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Turns Out The iPad’s Smart Cover Can Kill, Turns Off Implanted Defibrillators

May 10, 2013

It turns out that Apple’s innovative Smart Cover might be more dangerous than its colorful appearance would tell. 14 year old Gianna Chien has done...

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Sexy iPhone Smart Cover Mockup Is Sexy

Andrew Kunesh -

November 18, 2012

I’ll come right out and say it: I’m a huge fan of Apple’s Smart Cover for the iPad and iPad mini. While it may not...

News

Recent Patent Filing Shows Apple Wants To Put A Display In The Smart Cover

Grant Brünner -

August 2, 2012

Well, patent lovers, today we’re in for a doozy. The folks at Engadget noticed that a rather interesting patent filing from Apple appeared on the...

News

Apple Releases New Smart Case For The iPad

Joshua Schnell -

June 12, 2012

Since the release of the Smart Cover for the iPad, many have wondered why Apple would protect the glass, but not the back of the...

Apple Inc.

Apple Sued: Smart Cover Lawsuits, Ribbed For Patent Troll Pleasure

Joshua Schnell -

April 27, 2012

Days after Apple walked away with a patent for the Smart Cover, the company finds itself in another lawsuit. Get this: a Colorodo man claims...

News

Early Smart Covers might not work properly with the new iPad

Grant Brünner -

March 22, 2012

It looks like some people are having problems getting their iPad 2 cases to work properly with the magnets in the iPad 3. Not only...

Apple Inc.

iPad 2 Smart Cover colors revised

Josh Wright -

October 24, 2011

Apple likes to play to my ADD sometimes, and wave shiny new color items around to distract me from silent changes. Along with the new...

Apple Inc.

Samsung plays it cool, pulls Smart Cover ripoff from sale

Joshua Schnell -

July 19, 2011

Samsung and Apple are in a pretty hot patent battle. Apple claims that Samsung has pretty much ripped off a number of key Apple patents....

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Evernote Peek shows off Smart Cover integration in new learning app

Eugene Huo -

June 10, 2011

If you use Evernote, you know that it can keep track of all kinds of things for you. Text documents, images, ideas, snippets of stuff....

iPhone

Rumor: iPhone 5 getting Smart Covers

Joshua Schnell -

April 1, 2011

We stumbled on a rumor today that we thought could be interesting, even if it’s an April Fools’ Day hoax. Apparently Apple’s working on a...

Apple Inc.

How about a wooden iPad 2 cover?

Terry Lucy -

March 24, 2011

When we first saw the iPad 2 Smart Cover, we thought it was pretty neat. However, a small company from Holland called Miniot has taken...

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Here are our detailed thoughts on the iPad 2

Wayne Dixon -

March 18, 2011

The iPad 2 has some major improvements over the original iPad. The physical dimensions are very similar except for the fact that the iPad 2...

News

How strong are the Magnets in the iPad 2’s Smart Covers?

Grant Brünner -

March 15, 2011

In this video, I illustrate how strong the magnets are in the Smart Covers for the iPad 2. His iPad is on the way from...

iPhone

Who needs a Smart Cover: Trip the iPad 2’s sleep mode with a fridge magnet

Joshua Schnell -

March 14, 2011

Everyone’s pretty enamoured with the Smart Cover and the auto-sleep functionality that it brings to the iPad 2. It’s so simple and sleek that it’s...

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iFixit: Smart Cover has tons of magnets

Stephen M. Hackett -

March 14, 2011

In addition to its iPad 2 teardown, iFixit has taken a scalpel to Apple’s Smart Covers. It turns out the word smart in the title...

Mac

Concept: A new iOS notification system based on the iPad 2 Smart Cover

Joshua Schnell -

March 9, 2011

It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise when I say that Apple’s notification system needs a lot of work. I spend more time these...

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