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Desktop stands for iPads and other tablets there are a-plenty, but wall-mounting systems are rare. Vogel's, a Dutch specialist in such kit, is one of only two I've tried. Vogel's RingO tablet wall-mount kit Attach your tablet to the wall RingO, as it's called, is the pricier of the two, but not by so very much. The £80 …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    Ripoff design?

    Hang on, I'm sure I've seen other devices using screws to fix things to walls!

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  2. simmondp
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    Accident Hazard

    In an accident, that rather protruding bit of plastic /metal looks nicely placed to punch a nice hole in your forehead?

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  3. Thomas 18
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    I recommend using nails

    Just hammer the little guys through the front of the display and into the surface behind.

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  4. johnnymotel
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    "itunes...crappy...software"

    total cost to mount...£280.

    They must be joking, guess it's only aimed at the rich kids.

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  5. Graham Dawson Silver badge

    One of my odd little fantasies

    Having wall-mounted docking stations for a tablet computer so I can drop it somewhere and use it to control or play back a upnp audio system. It just feels so star trek somehow.

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  6. Anonymous Coward
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    How easy is it...

    ...to remove the iPad from the holder?

    Is it clamped in secrurely?

    Is it removed by distorting the holder or is there a more positive engagement?

    Interesting, but need more info.

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  7. Ian Michael Gumby
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    Why stick it on the wall?

    So you can keep your hands free to do something else.

    Using your imagination, think about if you're in the kitchen and are following a recipe you found online. On the wall you don't lose counter top space.

    Or if you want to use it to talk to someone over Skype or facetime....

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    1. Eponymous Cowherd
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      If I find a recipe online....

      I tend to print it out.

      Paper has several advantages over a wall-mounted iPad.

      I can move it around the kitchen.

      I don't cry if it gets covered in my latest culinary disaster.

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      1. Ian Michael Gumby
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        @Eponymous Cowherd

        Tree Killer!

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    2. Khaptain Silver badge
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      Why Hang it on the wall

      It could be used to display the image of dartboard or Samantha Fox, then with some Magical iDarts you have a game that your friends can play after the pub on Friday nights. ( After 8 pints of the best)

      Mines the one with "I'm getting the f*** outa here".

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  8. Eponymous Cowherd
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    So.....

    Overpriced, pointless (***"Of course, the real question is whether you want to stick your tablet on the wall in the first place"***) and awkward to use (***"the system seems better geared to holding a gadget permanently"***), yet still worth 85% and a "recommended" badge?

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    1. Tony Smith, Editor, Reg Hardware (Written by Reg staff)
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      Re: So.....

      What d'you think? Because if you *do* want to stick your tablet to the wall, it's a good system

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      1. Eponymous Cowherd
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        Hmmm....

        I could probably come up with a good system for bolting my cat to a wall. He wouldn't like it much, and there wouldn't be much point in it, but, hell, if anyone did want to bolt their cat to a wall, it would be an excellent and extremely well engineered system.

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        1. Anonymous Coward
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          ...and you could call it iCatBolt

          Thank-you.

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  9. Blubster
    Meh

    Vogel's RingO iPad mounting system

    At that kind of price I can think of another ring they can stick it up. Cheaper to buy a six inch (150mm) nail and hammer the iPad to the wall.

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  10. Adam T

    Vacuum Cleaner part

    Reckon I can make that car mount with my old Henry "foot" nozzle thing (is there a proper term for the hoovering up bit?).

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    1. Turtle_Fan
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      Pedantry at its best....

      Well, there's a floor tool, a brush tool and the long slim bit called the crevice tool.

      Take your pick

      /pedantry

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  11. ZiggyZiggy
    WTF?

    holy crap!

    is that really the price?! seriously!??! wtf!??!??!

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  12. iffer
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    deathtrap?

    humm putting a solidly mounted metal tube facing right into where you slam forward (from the back seats) in an accident would seem a bad idea. I guess it depends on how much you like the people you car pool with...

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  13. John Latham

    How long...

    ...is a piece of string?

    I hang a conventional folio case (about £20 or so) from a piece of string strung between front seat headrests.

    Works a treat. Also, the string is white which any fule know is the most expensive iColour.

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