Apple’s official iPad 2 smart covers have finally arrived in stock today, and very lovely they all look too!
Like most Apple products, the iPad 2 Smart Cover is both a technological marvel and brilliant in its simplicity. The Smart Cover boasts two main innovations: its integrated magnet technology, which lets the iPad detect when the cover has been closed and switch itself automatically into Sleep Mode; and its flexible but sturdy folds, which let you fold the case itself up so that it transforms into a handy stand. That means you don’t have to buy a separate iPad 2 stand if you don’t want to; you can simply prop it up using the Smart Cover and comfortably watch videos, play games and surf the internet.
The Smart Cover comes in a range of colours (blue, red, grey, black, white, navy, pink, orange, tan, green) and is available in either smooth polyurethane or as a stylish leather iPad 2 case.
One potential down-side to the Smart Cover (gorgeous though it is) is that it can only protect one side of the iPad at once. If you’re worried about that and want to grab some extra protection for whilst you’re out and about, an iPad 2 screen protector can be used to keep the display itself clear and unscratched, or alternatively there are some types of iPad 2 cover which have a Smart Cover compatible back – meaning you can use the covers in conjunction with each other.