A British design company has unveiled a novel iPad fridge magnet mount – putting your gadget at the centre of your kitchen.
The FridgePad from Woodford Design, is as you have probably gathered by now, an iPad mount that magnetically sticks your Apple tablet to your fridge.
"The FridgePad magnetically mounts your iPad to your kitchen fridge so it's at the heart of your home and in a perfect location for all the family to use," explains the company's release.
Clipped in
"The FridgePad can be used in landscape or portrait mode, allows the iPad to be simply clipped in and out for fast access and provides a great safe and secure place to store your iPad," it continues.
"The FridgePad is an accessory to make the iPad work better for you. This really is one of those products that once you have tried it you'll love it."
Woodford points out that the design offers replaceable corner clips – meaning you can change it for the iPad mark II or your Windows 7 tablet.
Oddly, TechRadar had called for a magnetic iPad fridge dock back at the beginning of June.
And it's certainly handy for those people who need to look up recipes but don't want their iPad sitting on their work surface.
The FridgePad has a UK release date of Autumn 2010 and will cost £49.
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1978ad
July 31st 2010
8. Would you really trust the safety of something as expensive as an ipad to a fridge magnet? I can see the makers getting plenty of complaints from people who come home to find their ipad in pieces on the kitchen floor!
And won't the metal magnetic case interfere with the internal electronics, not to mention wifi & 3g signals?!
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techead
July 30th 2010
7. Interesting idea. Although I'm not sure how many people are going to purchase this for their kitchen, I do believe the "mounting bracket" idea could be used in other situations.
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ginga_nut
July 30th 2010
6. A good idea. It a bit costly though. Still it spur a few companies to create similar 'holder' type devices and also maybe for the majority of some people who have wooden doors!!
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simonset
July 30th 2010
5. Like the majority of my friends and family, I've got a built in fridge freezer. Will this work on wooden doors? I think not!
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lee636
July 30th 2010
4. Pointless
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bradavon
July 30th 2010
3. Surely this only works if you've got a fridge/freezer that is full height?
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calcio
July 30th 2010
2. Well, I think this looks great! ideal xmas gift for the gadget fan who has everything (and an iPad)
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mrdjmo
July 30th 2010
1. £49 for a fridge magnet - I think not.
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