Velcro the mifi to the back of the iPad when you're carrying it, and "deploy it" when you need it.

It's also reasonably sized and doesn't look like a makeshift solution that someone put together in 30 seconds.

I never claimed that his version wasn't better, but the parent stated that "It takes up less space, and you have to carry around only one object instead of two."

My point was that you didn't necessarily have to carry around 2 things.

YOu also get the better battery life.