Reviews for Apple iPad Dock

This dock restricts the use of iPad a lot:
1. The (all) volume control buttons gets disabled when using the audio out socket on this dock. You have to use the headset socket on ipad to control voice.
2. This dock would only support Portrait mode!
3. You can not use any protective covers to use this dock.

It's fine to use for demo purposes like Apple uses in it's stores; for me it slowly became useless over period of time after initial excitement of purchasing it.

I would not recommend it for common use.

I immediately purchased one of these the night I bought my IPad3. I thought the idea was great. Tried to use it for a week and returned it last night.

Even the people at the Apple store could not believe how poorly it works, particularly the sound control with the speaker jack. They tested it on the spot with speakers. Sure enough, they saw what I was talking about.

1) The angle it holds your IPad at is not good, not good at all.

2) If you use a cover for your IPad, (who doesn't), plan on removing it every single time you want to dock it. A royal pain.

3) If you plug in speakers, you loose ALL control of the volumn. The hard switch is disabled, the electronic control is blacked out, even the control on Pandora is useless. The dock-speaker jack appropriates your entire sound control to a very high volumn and you can't do a thing about it.

Once when the phone rang, I could not turn the volumn down, Then again when there was a knock at the door, I could not immediately adjust the volumn. This is useless.

They were GREAT at the Apple store. Gave me my refund and I bought an extension cord instead for my IPad. I still love all things Apple and the customer service is stil great.

It does what it's supposed to, charges your ipad and even allows you to jack in external speakers.

it is solid built, and bigger than the older one.

Problem:

it does not come off easily. which is annoying. cus you have to hold your ipad with one hand, and use your other on the dock, and wiggle ur ipad free.

it doesn't fit if u have the smart cover on.

i was told that it is spongy - doesnt scratch the ipad where the ipad sits.. no.. it isn't

If you do not use your iPad as a "frame" for digital pictures, you will likely not use this dock. I bought one for my wife with her iPad - but most folks who own an iPad usually buy a protective cover - this dock is NOT compatible with any cover. And if you have a cover, you will likely charge the iPad with a straight power cord. I would recommend not getting this accessory unless you want to use your iPad solely at home and on your night stand or desk. But it's (iPad) mobility is one of it's strong points - hence a protective cover - hence no need for the Dock.
Again, mine works fine and has a tight fit - no problem there. Just not that practical for the majority of iPad owners in my opinion.

It is a hassle to take out the iPad from its case just to put it on the dock.

Before you buy this consider whether you are going to be putting your iDevice in a case. While the Apple cases are great they don't work well with the dock. Taking the case on and off to use the dock just isn't practical in daily use. I'd recommend skipping this purchase.

I bought this thinking i could have my videos play on my flat screen tv. I used the VGA cable connection and it said my device(TV) was not compatible to show the video from the Ipad. I tried movies from iTunes and video that was on my iPad(home video) no luck.

I also had a case and had to modify the case so i could dock the iPad.

Anyone have the same problem with compatibility? Should i get the component cables instead?

As a stand alone unit this dock does the bare minimum. It allows you to connect your Ipad to your computer. It does not do a lot of what is should. It does not charge your ipad (unless it is in sleep mode, very slowly) or unless you pull the USB cable from your computer and connect it to the 10w connector, which completely defeats its conveniance purpose.

What I don't understand is how Apple's engineers who design these things would, after creating this dock design a case that aside from being impossible to get off the Ipad has no hope of allowing you to connect it to the dock.

The only thing the designers seemed to get right with this was that they remembered to make it white and pretty. I have two chioces now, return my case for a sleeve or return my dock for a paperweigt.

Although the dock works perfectly well, I find that I don't use it due to the fact that I must remove my iPad from the iPad cover in order to dock the device. If you have the Apple iPad cover, you know how snugly the iPad fits within the cover. I find that it just isn't worth the time to remove the iPad from the cover in order to dock the device for recharging. I may use it when "presenting" a slideshow, or if I chose to purchase the bluetooth keyboard, but otherwise, it has been a waste of money.

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