Gadgetory

hey I'm Scott Stein when Apple debut the ipad 2 about a year and a half ago the accessory they announced right along with it was the smart cover this very simple $40 flap with magnets on the end that attached pretty magically to the end of the ipad 2 and became a must-have purchase for a lot of people it's versatile but it never protected the back and they used to make a folio case for the original iPad that did totally ensconce the original iPad device now apple has released a smart case and what is it well you'd like to think that it's like a smart cover with a back and in fact you could take your smart cover and attach it back to it a third party one that'll cost you anywhere from ten to thirty or forty dollars Apple makes a case that does seemingly what that advertises but really it's just a folio case that's not bad but it's kind of a throwback case the cover here although it looks like the smart cover doesn't detach it's all made of polyurethane and it's very sturdy as a nice secure feel all around nice comfortable grip and a suede like microfiber interior it comes in those six mostly pastel colors that you've come to know out of the polyurethane Smart Cover green blue pink red also dark gray and light grey this is the dark gray model and a forty nine dollars it's ten bucks more than the cost of a smart cover you just pop it right in here and you're good to go and it's really I think best used for regular reading for a folio mode it's a folio case and when you pull it back and use it like this and hold it has a nice comfortable feel but it does add some extra bezel to the edges which if you're going to get a little critical in terms of look and feel makes it a little bit different in terms of the weight rests and when it's in keyboard mode and going to that it rests a little bit differently and if you're used to typing a lot on the virtual keyboard on the iPad that might throw you off this also stands up in landscape mode just like the Smart Cover but it rests pretty wobbly in a way that I really couldn't recommend for most people what would I use this for I've use it as a go-to folio case and if you loved the original iPad case that black microfiber one that is kind of a dust magnet well you're going to love this because it heels around the edges in terms of the way that cover Nestle's in and the the total package is like the return of that unlike the smart cover there are no magnets here in the hinge though there are magnets inside the top lid like it is the case with a lot of ipad cases which wakes it up from sleep when you open it on an iPad 2 or 3rd gen ipad but polyurethane covers everything on this iPad except for the dock connector the silent mode switch and the camera lens on the back even the volume buttons are covered up here which is actually kind of nice because if you're looking for protection maybe even a little bit of splash resistance this does feel like a pretty nice overall seal there are a lot of other solutions out there in ipad cases at forty nine dollars this is really not a bad one at all I'm Scott Stein and that's a look at the new smart case for the ipad 2 and third gen ipad