically priced lossless music and HD video.
Yes! Convinced my dad to let me get the new iPad. Haven't had one before, so I'm looking forward to finally getting one. Looking to get it from Target so I can get 5% off using the Target Redcard, but it's out of stock at the ones nearby (looking for the 16 GB Black Wi-Fi only). Hopefully they get a shipment in soon!
Tchu-Espresso
likes mayo on everthing and can't dance
Why the hell isnt there a built in alarm clock? The thing is "always on" so i dont understand why apple would remove such a simple feature.
What is the best alarm clock app, that doesnt require me to be running the app? Are there any?
What is the best alarm clock app, that doesnt require me to be running the app? Are there any?
Awaken. It's the closest thing to a built-in app I could imagine. Keep the app open and hit the lock button before you go to sleep. It's awesome to use on the bedside table in a dock.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/awaken/id327767743?mt=8
It also "works" when the app isn't in the foreground, but it only uses a default Apple tone, and not the music or alarm sound you selected.
I still don't understand this..such a weird thing to remove. I used Ambient Alarm but you have to leave it open.
haha, yeah, same hand twice.
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
Well, they have three different mounting bases for the stands, including a magnetic one and a heavy base that would pretty much work on any flat surface, that might work in a bathroom or right on top of the toilet's water tank. There are also gooseneck arm options instead of the aluminum arm Cobra model I got.
I don't think SnakeClamp makes their own screen protectors, but the combo of a bumper case (like Incipio NGP) and PowerSupport crystal screen film ought to guard against any sprayage.
I'm telling you guys, this stand is the best thing ever if you read a lot of digital comics! Smash Comic Reader's auto zoom view in landscape mode works with it like a dream, you could read comics way too easily and end up wasting your whole evening.
IllumiNate
Member
I'm wanting to purchase The Hunger Games book, and it's not available on the ibook store. Is there any word of it coming, and if not how is reading via The kindle app in comparison to the ibook app?
So I have GoodReader & Dropbox. Have a bunch of PDFs in Dropbox and I like using Dropbox interface, but is there any way to get those PDFs to open using an app other than Dropbox or whatever Dropbox is using? Not digging that so much.
Also what is the quickest way to get a screenshot uploaded to a public link? Is there some app or something native?
Also what is the quickest way to get a screenshot uploaded to a public link? Is there some app or something native?
Doesn't GoodReader have native DropBox support?
But if you are using the DropBox app itself, you should be able to click on a file and use the 'Open In' option to hand it off to another installed app.
mhayze
Member
I use iSMEStorage. It has connections to DropBox, Skydrive as well as your own web / webdav / sharepoint etc interfaces. It can also extract from zip / rar. It lets you pick which app you want to use to open a file such as a PDF.
IllumiNate
Member
PDFMate
iAmMaximus
Member
I just finished reading it on the Kindle app, didn't find any problems with it.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
I use Picup.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
I use Picup. You could also Tweet from your photo library and then check / copy the twitimg url, but Picup is probably faster.
YEP! I love PDFMate. It's free and the only PDF reader on iPad that does smooth vertical scrolling across pages and horizontal zoom lock, so that you can zoom out the margins and scroll down without disturbing your setting.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Not sure if it's been mentioned but this thread has awesome retina game wallpapers.
http://deadendthrills.com/
http://deadendthrills.com/
Mecha_Infantry
Banned
Good good, that's more like it!
It's amazing, really good when you play with people who can draw!
Does anyone have recommendations on the the best stylus for drawing apps?
It's normal for the iPad to lock up? Just had it freeze during Ascension. Could have been because I was just finishing showing my wife a ton of apps, mostly editing ones. Or maybe an Ascension issue. It was really weird I still heard the music and was even able to pull up the power menu but couldn't otherwise interact so had to do a hard reset. Something similar happened earlier today too. Might need to be more careful about how many apps I'm running.
got a problem with virtual desktop software. I want to be able to use the keyboard/mouse on my mac, but use the ipad as a virtual screen only. But when I use iteleport, the mouse pointer doesn't move. Is this because they're using their own software cursor and its messing something up? Splashtop shows it moving ok (if a little laggy) but I prefer how iteleport shows me my desktop at the proper size (and zoomed to fit on the ipad screen), whereas splashtop seems to change the resolution of the desktop to 1024x768 which messes my apps up
photobucket has an app, found that handy when wanting to rehost an image for a thread on here when I wasn't near my computer
Alex
Member
It's an amusing distraction, needs more words though, also I only get a few people who do that, when I get them I just draw mismatched pictures for them, which is fun in itself when you imagine the person is boggling at how to fit an accurately drawn watermelon into three letters.
You might say that they will catch on quick, but with some of these people, I really doubt it when they keep feeding you words as you troll the, :lol. Warped.
Acid House
Banned
My desktop stays at 1080p, check your splash top settings.
Retina update for Splashtop will be amazing.
Synless
Member
I love my orange smart cover, I did order one of those Bear Motion leather cases to give it a little more class though. We shall see how that works out.
Depends what you plan to do with it and your style, and if you can work with Paper's limitations or SketchBook's extra options. Paper starts out free and there's a free version of SketchBook so just try them out.
Jot is more precise (but still not good enough personally), not sure about the Bamboo but if it's like other rubber dome ones it'll be more sensitive (so you can use a lighter touch with it).
