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I\u2019ve been speaking to a couple of people at Apple for the last few days and they have told me that a case for the full-size iPad that mimics Microsoft’s touch cover has been prototyped. It\u2019s not clear whether the process is far enough along to make this Tuesday’s event but they did say a few different styles had been in testing for a while. This would certainly allow Apple to differentiate the larger iPad from its little brother and market it as the more \u2019pro\u2019 of the 2. Apple already sells a Bluetooth keyboard that functions perfectly with the iPad but it\u2019s not quite as integrated as Microsoft’s offering, requiring a lot more bag space. This is the primary motivation behind the development, as all of the current solutions are fairly inelegant. Apple realizes the market for the large iPad is mainly professionals looking to work on it whereas the iPad mini is mainly content consumption.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not just keyboards either. I\u2019m told other cover like accessories are also being looked at.<\/p>\n
Now I must stress that what was seen were only prototypes and they might never get to see the light of day. Apple regularly mocks up all sorts of accessories and products and ditches them. 1000 no\u2019s for every yes etc.<\/p>\n
I am also unsure how they would connect to the iPad but Bluetooth 4.0 is probably as safe a bet as you\u2019re going to get.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m very curious to see if these are introduced on Tuesday.<\/p>\n