{"id":2571,"date":"2013-10-21T16:00:29","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T20:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gazelle.com\/thehorn\/?p=2571"},"modified":"2024-03-06T15:05:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T23:05:08","slug":"apple-prepping-new-ipad-keyboard-touch-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gazelle.com\/thehorn\/2013\/10\/21\/apple-prepping-new-ipad-keyboard-touch-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Prepping New iPad Keyboard Touch Cover?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gazellethehorn.com\/thehorn\/2013\/10\/17\/the-latest-ipad-rumors-what-we-think-we-know\/\" rel=\"noopener\">latest iPad rumor<\/a> comes via Jamie Ryan, a former employee of Apple&#8217;s Developer Relations team, who claims Aplle may be testing a Microsoft Surface-like iPad Keyboard or Touch Cover. Ryan said Apple will introduce the new iPad keyboard at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gazellethehorn.com\/thehorn\/2013\/10\/15\/apple-sends-october-22-ipad-event-invites-out\/\" rel=\"noopener\">tomorrows big iPad event<\/a> in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ryan: <em>&#8220;It&#8217;s not clear whether the process is far enough along to make this Tuesday&#8217;s event, but they did say a few different styles had been in testing for awhile,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;This would certainly allow Apple to differentiate the larger iPad from its little brother and market it as the more &#8216;pro&#8217; of the two.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Apple currently produces Smart Covers for the iPad but nothing with a full QWERTY keyboard built in. Many third party iPad keyboards do already exist from manufactures such as Logitech, Zagg and Kensington. I have personally used many of these and find them unnecessary as I will just opt for my MacBook Air if I need to type for an extended period of time.<em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Owning both an iPad and a Microsoft Surface, I can see why Apple would want to produce a full QWERTY iPad Keyboard cover. I assume the cost would be somewhat low to make this type of accessory and the margins would be massive for Apple. I bet Apple is also seeing some type of demand for a full keyboard as their in-store third party keypads are never in stock.<\/p>\n<p>With Apple preparing to unveil both and iPad Mini 2 and full sized, fifth generation iPad tomorrow, Microsoft will have their work cutout for them if they want to compete with the new\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gazellethehorn.com\/thehorn\/2013\/09\/27\/a-question-for-surface-2-what-are-tablets-for\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Surface 2<\/a>\u00a0purported to launch later this year. 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