

You'll also want it to hold your iPad up at the right angle (or angles). So what should you expect in a keyboard for your iPad Air 2? First and foremost: it should feel great to type on and not drop keystrokes.

Problems like an awkward case, mushy keyboard, or iffy wireless connection won't take long to frustrate you enough to just put the damn thing in a drawer. Those differences may not seem like a big deal when you're looking at photos on Amazon or checking them out at Best Buy, but they add up.
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They all mostly offer a near-full-sized deck of keys about the same width as the iPad itself, and you should never have to hassle with custom software on the iPad to use them.īut then you get to the differences: some turn your iPad into a laptop, some have weird origami cases, some fold up into tiny packages.
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They all use Bluetooth to connect to the iPad and most of them have battery life that's rated in terms of weeks, not hours.

But you can assume a few things at the outset about all of them. If you're going to pick out a keyboard for the iPad Air 2, you're in for a rude awakening: there are literally dozens of them, and they're all a little different. Doing that on the iPad’s touchscreen is a hassle, so you're going to want a keyboard - a real one. For most people, work means typing, and it usually means typing a lot. You can use office apps from Apple, Microsoft, and any number of elegant text editors to Get Stuff Done. The iPad Air 2 is great, and by now the myth that you can't get "real" work done on it has been thoroughly debunked.
