Laser etching and engraving for the Apple iPad at Adafruit Industries

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Adafruit Industries is pleased to announce we will be laser etching and engraving the Apple iPad once the units start shipping. The backing of the devices are etchable, just like the Macbooks, Kindles and other devices we etch here. We’ll also be etching the outside leather cases. We’ll post up photos once we crank out the first dozen or so :)

Filed under: announce — by adafruit, posted January 27, 2010 at 6:22 pm

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4 Comments

  1. Is the back white or black? If white as pictured, I thought you couldn’t engrave them without the plastic yellowing. Is there a trick to making it work?

    Comment by Michael Reilly — January 29, 2010 @ 2:04 am

  2. Would be cool to etch a notepad design on the back, lines and binder holes etc. Well someone might like it :-)

    Comment by Paul — January 29, 2010 @ 4:01 am

  3. The backs are aluminum.

    Comment by David — January 29, 2010 @ 6:10 am

  4. I am wondering what Apple’s replacement policy will be considering laser etched backs.

    Could it void the replacement policy?

    Comment by DW — April 27, 2010 @ 2:35 am

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