Bluetooth keyboard for iPad

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Can anyone recommend a reasonable quality Bluetooth keyboard for an iPad? Ideally one that is slim enugu to travel with easily.

Also, with it connected,does the iPad disable the onscreen keyboard so you can a
See the whole creen while typing?
 
The onscreen keyboard won't show.

Have you considered the Apple Wireless Keyboard? Bit pricey, but definitely is compact enough to travel with.
 
I've looked at the Apple BT keyboard but yes it is pricey!
I didn't realise you could wire in a USB one either. I assume there's a cable for this?

I'll keep looking...
 
I don't think you can use a USB one on an iPad as it has no USB slot. Confused at that comment much.

You can pick up an Apple BT keyboard for cheap as chips second hand, check ebay or MM.

I imagine it means jailbraking and using the camera connection kit which has a USB interface.

The apple bt keyboard is good.
 
Apple camera connection kit, no jailbreak.

Decided to test it with all and sundry USB gadgets I had when it arrived to see what would work - who wouldn't ;)

Midi adapter hooked in from a Roland GR-55.. check
Keyboard.. check
Hub.. check
Camera (well, this was the intended purpose after all).. check
Rockband 3 microphone (PS3).. check
Yamaha E423 PSR (budget keyboard).. check
Rocksmith 'realtone' guitar cable (PS3 but had previously tested on PC too).. check

Started getting some input lag when I had ALL of the above hooked in at once through the (non-powered!) hub - no surprise there - but as individual components they worked fine!
 
Apple camera connection kit, no jailbreak.

Decided to test it with all and sundry USB gadgets I had when it arrived to see what would work - who wouldn't ;)

Midi adapter hooked in from a Roland GR-55.. check
Keyboard.. check
Hub.. check
Camera (well, this was the intended purpose after all).. check
Rockband 3 microphone (PS3).. check
Yamaha E423 PSR (budget keyboard).. check
Rocksmith 'realtone' guitar cable (PS3 but had previously tested on PC too).. check

Well I wouldn't have expected all that to work, you learn something new everyday :)
 
It does say the device isn't supported when you plug the keyboard in (have to click OK to get rid of the message window one time), but after that it just works as it ought to anyway.

BT keyboards won't get that popup of course, but I suspect(ed) that will be the only apparent difference between the two as far as iOS apps are concerned.
 
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