iPad in bed: Help

I'm surprised you haven't received more comments about the whole falling asleep and letting the iPad fall onto the floor thing. That might work fine for a cheap, all-plastic little Kindle, but an iPad is very different. Your iPad is basically one big piece of glass. You absolutely should not treat it the same way you've been treating your Kindle! If it falls on the floor over and over, it's only a matter of time before it takes a bad fall and breaks, and that's assuming you've got heavy carpet on the floor. If the floor is hard, one fall is probably all it will take to shatter the screen. Further, if it doesn't fall, you may easily roll on it or something and snap the glass.

If you absolutely must continue with this behavior, stick with the Kindle for bedtime reading, and use your iPad for other things.

Hmm, looks like I did the same thing. Darn it, I hate it when people reply to long-dormant threads like this and fool me into responding! And looking at the dates of some of the responses, it looks like they pulled an old post out of the archives just to promote a product. Grrr! 😠

Hi- I invented a floor stand for just this purpose after I injured my neck. It's beautifully made, completely adjustable without annoying knobs, and works with iPads, most tablets, and eReaders. I'm launching it a Kickstarter, but the easy URL is www.FloteYourTablet.com

When I had to stay in bed for long periods of time, I used a Wizard iPad stand. It's about $75 IIRC and is completely hands free and raises your iPad up kind of like a TV tray, but at any height or angle. It was a life saver because I could still work while I was waiting for my knee to heal. This and a good VNC app and practically like sitting at the computer.

Now that I'm on my feet again I got a new device that converts between a hand strap and a sturdy stand. It's my new favorite for bed and it's just $25. I got it for the hand strap, but was really surprised and impressed with the stand. Anyway, I'll resist raving on about it and let you read a review instead.

http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/review/lapworks_ipad_handler_does_double_duty/

Seeing how I use my iPad in bed more than anywhere else, this is a must have accessory. I wish Apple would come out with an iBed stand or bed manufacturers would start building in iPad functionality! But until then, I think we'll all find some DIY optoin or a quirky accesory. The stand looks like the solution for me:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005Y85EXQ

I signed up for what I thought was an ingenius product: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/csblevins/tablift-the-missing-companion-to-t he-ipad. If you think so too - let's make it a reality - my wife already dropped the iPad twice and I don't want to test my Griffen protector anymore than that..

http://tstand.com/blog/tstand-ipad-stand-for-bed

Hands down, best ever... and new ipad holder for bed... I have owned MANY and they are always too big, or too cheap, or not adaptable to difgferent uses....

Check it out!

Leigh ~ Click on the image:

I use a triangle shaped pillow for my iPad. It's also great for book reading. Even my boy ejoys reading without holding the book with his little hands.

Check out FLOTE for iPad. It holds any tablet with or without a case.