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Recently, I was sent a case for Apple's iPad from Waterfield Designs to test out on my iPad. Waterfield Designs is a company based out of San Francisco that designs and manufactures (yes you read that right, they make them right where they design them in San Francisco) a variety of bags and covers for all sorts of electronic devices as well as bags and wallets. For the iPad they sell four or five styles, from the Ultimate Sleeve Case that runs in the area of $55.00 USD to the Personal Muzetto that sells for $179.00 USD. This particular case was the iPad Slip Case, available (as you can see above) in six different colors and sells for $29.95 USD. I never thought about using a slip case for my iPad since I purchased the Apple cover for it, but once I got this out of the package and saw how well built it was, I wanted to give it a shot.

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"The formidable Economist magazine has blessed Steve Jobs with a rare cover story examining the potential impact of the Jesus tablet. Even rarer, the iPad story is mostly positive, even if the religious imagery is over the top."

Yes, it is a little over the top in my opinion. You can read the story here.

"And let the accessorizing begin! Tom Bihn, maker of messenger bags and laptop bags, has already announced two bags that will fit the iPad."

One called the Cache is more like a sleeve, and the other called Ristretto is pictured above. Tom Bihn isn't the only one either, the folks at Magnetism have also jumped into the iPad case field offering a couple choices of their own, but instead of synthetic material they use clothing grade fabric and linings. Not to be outdone Belkin also has a line of iPad covers. I'm sure in the next month or two many more will jump into the fray for accessories for the iPad. But to tell you the truth, the cover that Apple came up with is pretty slick and will be hard to beat. 

"Ever wish your MacBook was a little more, well, bookish? If so, you're in luck! The folks at Twelve South are putting the 'book' in 'MacBook' with the aptly named BookBook case."

At $79.95 USD for the 13-inch MacBook, it is a bit bulky for my tastes. But if you want a novelty cover that is unique, perhaps is what you are looking for. It doesn't really appeal to me, but to each his own. 

"I've never paid much attention to laptop sleeves, but as they get fancier and fancier, they are becoming perhaps the most popular MacBook accessory out there. At least, that's according to one high-end sleeve and case maker from Australia."

These are definitely nice cases/sleeves, and they should be for what they charge, starting at $99.95 USD and going up from there. They have quite the collection on their website, including some phone cases. If I were in the business of meeting clients, etc and wanted to make an impression, I might consider something like this.