[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Accessories] flarbear:
I have the Verizon tab and the options that are compatible with this version of the tab are few and far between. Verizon only offers the 2 Belkin folios, which are thicker than I want, this case and keyboard case much like the Zaggfolio that is listed on the web site as out of stock and nowhere to be found. Since the Verizon keyboard case isn't out yet (and doesn't look as well thought out as the Zagg version), I went with their version of this case. It, too, suffers from the same "upside down" problems that are reported here. As far as I can tell it's the exact same product, just repackaged in a Verizon box.

I'd go with the Vipertek case mentioned earlier, but the Amazon links clearly state that it is not compatible with the buttons on the Verizon tab. Can anyone confirm that the incompatibility is more than trivial? The side tabs on that case look like they might sit on top of one of the volume rockers on the Vzw Tab.

I'd also go with the Zagg, but it has even more severe compatibility issues (no access to either the power or volume keys when in the case). The Vzw version of the keyboard case isn't much better as the keyboard does not look removeable and the stand is managed with a flap on the back rather than the clever Zagg hinge design. As a result, it doesn't look easy to hold the tab open like a book like you can with the Book Folio case. At least with the Zagg you can remove the keyboard. It might then be a little bulkier than the Book Folio when held like a book, but with no flap it might be cleaner to hold the Zagg in that position.

I would consider the Vipertek in a second if I understood the Verizon Tab compatibility issues...

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I'll note that this is a Book Case, not a Stand Case. As such, it would have been nice if they'd included more features to hold it like a book. To state my bias up front - I bought the case for protection and to provide some extra support for gripping it one handed like a book without pressing too hard on the delicate back. I have no real plans to use the stand features on it. As a result my highest concern amongst these issues is the useability of the camera. (Though I'd enjoy a clever mechanism that I could slip a finger or two through to hold it up easier when opened like a book - kind of like the famous "black choral music folders" - as long as it didn't add any weight or bulk...)

Having said that - to respond to some of these "stand-related issues":

The vertical mode in this case is a bit too vertical for my tastes anyway. I'd gladly give up orientation in that mode to have the camera be reasonably accessible. Also, an app that doesn't rotate fully will only be compatible with one of the 2 stand options for this case. If you accept that they will stay incompatible then it's not a question of "they won't work", but "which of the 2 stand options they will work in" so it is more of a "6 of one, half dozen of the other" kind of a situation. If this case offered more than one vertical angle (or if the one vertical angle they offered was not so extreme) then that consideration might carry more weight (IMHO).

Right now the camera hole on this case is just a cruel joke. They make the camera virtually unusable with the case on, and yet they go out of their way to leave the camera exposed so it can attract dirt and mess up the lens for when you eventually remove the tab from the case to take a picture. Consider that if they reversed the design then the camera would be useable when the case is open *plus* when you closed the flap it would fold over the camera hole and protect it while in your bag/carrying/lying on the kitchen counter.

Charging is another issue. Right now they offer no hole in the case for charging when it is closed. In this design you just have to open the flap, but if it were reversed then they'd need to offer a charging hole or have you open the case up fully. It would be nice if they offered a hole for the 30-pin connector on the hinge if they reversed it. If they want to provide protection they could always have an internal thin flap that would cover the hole unless you tucked it out of the way (you'd have to open it, tuck the flap, close it, then hook it to the charger or just choose to leave it that way, but you'd have the choice and could charge it completely closed for protection). Anyone want to design a thin sliding access door? ;)

Hopefully the apps that don't run well in all 4 orientations will get fixed before too long so that both stand positions are equally useable...