It blows my mind a little bit that someone has opened up a Mac, removed the chips from the Apple Silicon processor and soldered on more RAM… BUT, no one has taken apart an old keyboard to make a stand like this from it.
This “Think Magic Keyboard without the keyboard.” exactly !! I’ve been looking for this ever since the Magic Keyboard was announced. Nothing else elevates and orients the iPad for drawing or viewing like the Magic Keyboard, but many of us want just the adjustable elevation and orientation — without the keyboard. I’m surprised that neither Apple nor any of the accessory makers have figured this out. I’ve searched Amazon, Alibaba, Etsy and the general web and found nothing comparable. I just ordered the thinner and lighter 13” M4 iPad Pro to replace my beloved, but bit too heavy and bulky M1 iPad Pro and also had to order the Magic Keyboard largely to use it as a stand. 😏
Yeah, Apple should do that instead of a HomePod with screen. Apple has a weirdly limited view in the features and designs they come up with.
They could implement a presence-dependent AOD when docked. Similar to how the AVP detects when someone is looking at it.
The thing is, there’s a few people willing to destroy a more expensive perfectly working iPhone, I would think at least ONE person would have gotten the cheaper Magic Keyboard and do it a disservice.
Yeah, but way fewer views are required to offset a $349 purchase. I wonder if there’s a teardown that shows why it wouldn’t work? To the googles!
Also. only two pins looked to be connected currently.
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I can’t recommend the one with the segmented long arm (I had the non-charging version): The joints are very stiff and aren't easily adjusted, and their stiffness can’t be changed (no accessible screws, which also means the joints can’t be tightened should they wear out). And despite the stiffness, the iPad still wobbles on every tap. IMO it’s only usable if you don't need to adjust the arm often and mostly use it with keyboard and mouse/trackpad and not with touch.
I would assume the same to be true for these. Not even the Magic Keyboard can prevent the device from wobbling with every tap.
Metal stands in the style of the other model with the flat and wide “leg” tend to be quite stable. I’m using one (from a different brand) and the wobble is minimal. It’s when you need more height or a more extended arm that it becomes difficult.
