Reviews for Apple iPad Dock

Just got my Ipad2 and the dock is a real necessity. Small, sleek and hopefully does the job.

I would give it no stars if I had the option. 90% of the time when I dock my iPad2 into the docking station it does not charge. The sync functions work fine, but I have to plug it into a direct connection to a wall plug to charge it. Apple needs to look at their accesories a little better.

This is a great product. Can I please get one for my iPhone 5 and forthcoming iPad (4th generation) and iPad mini?

Don't listen to the low raters.

This product is just great. The ipad fits in pretty straight and firm. It's very solid and useful.

There's NO real risk for the ipad of falling or something. Plugging it is very easy. I Love it and use it while I write for my blog with a Bluetooth keyboard.

Really recommended.

Once you get your iPad onto the dock, it works fine. The base of the dock is weighted so that your iPad does not fall over easily. With a charger connected, it charges your iPad. With an audio cable, you can play music and podcasts to your radio or other powered speaker. Both nice features.

The problem is that getting your iPad to fit onto the dock is problematic. You have to line it up just right to work. Otherwise it slides off the dock all too easily. What this means in practice is that you can't just plop your iPad on the dock in a casual, one-handed manner and expect it to work. You have hold the iPad with two hands, take the time to line it up with the dock adapter, then insert it slowly. Not good if you are the impatient type - like me!

The Smart Case interferes and doesn't allow iPad to plug into this Dock connector. Shouldn't have to pull the iPad out of the case just to use this - sort of defeats the purpose of a case, doesn't it Apple?

We love this dock, so much we just bought another one. My husband hooks it up to his speakers out in the shop & just streams all day while he's creating. The one we just bought is going to be hooked up to the Bose so we can stream away in the house! The only reason I'm not giving this 5 stars is that you do have to jiggle it sometimes to get it to connect just right. Don't let the negative reviews bother you. You just have to be smarter than the device. Can't fix "stupid"

I purchased this dock to work with my new iPad and because other reviews indicated it would charge an iPhone4. Here's the straight answer: If you have an Apple cover on your iPad you must either open it or remove it to charge the iPad in the dock. If you have a skin cover on your iPhone4 it simply will not seat on the connector and hence will not charge. There is no way around these issues.

To their great credit, returning the dock to Apple is straight forward. And they even pay for the shipping and credit you for the original shipping costs.

It's the best way to sync and charge your iPad. It's robust, reliable, and the rubber base makes it very secure.
I use it all the time, is easy to plug with ONE HAND.
Congratulations Apple another awesome product