This seems like fluff and hot air to me. Apple sold 30-pin keyboards with the original iPad, but nobody bought them unless they were trying to use the iPad to replace grandma's computer.<p>If you do want to use a keyboard with the iPad, you can buy and use the exact same bluetooth keyboard you can use with a Mac Desktop or Laptop.<p>The Surface keyboard covers show the kinds of compromises that Apple probably wouldn't make. The touch cover is a decent cover, but suffers from the same hovering hand-strain issues that make on-screen keyboards unpleasant to use. On the other hand, the type cover is a poor cover, in exchange for a slightly better keyboard.