As any of my friends will tell you, my mobile device of choice for writing is the 2020 iPad Pro 11 inch. Even tho I did write a complete novel with an iPad 2, typing on the glass display is not the most friendly of input methods. I currently rock the Apple Magic Keyboard on my iPad Pro. With the latest update, it has a built-in trackpad and a fully equipped keyboard with backlighting and keys that have some travel. I admit that I didn’t expect to use the trackpad as much as I do, consider I’m using a touch-first device like the iPad. Still, moving my thumb down across the trackpad to move the courser is more comfortable and faster than moving my hands off the keyboard to touch the screen. The backlit keys come in handy if you are like me and write in dark coffee shops (and return to that habit once COVID-19 is under control). I’m an old-school typing student that uses the home roll and very rarely looks down at the keyboard, but the little bit of light that the keys give off is enough to remind me of the typing experience of Apple’s MacBooks.
The keyboard does have a few drawbacks. For example, the iPad can only rotate so far. I understand that this is so the iPad, which is already top-heavy, doesn’t fall over. I just wish that Apple could have found a way to defy the laws of gravity and give me another inch of adjustment, but that is just me being unreasonable. It’s bad enough that the Magic Keyboard is weighted so that the iPad with the keyboard attached is similar to packing a MacBook.