The best keyboard for Apple’s iPad Pro

“For whatever reason Apple didn’t have the Apple branded iPad Pro accessories widely available on day one,” Terry White writes for Terry White’s Tech Blog. “Although you could walk into an Apple Store and pick up the iPad Pro of your choice you had to wait for Apple Pencil and the Smart Keyboard for iPad Pro.”

“I had already sourced another Apple Pencil from the Apple Store in Michigan (thanks Linda) and I gave up waiting for the Apple Smart Keyboard to arrive,” White writes. “Instead I drove to my local Best Buy and picked up the Logitech Create Keyboard for iPad Pro. I’m so glad I went this route instead. Had the Apple keyboard arrived on time I may have never looked at the Logitech Create. I would have been missing out!”

“First of all it takes advantage of the smart connector on the side of the iPad Pro. No bluet00th pairing or recharging to worry about. It just works the minute you connect it. The next very welcomed feature is that it’s backlit! WOW! It’s really nice having a backlit keyboard for the iPad Pro just like I have on my MacBook Pro,” White writes. “The next advantage that the Logitech Create Keyboard has is that it’s also a case that protects both the front and the back of the iPad Pro. The Apple Smart Keyboard only protects the display, but not the back of the iPad Pro… This is one time that I’m happy Apple didn’t deliver on time.”

Much more in the full article here.

MacDailyNews Take: Apple’s “Smart Keyboard for iPad Pro” launch snafu along with its uninspired design choices are Logitech’s gains.

SEE ALSO:
The iPad Pro’s keyboard problems need more work – November 19, 2015
Apple’s joyless iPad Pro launch: WTF are the Apple Pencils and Smart Keyboards? (4-5 weeks away) – November 12, 2015
Logitech unveils CREATE Keyboard Case for Apple’s all-new 12.9-inch iPad Pro – September 9, 2015