The iPad is coming out in a few days, and for many customers interested in the product they’ll have to wait a week or two until Apple starts shipping them in volume, but for those early adopters, how are they going to protect their new $500-$850 investment? You could just leave it on your coffee table, but then it collects dust, can fall off the edge, and worst of all it could actually get coffee on it, so why not stick it in your bookshelf?
This concept was made by Peter Mendelsund of JACKET MECHANICAL and it’s incredibly elegant:



Here’s hoping someone runs with this idea and makes it into a full fledged product.