Hack Puts Smart Cover on Old, Fat iPads

Smart Cover on iPad 1 - It's all done with magnets. One of the coolest features of the iPad 2 is Apple's Smart Cover, that giant fridge-magnet which snaps instantly into place on the front of the iPad and works as both screen protector and stand. Sadly the symbiotic nature of the iPad 2 and the Smart Cover means that it won't work on the original iPad. Or will it? The solution is to add your own magnets to that ugly old iPad you can barely stand to look at any more. Over at the The Russians Used a Pencil blog, Dan Provost did just that, and even shot a video of the results.