For the fashion forward, the solution can lie in clothing. Jeffrey Jacques, a 40-year-old physician in New York City, owns two zip-up fleeces with iPad-size pockets from Scottevest, a company in Sun Valley, Idaho, that started promoting “iPad-compatible” clothing a few hours after the iPad was unveiled by Steve Jobs in January.

But Mr. Jacques also wants something more formal that could be used for business meetings. In particular, he likes the idea of being able to take a quick business trip and take an iPad instead of a bulkier briefcase for a laptop. In response to demand, Scottevest plans to introduce an iPad-compatible blazer in time for Christmas.

The company may want to contact David Hockney, the famed British artist, who carries his iPad in a custom pocket sewn into his jackets. “The pocket was put there for a sketchbook that size by my tailor,” he wrote in an e-mail. Instead of an old-fashioned sketchbook, he now carries the iPad, using an app for sketching whenever inspiration strikes, which is often.

A selection of Mr. Hockney’s impromptu iPad drawings are on display in Paris at the Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent Foundation through January.