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Keyboard with Trackpad for iPad Pro

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Re: Keyboard with Trackpad for iPad Pro

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Nice keyboard that brings iPad Pro closer to Macbook Air. It seems inevitable that Apple will launch an Arm laptop form factor with iOS.

Has Apple blocked keyboard makers from using the Smart Connector on iPad Pro 3? All 3rd-party keyboards for iPP3 are using Bluetooth, which does not have a good security track record. Apple's iPad Pro keyboard does not have backlighting, media keys or good key travel.

For iPad Pro 1 and 2, Logitech made good external keyboards with media keys and backlighting, using the Smart Connector (no Bluetooth).

On iPad (regular) and Air, Apple's keyboard has a magnetic connector at the bottom of the iPad, which has the ability to remotely enable (?!) Bluetooth, even if the user has turned it off. No onscreen prompt is given to the user to let them know that Bluetooth was turned on at the time of keyboard magnetic attachment.

Re: Keyboard with Trackpad for iPad Pro

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> The Brydge Pro+ has been designed to bring a better experience to the iPad Pro. We've created hardware that maximizes the current functionality within iPadOS, and as accessibility features evolve and improve, the user experience will become more intuitive.

Re: Keyboard with Trackpad for iPad Pro

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Nice keyboard that brings iPad Pro closer to Macbook Air. It seems inevitable that Apple will launch an Arm laptop form factor with iOS. Has Apple blocked keyboard makers from using the Smart Connector on iPad Pro 3? All 3rd-party keyboards for iPP3 are using Bluetooth, which does not have a good security track record. Apple's iPad Pro keyboard does not have backlighting, media keys or good key travel. For iPad Pro 1…

> It seems inevitable that Apple will launch an Arm laptop form factor with iOS.

Dropping 32bit already killed all the paid software my wife and I had, so please, Apple, go Arm soon before we buy any more. At least that way anything we buy for our Intel machines will probably be multi-arch and ready for the future.

Re: Keyboard with Trackpad for iPad Pro

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That looks really nice. Kudos to them. These are nice enough that Apple could acquire them.

Too bad it’s still possible to bend the iPad Pro in without much force or pressure. This keyboard would be a big reason to consider an iPad Pro.

I ended up with an iPad mini for this reason, but the thought of an iPad mini pro would be intriguing. I hope someone might make a keyboard (maybe expanding) for the iPad mini

Re: Keyboard with Trackpad for iPad Pro

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Nice keyboard that brings iPad Pro closer to Macbook Air. It seems inevitable that Apple will launch an Arm laptop form factor with iOS. Has Apple blocked keyboard makers from using the Smart Connector on iPad Pro 3? All 3rd-party keyboards for iPP3 are using Bluetooth, which does not have a good security track record. Apple's iPad Pro keyboard does not have backlighting, media keys or good key travel. For iPad Pro 1…

I don’t see the connection between Apple releasing laptops with ARM and Apple releasing laptops with iOS.

I do wish they’d do more with the smart connectors...

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