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IDESIGN<br />

IPAD 2 BUYERS’ GUIDE<br />

The Masters of Metal<br />

From iPods and iPhones to Macs and iPads, Just Mobile<br />

has evolved its designs from plastic to metal, now rivaling<br />

Apple’s own products in elegance and style.<br />

Founded in 2005 as a Windows Mobile<br />

accessory developer, Taiwan’s Just<br />

Mobile quickly switched gears when<br />

it saw the first iPhone - a choice that<br />

transformed the company and its<br />

products into world-class icons of<br />

accessory design. Take its affordable<br />

plastic Gum Pro USB battery, which<br />

evolved into the more expensive but<br />

slick metal-clad Gum Plus, the battery<br />

pack Apple would have released had it<br />

wanted to sate power-starved iPhone<br />

users. A similar evolution began with<br />

the company’s earliest Apple-specific<br />

product Xtand, an iMac-like stand for<br />

iPhones that began the company’s<br />

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