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Originally Posted by Latinandgreek
Me, too! And I really wasn't interested in the iPad before seeing this. With a keyboard, though, it would be much easier to lug around to the library for research than my laptop. If only it were a smidge cheaper... I still can't justify getting one at the price it's selling for now.
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I find the virtual keyboard to be easy to use and as accurate as typing on a physical keyboard, but not everyone shares this opinion. I bought a keyboard/docking station at the same time I purchased the iPad, but find myself using it less and less. My only real complaint about the virtual keyboard is that it has no directional arrows for navigation. Hitting special keys to bring up numbers and special characters may also be a bit of a drag on your style of typing, but overall, I don't find it too bad, although it does cut down on my typing speed a bit.
Apple also makes a wireless keyboard that works with the iPad, but neither the docking keyboard nor the wireless one fold into a convenient case like the one in that video.
Then there's the lack of separate folders on the iPad for storing documents. It's a great tool for creating and editing documents away from home, IMO, but it does have some drawbacks.