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The real star of the Magic Keyboard is the small, two by four-inch clickable trackpad perched below the keyboard, which greatly improves the experience of using an iPad in its “laptop” orientation.
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I like it so much that I find myself wishing Apple’s normal, standalone Bluetooth Magic Keyboard was a bit more like this. Without exaggeration, it’s the best typing experience I’ve ever experienced on an iPad keyboard from Apple-or any other company, for that matter. They’re big, backlit, and they feel a lot like the keys on a MacBook, which is a welcome switch from the strange, nearly flat canvas-covered keys on the iPad Pro. The actual keys go a long way toward making up for it. I would have imagined that if any company would understand the conveniences of that extra row, it’d be Apple. Such keys are all but standard on most third-party iPad keyboards as they’re handy for dimming the backlit keys (which is a massive pain here that involves a trip into the Settings app), and it’s odd to see this extra row missing on a device from the same company that gave us the Touch Bar. Keys to successīut most people are more likely to be excited by the keyboard itself-aside, that is, from the lack of any kind of “function” keys above the number keys.
This isn’t really all that feasible, either, since the hinge starts moving with only a slight bit of pressure. At the very least, you can easily take it out of the case. It looks dorky, to be sure, but at least it’s an option.
As a result, there’s technically no “drawing board” orientation for this case, although you can find a few examples of users sort of making it work online. Because of the hinges and the need for balance, the Magic Keyboard case only opens to a specific angle, as the other hinge handles the actual tilting. It’s not an ideal case, though, if you’re an artist or frequent Apple Pencil notetaker.
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This is all great news for anyone who’s been wanting to use their iPad Pro more like a laptop.
I like how you’d barely know the passthrough charging port was there unless you were looking for it. You can’t use this port for anything else, but fortunately it frees up the USB-C port on the tablet itself so you can hook up all the external drives, cameras, and other devices now supported with iPadOS. Nor does Apple limit the hinge to one job, as you can also charge the iPad itself through the USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 port on the left end of the largest one. If you have big hands, it’s something you’ll want to watch out for. I’d go so far as to say that I like this kind of display arrangement more than the traditional laptop layout option, were it not for the fact that my fingers sometimes bump into the underside of the iPad while I’m typing. Apple released an ad depicting a hummingbird tilting the display backward just by tapping it, but in my experience it’s going to take a bit more force than that. The Magic Keyboard, though, features a system of two hinges that makes the iPad “float” about an inch above the keyboard, allowing you to tilt the screen until it settles into the perfect viewing angle. With the Smart Keyboard Folio, you simply propped the iPad into one of two grooves, which didn’t allow for a lot of options for viewing angles. The real improvements, though, appear once you open the case all the way. The Magic Keyboard case (left) next to the Smart Keyboard Folio.