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Step 1: Buy an iPad bag

Step 2: Stare at the empty bag and dream for a few weeks

Step 3: Run to the Apple store in a month or two and enjoy your new toy!

So everyone is pacing around frantically waiting for the day they can sleep outside the Apple store and be the first to get an iPad. Skooba wants to help… at least a little. We can ship you the carrying case now, and you can slip your i-prize into it in a month or two.

We already have three carrying solutions for the upcoming MacTablets: The Netbook/iPad Messenger, Neo Sleeve, and RAPS “portable padding.” And all are available now.

The Netbook/iPad Messenger is a slim, lightweight but full featured courier-style shoulder bag with loads of useful pockets and cool features. It has a dedicated, padded sleeve that’s perfectly sized for the iPad, with or without Apple’s optional leather folio cover. The sleeve also fits all popular netbooks, for those who prefer computers that fold. Available in 4 color combos at $49.95 suggested retail.

The Neo Sleeve is a stretchy, neoprene (wetsuit material) skin that hugs and protects the precious panel of magical glass that will soon be yours. Keeps your iPad safe from the daily bump-and-grind, as well as the elements. Carry the Neo Sleeve in any bag you like, with confidence. And it’s “checkpoint-friendly,” so you can send your ‘Pad or netbook through airport screening without taking out of the case—faster and much safer than throwing the tablet in a gray plastic bin. 4 color combinations, $19.95 suggested retail.

Skooba RAPS take a different, much simpler (and very economical) approach. These padded squares wrap around your iPad and self-fasten. The medium size wrap is perfectly sized to “origami” itself around the tablet, creating a nearly weightless, bulk-free envelope to protect your iPad in a school bag or briefcase. Other sizes available too, so you can wrap and protect just about anything. The medium wrap is a positively painless $14.95 suggested retail.