Yesterday, I spent some time debating about why keyboards and iPads didn't mix well. Many users find that iOS is not ideal for office tasks like writing and editing books, creating complex spreadsheets -- in fact, many typing-intense tasks are slower on the iPad or iPhone than on a conventional computer (aside from the fact that the best computer is the one you have with you).
iPad's design philosophy incurs some unavoidable compromises for many, despite successful word-centric apps like Apple's Pages, lean Markdown/research tools like Writing Kit, remote PC solutions like CloudOn o