The Wallet from Happy Owl Studio's

Have you contacted them and asked? Their web site still refers to the Wallet as "pre-order" and taking "deposits" which implies that they haven't started shipping yet. They said "mid-late June" so I guess one can't say that they're behind. I'd suggest you contact them directly and ask for an update.

Regards.

Doesn't give one a warm fuzzy feeling, does it? My guess is that they're either are having delays getting the cases manufactured or, perhaps more likely, are having to wait until they have a sufficient number of orders in hand before they can do a production run. If you can't get an answer from them, you'll probably want to consider canceling your order, filing if necessary a dispute on the charge if it's hit your credit card, and looking for another case.

Regards.

I haven't ordered one but I'm interested. They have a new update on their site that includes real, non-rendered photos; http://www.happyowlstudio.com/news.html

They are one of the case manufacturers that are using magnets in their cases unfortunately and magnets in cases are known to interfere with the operation of the digital compass in the 3G iPad so I'm keeping that in mind as I make my decision.

Concreteman

We are very sorry for our lack of updates lately; there were quite a few things in the air that we had to nail down before we could respond to many questions lately - namely shipping and whether we'll be using genuine leather. We just put out a big update asking as many questions as we could - you can check it out here - http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=7bbaa557eeb68ad819d9223c6&id=c53290a786&e=39 b11b0bb2

Thanks so much for your interest and for being one of our early adopters - you're getting a $25 discount on the final cost of the case, so congrats!

Cliff - we rethought the magnet thing, weighing how often people would want to use their ipad's compasses vs how much convenience the magnets add to the use of the case - ultimately we decided that we really can't judge how much interference the magnets might cause and that they're not worth the potential damage they could do, so they've been scrapped!

Thanks guys and think happy.

Devon Read
CEO/Co-Founder
Happy Owl Studio
devon@happyowlstudio.com

Devon, CEO Happy Owl Studio wrote:

Cliff - we rethought the magnet thing, weighing how often people would want to use their ipad's compasses vs how much convenience the magnets add to the use of the case - ultimately we decided that we really can't judge how much interference the magnets might cause and that they're not worth the potential damage they could do, so they've been scrapped!

Devon, thank you so much for getting back to me. I can't say I've seen a better case, and I really have looked at a lot of them, so I'm very happy to hear this news.

Can you tell me what you're using in their place, a clasp or some velcro? I think I see a purse-like clasp in some of the pictures (which I also have to thank you for posting!) and that seems like a good choice.

I received an update roughly a week ago, stating additional turnaround time and (finally) posting images of the REAL units. The units are now leather and with the exception of the wallet lite, look a bit different that the original concept units displayed on their site. Turnaround time was noted to be 2-4 weeks manufacturing time and a total of 3-6 weeks before delivery.

Changes in both unit and turnaround time resulted in my cancellation of the original order. Not to complain too much, but it should have been much farther along in conception before even being displayed to the public as a pre-order item. What I originally saw was not what I found I was going to receive. The continued lack of information was (as you've noticed) annoying.

Very, very disappointed.