Transform your iPad into a boring old netbook

A new gadget has just hit the internet that turns an Apple iPad mobile device into a basic netbook computer. One of the iPad's most exciting features is its multi-touch display, but because it has no keyboard to speak of, all typing has to be done on the touch screen, which can be a bit cumbersome.

This new device is called ClamCase and it will be available for purchase soon. The device is totally wireless, and communicates with the iPad using BlueTooth. Users just slide their iPad sideways into the shell, and watch as the iPad becomes the screen of what looks like a standard netbook computer.

In truth, the ClamCase is no more than a BlueTooth keyboard with an iPad holder built in. While it offers a more tactile typing experience than the iPad's touch screen can provide, it does little to enhance the device.

This is especially true of online gambling with the iPad. In fact, mobile casino games don't make use of a full keyboard, since most mobile devices don't have one. Instead, games available in an iPad casino are played using the touch-screen, so a device like the ClamCase would just get in the way of having fun gambling on the go.