When I first read the report in The Information last week that Apple was developing a Smart Keyboard Folio with a trackpad, I was intrigued. It’s been a while since there was an iPad rumor of any substance, and with a refresh supposedly a month away, such a dramatic change to the iPad’s mission statement would turn a humdrum announcement into a riveting one.
But then I pulled out my 12.9-inch iPad Pro and tried to imagine how it would go. The lack of a trackpad or a mouse is the least of the iPad’s problems. Selling a Smart Keyboard with a trackpad might make a few iPad die-hards happy, but for the majority of users, it wouldn’t change much about their day-to-day tablet.
