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Title: An iPad with trackpad support is the worst idea since the puck mouse
Post by: HCK on March 03, 2020, 04:05:13 pm
An iPad with trackpad support is the worst idea since the puck mouse

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<p>When I first read the report in The Information last week (https://www.macworld.com/article/3434061/ipad-2020-rumors-everything-you-need-to-know.html) that Apple was developing a Smart Keyboard Folio with a trackpad, I was intrigued. It’s been a while since there was an iPad rumor of any substance, and with a refresh supposedly a month away, such a dramatic change to the iPad’s mission statement would turn a humdrum announcement into a riveting one.</p><p>But then I pulled out my 12.9-inch iPad Pro and tried to imagine how it would go. The lack of a trackpad or a mouse is the least of the iPad’s problems. Selling a Smart Keyboard with a trackpad might make a few iPad die-hards happy, but for the majority of users, it wouldn’t change much about their day-to-day tablet.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3529959/an-ipad-with-trackpad-support-is-the-worst-idea-since-the-puck-mouse.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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