Comments on: ZAGG debuts iPad mini keyboard cases

By: qka

qka — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:49:17 +0000

Why? To make your iPad into a f&%*!&g Surface! Love the kickstand!

At least there’s no Windows Wait or Windows Weight.

By: Freddy

Freddy — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 07:02:03 +0000

Eventually, around 5 years from now, someone will invent a slightly bigger iPad/Tablet device, you know, so professionals can use it. It’ll have a keyboard actually built in, on a hinge so it opens like a book. It’ll be big enough to work on but small enough to sit in your lap. They’ll call it something obvious like legtop or laptop or something.

By: radtech5000

radtech5000 — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 19:11:10 +0000

I like it, just wish the bezel was more flush with the surface of the iPad-Mini so it’s not as noticeable.

By: Lux

Lux — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:24:24 +0000

Obviously you are not a touch typist. I like the iPad on-screen keyboard, but cannot type on it nearly as fast as on a touchable keyboard. For simple things I don’t bother but for long written projects, I must have a keyboard I can feel.

By: daugav369pils

daugav369pils — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:44:15 +0000

If they could incorporate a cursor pad,
it would be perfect. Would never have to touch
the screen.

By: Just plain cake

Just plain cake — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:09:13 +0000

Jeeze… what a beast.

By: frobots

frobots — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:59:08 +0000

I like it.

By: Mbbm

Mbbm — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:54:53 +0000

The Apple wireless keyboard is still the best option for mobility. It’s small, light-weight, and handles typing far better than the 3rd party case/keyboard combos.

By: ecrabb

ecrabb — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:51:17 +0000

Why is everybody making fun of this? The on-screen touch keyboard in iOS is great, so it’s excellent for 90% of tasks. But, if you’re on the road and the iPad mini was your only device (which really is possible and says something about the iPad), and you need to do a lot of typing, a physical keyboard is great because you can touch type.

Yes, it makes the iPad mini into a sort of “netbook”, but a superior one that runs iOS.

Try banging out a few thousand words on the on-screen keyboard and then tell me this wouldn’t be a nice solution if you needed to be ultra-portable, but still be able to create a lot of content.

By: althegeo

althegeo — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:29:55 +0000

Here we go with our fake Surface RT.

How embarrassing is that?

By: spyintheskyuk

spyintheskyuk — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:09:44 +0000

I think they already do this for the iPad so well before Microsoft ‘invented’ the idea

By: ascylto

ascylto — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:52:20 +0000

But will it click?

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:42:29 +0000

No thanks. -1

By: macman1984

macman1984 — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:13:50 +0000

With a kickstand, no less! How very Micro$oft of them.

By: I love Apple

I love Apple — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:10:04 +0000

A keyboard for the iPad mini? Why?