Awesome Ipad

Remember when you got Garage Band on your iPad and then fooled around with the drums for three seconds before getting bored and going back to Clash of Clans? Let Appleman show you what you could’ve become. More on his page.

The Contact Patch is a set of large transparent conductive buttons. They’re made to enhance gaming on the iPad and other devices with capacitive touchscreens. Each pack contains triangle, square and circle buttons.

The sequel to The Elements, Molecules by Theodore Gray is an interactive book about compounds, chemicals and molecules. It also has 3D models of 348 molecules and over 500 videos of objects. Also available in print form.

The Rutledge Edition of Twelve South’s BookBook cases feature leather covers that are tanned and finished by hand – no two covers will look or age the same. Available for the iPad Air/Mini and MacBook Air/Pro/Retina.

A protective case for the iPad Air and iPad Air 2 that comes with a pair of thin stereo speakers. It lasts up to 7 hours per charge, and because it pairs via Bluetooth 4.0 it can be used to play audio from other devices as well.

Adobe solves the iPad pen dilemma. The Ink is a elegant aluminum stylus with a precise tip and pressure sensitivity, and Slide augments on-screen drawing with a tactile ruler for drawing lines and other shapes. Full review on Technabob.

Microsoft finally released full featured versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint made for the iPad. The free download lets you read Office docs; subscribe to Office365 to get the full apps plus the desktop versions of Office. More here.

A pair of thin grips that stick an iPad to magnetic surfaces. It also has an adhesive-backed mount for non-magnetic surfaces. The Kickstarter is for the iPad Air & iPad Mini variants; you can get MagBaks for older iPads here.

Pacemaker is a DJ app for the iPad designed to be easy to use. It lets you mix your iTunes songs, and it can access tracks in Spotify as well. By our estimate that gives you around 5.3 bajillion song combinations.

Equil JOT is an ink pen that can record what you’re writing or drawing on paper in real time. You can then edit, annotate and share your work from your iOS device. However, your device cannot be in sleep mode while you’re recording.

FiftyThree made a stylus for its iPad sketching app Paper. Pencil has an easy pairing feature and an eraser tip. It also has palm rejection and allows you to use your fingers to smudge and blend the app’s ink and paint.

The Flux+Flap is a case, cover and stand combo for the iPad 2 and later. It has a magnetic track that lets you get the viewing angle you want. It also lets you stick the iPad to magnetic surfaces. The cover can also be easily removed.

An iPad case that also has room for other personal items – headphones, charger, iPad stand etc. Like the other BookBook cases, the Travel Journal has a durable exterior that looks like a leather bound book cover.

One of the more clever iPad stand designs we’ve seen, The Coburns are made from two precision-cut wood blocks which allow you to set your tablet to numerous angles, then snap together with embedded magnets for easy carrying.

It may look the same as last year’s model, but the new iPad Mini is a beast, because it has the same specs as the new iPad Air. It now has a 2048 x 1536 7.9″ screen, 64-bit A7 CPU, M7 motion processor and MIMO Wi-Fi antennas.

The new iPad Air weighs 28% less and is 20% thinner than the current-gen 9.7-inch tablet. It’s also got the new 64-bit A7 CPU, M7 motion processor, improved cameras, MIMO Wi-Fi antennas, and still offers 10-hour battery life.