Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro now available to order
Those interested in snagging Apple's new Magic Keyboard for the iPad Pro can order now, with shipments to customers starting the week of April 20.
Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro available to order
Apple's new Magic Keyboard with Trackpad is now available for order. The keyboard was announced in March alongside the 2020 iPad Pro lineup and new trackpad support in iPadOS 13.4. At the time, Apple said the accessory would launch in May.
The new Magic Keyboards, designed exclusively for 11-inch iPad Pro and 12.9-inch iPad Pro models, feature a trackpad for the first time, but they also sport a unique floating hinge design and backlit keys. They're priced at $299 for the 11-inch model and $349 for the 12.9-inch model and are compatible with the 2018 iPad Pros.
In the meantime, 2020 iPad Pro users will be able to take advantage of full mouse and trackpad support as long as their devices are running iPadOS 13.4. A handful of first- and third-party apps have also been updated to support trackpads and mice.
Apple's Magic Keyboard is available from Apple directly, or alternatively, through Adorama.
Apple had received some backlash for launching a $350 keyboard during the ongoing pandemic. However, despite the backlash, Magic Keyboard orders have already begun to slip into May.
Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro available to order
Apple's new Magic Keyboard with Trackpad is now available for order. The keyboard was announced in March alongside the 2020 iPad Pro lineup and new trackpad support in iPadOS 13.4. At the time, Apple said the accessory would launch in May.
The new Magic Keyboards, designed exclusively for 11-inch iPad Pro and 12.9-inch iPad Pro models, feature a trackpad for the first time, but they also sport a unique floating hinge design and backlit keys. They're priced at $299 for the 11-inch model and $349 for the 12.9-inch model and are compatible with the 2018 iPad Pros.
In the meantime, 2020 iPad Pro users will be able to take advantage of full mouse and trackpad support as long as their devices are running iPadOS 13.4. A handful of first- and third-party apps have also been updated to support trackpads and mice.
Apple's Magic Keyboard is available from Apple directly, or alternatively, through Adorama.
Apple had received some backlash for launching a $350 keyboard during the ongoing pandemic. However, despite the backlash, Magic Keyboard orders have already begun to slip into May.
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Plus I really like using the iPad out of a case (I do have a film screen protector and vinyl wrap on the back for protection), as it feels like I’m using an all new device now. I was also getting tired of constantly having to clean the screen of fingerprints and smudges and between the screen protector and the new trackpad connectivity, I’m not hardly messing up the screen anymore.
Ordered and waiting until end of April early May.
All of this depends on money being no object, of course. Unfortunately, for ordinary civilians like most of us, money is always an object. Which is why a) most of these devices can handle multiple use cases, even if they aren't the best device for all of them, and b) why eventually Apple's concept of modular and pervasive computing will mature, the devices will be simpler and more convincingly integrated, and the total cost won't be so eye watering. In the meantime, I'm glad Apple is going the route of sparing no expense to push the limits of current technology, even when I can't afford all of it at the same time.
With SwiftUI, Swift, Playgrounds... could iPadOS 14 bring us some increased capability for app development at WWDC 2014? I would very much enjoy extended code development on the 12.9" model for when I'm back in circulation after the lockdown. With the power in the iPad Pro and the nice new keyboard, it's begging for extended productivity uses.
I’ll have to monitor this. It might be a hardware problem or software. If the trackpad wasn’t visible at all in Settings, I would assume a hardware problem but it always showed up there even when it wasn’t working. Anyone else seen this?