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# Sticky Tablet Surfaces
The PadTab Lets You Mount Your iPad Anywhere in Your Home

By Michael Hines | Published 2010-09-07 | Art & Design
Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-padtab
References: [technabob](http://technabob.com/blog/2010/09/04/padtab-ipad-wall-mount/) & [thepadtab](http://www.thepadtab.com/)

If you love your [iPad](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/elago-magnetic-stand-for-ipad) as much as you claim to, then you'll pick up the PadTab. The PadTab is a [mount for your iPad](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/displace-hub) that lets you put it up anywhere in your house.

The PadTab can stick to almost any wall or surface in your home, making it an invaluable item for those who just can't seem to live without their iPad. Now the truly ritzy can have an iPad mounted in every single room of their home, thanks to the PadTab.

## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter)

- Score: 1.5/10
- Popularity: 30% | Activity: 7% | Freshness: 8%
- Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women
- Primary generations: Millennial
- Top markets: North America

## Categories

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## Key Themes

### What's Driving This Trend

- **Universal Mounting Solutions:** Developing innovative universal mounting solutions that can mount any electric device anywhere in the home, not just the iPad, can offer an opportunity for disruptive innovation.
- **Smart-home Integration:** Incorporating the PadTab onto a smart-home system and integrating it with other devices and applications in the house, can offer opportunities for disruptive innovation.
- **Hands-free Devices:** Creating devices similar to the PadTab that enable hands-free use of electric devices, especially during cooking, can lead to disruptive innovation.

### Who This Affects Most

- **Consumer Electronics:** Consumer electronics companies can create new mounts for their own devices or develop universal mounts for various gadgets.
- **Interior Design:** Interior designers can use mounting solutions like the PadTab to create unique and interactive home environments for their clients.
- **Smart Home:** Smart-home companies can capitalize on integrating devices like the PadTab, create new smart-home devices, or develop their own mounting solutions.

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