I tried an Apple BT Keyboard for a day and found it to be *really* inconvenient. It was just another thing to lug around (and there are too many things that the “power button” is responsible for so I had a hard time making sure it was turned off in my bag).

So after a day of that nonsense, I bought a keyboard case (I got the Logitech “thin keyboard case” but there are lots of different kinds available from multiple manufacturers) and I just love it.

It changed the way I used my iPad: I’m writing a lot more on it and even propping it up in “laptop mode” on a table can be a nice hands-free way to read and watch stuff on it. I still carry my smart cover around because the keyboard case doesn’t work very well when using it in “tablet mode”; but the keyboard case has exponentially increased my iPad’s usefulness as a productivity device as opposed to “just” a consumption device.

(The downside? I *had* been setting my iPad up as a makeshift video conference solution at meetings. But now I want to actually use it for notes at those meetings so our remote employees no longer feel as involved. Oops.)