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One of the most innovative products I saw at Summer NAMM 2014 was the iOxmount and iOxboom combination from Latch Lake in partnership with iOmounts. Touted as a universal tablet and smartphone stand, "a flexible and secure way to magnetically attach your phone or tablet to a microphone stand," I was intrigued by its ingeniously simple mounting mechanism, comprised of a stainless steel ball (iOball), strong neodymium magnet (iOcore) and steel stickers (iOadapts x2) that attach to your device via double-sided sticker (supplied). Since the iOadapt is NOT coming off (at least not easily) once it is in place, attaching it to a rigid case is strongly recommended. The iOxboom includes all the above and an 18" Xtra Boom, which clamps onto most any microphone or lighting stand or pipe with a diameter of 5/8-inch to 1 3/16-inch. The combination of the steel ball and adjoining magnet means that this ball-and-socket device can rotate and swivel through an arc nearly 360° in any plane, minus the actual restrictions of the 9/16th-inch diameter of the mic stand.