After reading an article recently on a developer using his iPad as his only machine for a full week, I felt tempted to revive my old Apple Bluetooth Keyboard. After a trip to the local convenience store to pick-up new batteries and some fiddling with pairing and keyboard locale, I'm all set! First impressions:
* Being able to type on a keyboard is a real plus for longer-form posts such as this one
* The screen interaction feels a bit weird - having to touch the screen to perform actions such as sending a message is an unnecessary distraction, but I couldn't find a keyboard shortcut yet
* I'm missing tabbed navigation between apps - cmd-tab refuses to do anything :-) Although this is a nice add-on to the iPad experience, it also makes me understand why Apple is unlikely to release a touch-enabled iMac until it figures out how best to combine the keyboard/mouse and touch-based modes of interaction with the machine. Now off to selecting a great iPad editor!
* Being able to type on a keyboard is a real plus for longer-form posts such as this one
* The screen interaction feels a bit weird - having to touch the screen to perform actions such as sending a message is an unnecessary distraction, but I couldn't find a keyboard shortcut yet
* I'm missing tabbed navigation between apps - cmd-tab refuses to do anything :-) Although this is a nice add-on to the iPad experience, it also makes me understand why Apple is unlikely to release a touch-enabled iMac until it figures out how best to combine the keyboard/mouse and touch-based modes of interaction with the machine. Now off to selecting a great iPad editor!
