Apple Magic Trackpad

Re:Apple Magic Trackpad by jlcgull on Tuesday July 27, 2010 @09:59AM (#1551184)

Now Apple just needs to incorporate this into the "iPad Keyboard Dock" and I'll be more than happy to buy!

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Re:Apple Magic Trackpad by raimondious on Tuesday July 27, 2010 @10:11AM (#1551216)

How would that work? There's no cursor for it to control on the iPad.

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Re:Apple Magic Trackpad by roc on Tuesday July 27, 2010 @10:30AM (#1551280)

It could work. They could add a simulator-esque cursor without too much technical trouble.

That said, it shouldn't. Why would anyone prefer indirect manipulation of a cursor over direct manipulation of the screen elements? If you've got an iPad in a keyboard dock, you're primarily writing and occasionally navigating. I don't see the use case.

Gorilla-arm would only set in if you were primarily navigating, in which case you'd just undock the thing.

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