Best iPad Keyboards | Which iPad Keyboard to Buy
If you hate the iPad’s touch-screen keyboard YOU ARE WRONG. I love everything about the iPad – including its touch-screen keyboard. Ok, my fingers are a little too big to be able to touch-type and i can’t hold it in portrait mode and do some BlackBerry style thumb typing, but that’s not the point. The iPad is build as a consumption device. You read, you watch, you surf. Its not really designed for production – writing, drafting, typing.
So what to do then if you have to or want to replace your laptop. Well fear not, help is at hand with a selection of keyboards and keyboard docks. Here at the office we have a LOAD of wired and wireless keyboards that we have used and tested with other products, so we hooked each one up and see what they could do. Unsurprisingly, it was the Apple products that stole the show. They just work – you install and off you go. We tried a number of Logitech (5/10), HP (6.2/10), Microsoft (5.7/10) and Targus (don’t even ask) devices with mixed success. Some were decent but in general we just got frustrated. Then we turned back to the Apple products…….GAME OVER.
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Here’s our top picks for iPad Keyboards:
**Recommended Portable Keyboard**
Appearance – 9.5/10
Ease of installation & use – 10/10 – couldn’t be simpler.
Pro’s – a keyboard that also protects your iPad!
Cons – NONE. What more could you want. Just the coolest product we’ve reviewed.
Overall – 9.75/10
**Our Top Pick**
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Appearance- 9/10
Ease of installation & use – 8/10
Pros – just looks superb. Very well made and hard to break (we tried!)
Cons – just a keyboard. No docking or charging.
Overall – 8.5/10
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Appearance – 9/10
Ease of installation & use – 10/10 (epitome of plug n play)
Pros – looks great. Works out of the box. Designed specifically for iPad. Surprisingly sturdy.
Cons – Not portable.
Overall – 9.5/10
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Appearance- 7/10
Ease of installation & use – 7.5/10
Pros – cheap (the budget option). Strong and keys respond well.
Cons – “wires”? with an iPad?
Overall – 7.5/10 (the affordable price gave this a boost)
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