Why the iPad needs to embrace mice and trackpads<article>
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<p>Last week, Brydge, the company that makes <a href="
https://sixcolors.com/post/2019/05/review-brydge-pro-keyboard-for-2018-ipad-pro/" rel="nofollow">my favorite add-on keyboard[/url] for the iPad, <a href="
https://sixcolors.com/post/2020/01/brydge-pro/" rel="nofollow">announced a new iPad Pro accessory[/url] that includes both a keyboard and a trackpad. Adding external pointing devices to the iPad wasn’t possible until iOS 13 added support for Bluetooth mice as a part of the Assistive Touch suite of accessibility features.</p><p>While some will consider the mere possibility of adding a mouse or trackpad to an iPad to be sacrilege, I prefer to see it as an additional option that can improve the iPad’s flexibility in certain circumstances. However, Apple’s support for external pointing devices is very much a first draft. It needs to continue pushing this feature forward in iPadOS 14—and in doing so, the platform could reap some surprising rewards.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3512820/why-the-ipad-needs-to-embrace-mice-and-trackpads.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Why the iPad needs to embrace mice and trackpads