Not normal but it can happen (it's like asking if it's normal for a phone/console/appliance/car/etc to lock up). If it's consistent it could be a hardware defect or something with the software, either with some particular app(s) or the OS itself. If it keeps happening try doing an erase and restore (restoring from backup vs starting clean may make a difference as well), and if that doesn't work get it exchanged.
It's more comparable to Penultimate personally, with a fancier UI and a lot more tools available, but still really simplified vs most drawing apps. Depending on what someone is comfortable with that's not necessarily a bad thing, like I could see SketchBook being overwhelming or at least just being overkill for many.
NekoFever
Member
Mecha_Infantry
Banned
Man Apple are killing me with this shipping!
I'm still waiting!
I've got:
1) Dark Grey iPad Smart Case
2) Cool Bananas Bulletproof Cary Case
3) Protect-Your-Bubble Insurance (theft, accidental damage, water damage, etc)
4) Microfiber cloth
All of that and no iPad yet!
I'm still waiting!
I've got:
1) Dark Grey iPad Smart Case
2) Cool Bananas Bulletproof Cary Case
3) Protect-Your-Bubble Insurance (theft, accidental damage, water damage, etc)
4) Microfiber cloth
All of that and no iPad yet!
D
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cool bananas
I tried out sketchbook(free version) and I kind of felt that way. I like the simplicity of paper even though some people find it a little lacking. I'm not really good at drawing but the free tool sketches look alright.
Is there really a difference between a cheap stylus for like 10 bucks vs a 30 dollar one?
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
You should never need to worry about how many apps you're running, the OS is supposed to take care of all that. Ascension has been a glitchy program but the way the app sandbox works it shouldn't be able to crash the iPad as a whole. I've never had a crash that required a hard reset.
cool_dude_2049
Banned
In case you all didn't notice, infinity blade is .99 cents today.
Thanks for sharing this! Found a great article about Mirror's Edge on that site and sort of gave me hope for a sequel.
Paper is neat, but Sketchbook is nicer in almost every way. Honestly, even the undo in Sketchbook is nicer. A simple double tap in the lower left hand corner to undo. Simple, and works great.
If you don't want all the features of Sketchbook, just use the free version of it. Or the free version of Paper.
Seriously. Oddly enough, it has me considering a switch to another platform. I'd consider the Lumia 900 if the screen was higher res.
Diablohead
Member
If the new iphone this year has a bigger screen it will be good, depends on how they approach it as I personally like the small size compared to current bigger android phones.
robertsan21
Member
I've been looking for a stand to raise the iPad up to eye level for hands-free viewing, but most of the options out there were either too expensive or took up too much space. Other "swing arm" style stands ran up to $270! I decided to take a look at a SnakeClamp.
The SnakeClamp brand seems a relatively new line of products, and as far as I could tell, there were literally zero reviews of their iPad stands online. This may be the first! Still, the price was nice ($54.95 plus shipping) and I decided to take the plunge. I chose the "Mini-Universal" iPad mount option because I wanted to leave my Incipio NGP bumper case on the iPad.
The iPad Cobra SnakeClamp contains three 1' aluminum arm sections, a vise grip clamp for attaching to a desk or table, and your choice of a iPad 1, iPad 2/3, or a "Mini-Universal" bracket for mounting your iPad.
The vise grip is sturdy metal and has a rubber coating to prevent damage to the desk or table.
I was able to assemble the stand in less than five minutes, and ended up only using two of the three arm sections. This made the distance just right for couch-surfing with the iPad and also reduced the "wobble factor" when tapping and swiping the screen.
iPad lounging in full effect!
Very easy on the eyes and wrists, and I can now read comics, surf the web, and watch videos for hours on end without getting a crick in my neck from staring down at my lap. And my hands stay free for a cold beverage!
PROS AND CONS:
+ The cheapest eye-level iPad stand at $54.95 plus shipping.
+ Sturdy, quality aluminum construction.
+ Up to 3 feet of adjustable arm length.
+ Easy to remove from table/desk and set back up once you find a comfortable locked position.
+ The mini-universal attachment accommodates an iPad with a case (as well as any other tablet or e-reader).
- - The mini-universal attachment does NOT support a vertical portrait orientation for the iPad--it will slide right out. Choose the iPad 1 or iPad 2/3 attachment for that--but then you will need to remove any case.
- - The stand wobbles a bit when you touch the screen, and this can be disorienting while reading. I fixed this by leaning a heavy book against the vise arm, which reduced the wobble factor to nearly zero.
- - You must loosen/tighten each arm joint to reposition it--this is not a tension spring arm that is instantly adjustable.
OVERALL, I am very pleased with the SnakeClamp! It's a "best buy" for this kind of stand at $55 plus shipping. Just be aware that you want the iPad 2/3 attachment if you would like to use both portrait and landscape orientations.
That is probably the ugliest design product for iPad... wow I would never want one of those.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Is anyone else having trouble with the app store? I keep getting "Cannot connect to iTunes store" errors.
Hm, ok I'll have to keep an eye out. If I get another crash anywhere it's back to the store, but so far so good. It wasn't really a crash per se just a really weird glitch/lockup which is why I thought maybe Ascension was to blame (though Ascension has never done the same for me in many hours on my Touch.