MacWorld gives our Messenger 4 out of 5 mice and says “I dig it”

Fri, Apr 30 2010

MacWorld gives our Messenger 4 out of 5 mice and says “I dig it”...

Tags: netbook bag, iPad bag, messenger bag

Reprinted from April 2010 MacWorld

Skooba Design Netbook/iPad Messenger

By David Chartier

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Skooba Design's $50 Netbook/iPad Messenger looks and feels like a “regular”-sized messenger bag shrunk in the wash, but not in a bad way. It packages the traditional, horizontal messenger design in a smaller and lighter form factor for the iPad (and netbook) lifestyle. I dig it.

Because of its smaller size, and unlike many full-size messenger bags, the Messenger feels like a bag that's designed for your iPad or netbook, and that smaller size has benefits for many of the dead-tree documents you bring along, as well—magazines and books don’t feel like they’re drowning in any of the pockets in this bag.

Speaking of pockets, there are plenty of them. The Messenger weighs only about a pound and a half, but it has a generous front accessory pocket with slots for a phone, digital camera, pens, cables, and plenty of other trinkets; a document pouch behind that can hold a few magazines; and the main compartment behind that contains a vertical iPad/netbook pouch, a mesh pocket for other gadgets or a power supply, and ample depth for books and magazines. For even more document transportation, yet another pouch is on the back.

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