With
small size being important to us, you would think devices would be made so that
cases were unnecessary. Instead, they
come glitzy, slippery and slithery. The
device should itself be easy to grip safely and safe to drop without breaking. A one-hand grip would also be handy.
These devices
lose their functionality when not with you, of course. With
the wrong case you may not carry the device around and lose its benefits
altogether.
Phones
I have
tried all kinds of cases, flip, zip, and so on.
Some flips
may not protect from device sliding out accidentally. Zips take too long to unzip. Flips flip only one way: horizontally or vertically
and make it awkward to read and hold the other way.
You do
need to be able to get at the device in a hurry.
I use a
soft rubbery silicone skin locally for most uses plus a holster for it when
going somewhere with it The holster
can be clipped on a belt or laced through it.
I don’t do either, I pocket it.
The
skin is a rubbery tread type. I don’t
use any screen cover.
I
choose so that the silicone slips in and out of the holster with a little resistance. That means that I need to pick a holster
just a bit larger than for the phone without skin
To accommodate the skin, I picked a larger iPhone
holster case for my iPod Touch.
EReaders/7” Tablets
I never take a 7” eReader or tablet
out of the case. I don’t use a skin at
all.
Which way would you like your case
to open? The latest, the Google Nexus
7, has the home screen in portrait mode only.
eReader/tablet
cases need to provide openings for the specific tablet. I like the book type which simply open like
a book. Preferably these also accommodate
standing at an angle. Sometimes the angle
is adjustable.
There are different a angles, but 30-45
degrees work for me. A back tab
holder works better than an adjustable angle stand which may slip. Which way do you want it to prop up?
A snap closer
is a benefit.
10” Tablets
I do
not carry my iPad around., but I do have a cheap case which props it up. Keyboard cases make it even bulkier.
The Apple triangular holder /covers
work for others Too awkward for me.
Sources:
Cases
found on eBay sometimes lack something not obvious, whereas those on Amazon are
accompanied by comments. If buying a
case, read those comments, especially the 1-3 star comments. Disregard trivial carps.
There
you will find that cases can be very cheap indeed, often just a few dollars and
just as good as the $30-40 cases in the stores. Direct from Hong King or Shenzhen worked for
me.
Amazon fulfillment
is a bit more of a safety than otherwise.
