BMW and Mercedes-Benz to Add Mounts for iPad
Mercedes-Benz is one of two German companies building docking stations for the Apple iPad.
DVD monitors are just so passé. Mercedes-Benz and BMW have just announced devices — cradles, so to speak — that will house Apple iPads, allow them to swivel and even charge them via a dock connector.
BMW showed off its version at the Paris auto show, installed in the new 2011 X3 S.U.V., due this year, although the iPad mount is likely to be made available for other models next year. The mount, which rotates to show off the iPad’s portrait and landscape modes, is called — here goes — the iPad Out.
While the BMW version attaches to the headrest spindles and hangs over the seat itself, the Mercedes-Benz version of the iPad accessory actually fits around the headrest, and that appears to make the angle of view and finger-touch accessibility a bit high. There was no price announced on either device yet.
A number of companies have said they will offer accessories for the iPad and its sibling devices. In August, we reported on an “iBusiness” Mercedes arrayed with a Mac Mini computer and a other Apple electronic goodies. Call it iExcess.
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