iPad accessories include case, keyboard dock [u]
updated 02:50 pm EST, Wed January 27, 2010
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Accompanying Apple's announcement of the iPad is news of five first-party accessories. The first is a case, which uses a folio-like design with a flap to protect the screen. Access remains open to all ports, and the cover can be folded back to prop up the device for easier typing.
Also available will be a keyboard dock, making it easier to type and/or to treat an iPad as a desktop system. Because of the position of the tablet's dock connector however, users can only orient a system vertically. A special button should enable a photo frame mode.
More mundane accessories will include a regular dock and a 10W USB power adapter with a six-foot cable. A camera connection kit should make it possible to import photos directly from a camera, or else insert an SD card. The keyboard dock will be available for $69, while the camera adapters ship in a bundle for $29. Release dates and pricing for the other accessories remains unknown.
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Hmmm...
No built-in SD card reader and the adapter will stick out the side or bottom depending on orientation. Not nice. Definitely not nice particularly since Apple have finally recognized the ubiquity of SD on their laptops (at the expense of the more versatile xpress34 slot). Double standards of just another way of s******* extra money for adapters?