Reviews for Apple iPad Dock

I thought this would make life easy to charge my ipad, but apparently apple put's no thought into half their accessories. I am guessing everyone in the world has a case, the apple case is awesome, which I have, but there is no way to actually use the dock with the case on the ipad and the ipad is very difficult to get in and out of the case. Apparently all the smart people worked on the ipad and none on accessories or you would think that would consider this when they make this stuff!

Unforgiveable that this doesn't work with the case. Especially as its not easy to take the iPad out of the case to dock it. I can't believe Apple would produce something so useless - don't buy one.

once you have the ipad cover on you can't dock the ipad,not enough space in the back.
bad design

It is well made, and does what you need it to do: hold your iPad upright while charging or syncing. It is in the exact same vein as the iPod docks that we have all seen come and go. They are lightweight but solid and make your i-doohicky look nice standing upright alongside your computer.

I don't know why people are are complaining that you can use it as a stand and you can't use it with a case. The point of this product is to sync and charge your iPad not for a stand. If you want a stand get the iPad Keyboard Dock and take off the case, chances are you will not need a protective case when you plant it on a sturdy dock. I have enjoyed the iPad dock considering I do not use a case. It does what it is supposed to. I am sorry but i LOVE my dock so... If you want something that works as intended get this.

In addition to the subject line, undocking can be an inconvenience depending where I've positioned it (I would have to use my tip of one figure to hold down the dock while lifting the iPad with the other). Limited to portrait mode only too.

Technically, it does what it's supposed to do: hold the iPad in 'portrait' position; provide a dock connector for various compatible cables; provide and audio out port.

And if that's all you want and you don't use a case, you're set.

From a practical standpoint, that doesn't really work for about 90% of the iPad users. If you spend over $500 on an iPad and plan to carry it beyond the living room, you're going to put it into a case.

Even if you ONLY use it in your living room, you're still going to want a case to make it stand, unassisted, in either a portrait or landscape position.

And that's where the Dock becomes useless. Most cases aren't going to allow the Dock to be used without being removed: they are too thick at the contact point with the dock or don't provide a panel on the back that opens. If you have to remove your case to use the Dock, odds are you won't use the dock.

So, my Dock sits unused on my fireplace.

*sigh*

I don't understand why people are moaning that you can't sit the iPad on it's dock with the case attached because it's design is intended for syncing and charging your iPad and people also moan about the the fact the iPad wobbles when docked on the dock as said previously it's intention is to simply sync and charge the iPad and I have used it on the dock and mine hardly wobbles at all overall great product

It does what it does, so it's functional, but it could stand some improvements. Unlike the iPod charger base, there's no convenient spot on the front of it to hold it down while you lift the iPad out, which makes undocking a rather awkward affair. Besides, gripping the iPad with only one hand to undock isn't very safe since the iPad is slippery. Better to make a dock that is either heavier or able to be affixed to a desktop surface (suction cup bottom, perhaps?) so that you can hold the iPad securely with both hands while undocking it. Finally, this little piece of ABS plastic probably cost Apple less than $1 to manufacture. Apple includes a little dock with an iPod or iPhone, and it's just stingy of Apple not to include one with a $500-$800 product.