How To Use The New Smart Covers With The Original iPad

While the iPad Smart Covers may not be the best protectors of the iPad, they are pretty neat and make for an easily attachable stand. If you have an iPad 1 and want to use a new Smart Cover, here’s a quick hack that’ll let you do just that.

While the concept of adding a few magnets to your iPad 1 isn’t revolutionary, the trick is in finding the right placement and getting the right kind. You need rare earth magnets, and the folks over at the design blog Russians Used a Pencil (the story behind that name is interesting) found that neodymium block magnets in the size of 3/8″ x 3/16″ x 1/32″ worked the best. All you have to do is glue them on to your iPad 1 where the Smart Cover wants to attach and you’re all set. If you ever change your mind, you can just chip them off pretty easily with a screwdriver.

Although I can’t say I have much interest in the new Smart Covers, especially with the cost of the things, this hack definitely makes me want to. If you’re really into the smart covers and want one on your iPad 1, this looks like a great way to make that him.

Smart Cover for iPad 1 [The Russians Used a Pencil via Unplggd]


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