Can the built-in stand prop up a regular sized ipad in portrait mode?
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No. Not on mine anyway. They might be referring to the little legs that pop out to angle the keyboard for easier typing.
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There are 2 locking levers on the back that allow the arms to slide together and apart, and as the other replies have said, the grippy "fingers" of the bracket are intended to be in contact with the long edges of the tablet, horizontally. Once secured in this manner, you can rotate the tablet to portrait mode, by loosening the thumbscrew and rotating the ball joint 90 degrees. I have a ipad mini, and I had to keep one of my covers on the tablet, then clamp the bracket to the edges of the cover, to insure a snug grip in the portrait orientation.
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Hi Mitch. I own and really love this stand. I'm a musician and Hercules is an iconic name in the music instrument world. To answer you question, yes, you can rotate the holder to suit your view all day long. I do it myself. I also liked that in one stand I can go from tripod to mic stand very easily. My only gripe (and I was going to leave this in my review) is that there is a small "U" shaped rubber piece to protect the exposed edge when in landscape mode and it absolutely needs to be improved upon. I get that it can't be too long on one side, or it will cover the screen, but being U shaped it doesn't come up the back very far and because the back is tapered the thing falls off all the time if you pick it up/walk around with it. It also falls off if you slide the thing around. What they needed to do was make a "J" shaped rubber piece that would go up high on the back end. This would have solved all these issues. Other than that I totally love it. I am not using an iPad Air, so I can't answer that, but I can say there is no way to adjust the depth, so it may be a little loose. You'd have to try for yourself or find someone else on that one. Hope that helps. -Jeff
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Not specifically, I mean you can set up the stand and put it up-down, though then its not at an angle. What I prefer though is the hand hold, there is the elastic hand strap that I end up using all the time to comfortably use it to rest in my hand in the portrait mode.
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Yes, you can rotate from landscape to portrait. the stand has proven to be very stable.
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no unless the cover was very thin. the ipad fits snugly right into this stand.
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i don't think so. The lip on the stand is very slight and probably not enough to hold the weight of an iPad.
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The iPad mine won't rest on the flip up back rest. A full-size iPad would fit pretty well.
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Yes you can kickstand it for a portrait view. Sorry no only one "positon" on the stand. it is a great "protector" and very happy with it. no regrets.
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It depends on which iPad you are using. Mine will work just fine in either landscape or portrait positions. I have a model MD522LL/A.
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The version I have does not come with a stand that can pivot 90 degrees into portrait. So if you buy this one, bear in mind the default configuration is landscape.
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Yes, this is very possible. You will be able to position this is many many configurations. I tested the ability to rotate the iPad face-up, parallel over a work surface and it worked perfectly. The flexible arm is easy to adjust and the iPad holder is very secure. The only downside is that you will likely have to remove your iPad from its case in order to use it in the stand.
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Oriented with the long sides of the iPad horizontal it cannot be made to stand the iPad vertically - it is always leaning away from you as in the product photos. Standing on the short side it can be made completely vertical however.
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Do you mean if it can be placed in stand mode in the portrait position? Not reliably. The two stand modes are for landscape mode
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No. This stand is cheap and flimsy. It wobbles every time you touch the iPad. Don't waste your money. Spend a little more and buy a sturdier one.
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Hi Kelly, The X10F can't be physically displayed in portrait. The stand will only facilitate landscape.
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Yes as it will hold the ipad in portrait of landscap positions. I am at work and can't see it now but I "THINK" it has an opening in teh bottom where the ipad would rest so that even in the portrait position it can be plugged in. When I get home this evening I will look for you and confirm the latter. I use it on my coffee table in landscape mode all the time as my 1st gen iPad has become the defacto remote control in my stereo system. Hope this helped.