Pocket Notebook Stand

CNET editors' review

• CNET editors' rating: 3.0 stars Good
  Detailed editors' rating
  Design : 7.0
  Features : 6.0
  Performance : 0.0
  Overall score: 6.5 (3.0 stars)

• Reviewed by:
  Michelle Thatcher
• Reviewed on: 10/15/2007

Unlike other laptop stands, the Pocket Notebook Stand is designed for use away from your desk. The 3.8-ounce piece of plastic doesn't take up much room in your laptop bag, yet the simple device provides just the lift you need to make computing away from home--be it at the café, the library, or on an airplane--a bit more comfortable.

In its compressed form, the Pocket Notebook Stand is a single brick that measures 4 inches wide, 2.5 inches deep, and 1.3 inches at its thickest point--a little bigger than a travel mouse. Pulling on either end of the stand reveals that it's actually three separate pieces connected by telescoping rods. The extended stand measures 9.3 inches wide and provides a solid base for any laptop up to 15.4 inches in size.

Propping the back edge of your laptop on top of the Pocket Notebook Stand lifts your display a touch higher and holds your keyboard at a 27-degree angle for more comfortable typing. At first glance that angle seems too high, but as soon as we started typing we realized it was far more comfortable than typing on a laptop keyboard that's flat on a table. Lifting the laptop also allows air to circulate beneath the system and may provide some cooling effects.

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