June 3rd, 2010 at 12:59 PM EST | by inu846W
If you’re going on a car trip and want to bring your new iPad along for the kids as you ride, you might want to consider putting together a super simple presentation system that fits easily onto any existing seat back or can be slung between the two front seats.
Behold the iBag, which TUAW discussed briefly back in a March post about cheap accessories. A few enhancements will transform your iBag into the perfect iPad presentation system; it’s a veritable iPad car kit!
Here are a few points to keep in mind when creating and using your iBag car kit:
- Duct tape will ensure the integrity of the holes that you punch into the zip bag. You can add those holes with a simple, paper-style hole puncher, by the way.
- Next to duct tape, Velcro is man’s best friend. Use Velcro cable wraps (complete with hooks and eyes) to connect your bag to the headrest or to a between-the-seats hanger.
- Make sure the close tab is up when the bag is closed. This lets you unzip just enough to connect your car sound system to your iPad’s audio jack without losing the extra side support from the bag. (I personally use a jack-to-cassette player adapter.)
- Yes, you can touch the iPad screen through the bag. It’s the magic of capacitive interfaces in action! (And yes, it’s not as great as touching the screen directly.)
- Make sure you rent your movies before you leave home because, as a rule, hotel and motel Wi-Fi service kind of stinks. It took us nearly three hours to rent Pokemon 2000. (That’s not an endorsement of the movie … seriously.)
Read more: TUAW.com
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