How much added weight does that Brydge keyboard add to the weight of the iPad Pro?
I have the original iPad Pro and I can't even imagine having this a part of the iPad or even a keyboard case.
I like to keep my iPads as light as possible and I choose cases that are fairly light and aren't very bulky.
I while we are discussing many things here I am going to add my thoughts on all of this.
Glad everyone who wanted mice and trackpad connectivity got it. Glad that conventional USB flash memory drives and both wired and wireless external drives will connect and work, also, in the very near future.
But here is what I really think about all of this.
I thought paying over $1000 for my 2015 iPad Pro with the accessories available back then was just crazy, but at that time I had waited so long for larger screen iPads that I could NOT pass up the opportunity to own one right off the bat.
The “problem” is now that Apple is allowing iPad/iPad Pros to connect up all of the existing laptop stuff to an iPad, I think this is what has drove up the pricing on iPad Pros, now.
The top end 12.9 inch iPad Pro is nearly $2K!
If I decide to trade up at some point, I would have to either go for an 11 inch screen iPad Pro ( having used a 12.9 screen for over three years, going back to even a slightly smaller screen will be a disappointment ) or settle for the 10.5 inch screen iPad Air or iPad whatever in the future!
Plus, how portable is your iPad Pro going to be, now, when you are schlepping around all of this extra stuff with you that you had to schlep around when you used a laptop?
That is why I learned to use every onboard iPad resource and why I carry small wireless drives that can either fit into my pockets or I can take and easily throw into my small iPad carry case/bag.
Your iPad Pro is going to look more like regular laptops look like with all sorts of stuff wired/dongled off of it all the time.
Even with wireless stuff, while easier to carry and deal with, you will still need to carry it!
I still do some stuff with my iPad Pro as a musician, and I can’t believe all of the wired stuff I have to take with me and connect just to play and record or play live music from an iPad!
It’s ridiculous!
One of the things I have to take is a light, but rather large 76-key iOS/Lightning compatibel/connected, MIDI keyboard controller, iOS/Lightning comoatible USB docks with power adapter for microphones and other electronic instruments, and an extra storage drive and I, also, have to travel with a lot of other seperate audio gear, as well!
When I have to travel like that, nothing is really portable about an iPad Pro, any longer.
At least when I am doing creative art and design work, at home or “on the go”, all I have to take is my iPad Pro, a stylus and either a small portable external Bluetooth speaker and/or headphones to listen to music or videos while I work and a small portable wireless drive I can still use and keep in a shirt or pants pocket.
Just sayin’