iPad Pro: Smart Keyboard
The Smart Keyboard is where the iPad Pro is most like the Surface Pro, but it loses points for having no touchpad option – something I instinctively go looking for when using any laptop-type keyboard. As with the Surface Pro’s Type Cover Apple’s one doubles up as a nifty screen protector, stand and cover – it even magnetically snaps into place in a similar way.
It has one more thing in common with Microsoft’s hybrid keyboard: priced at $169, it’s outrageously expensive. That said, typing on it is a joy, and thanks to technology borrowed from the ultra-thin MacBook, each keystroke is rewarding with a satisfying thud. It’s perhaps not $169’s worth of joy, but it still gets a tick from me.
