Dive Summary:
- Logitech revealed its new Wired Keyboard for iPad designed specifically for the education market, releasing in August with a Lightning-equipped model, with a 30-pin connector version following in October.
- Since the $60 keyboards are wired, teachers won't have to spend time figuring out which keyboard is paired with which iPad via Bluetooth, allowing students to pick up any keyboard, plug it in and start typing.
- The Wired Keyboard for iPad will be on display at the 2013 International Society for Technology in Education conference in San Antonio, which is set to take place June 23-26.
From the article:
As anyone who has read TUAW over the past few weeks can tell there's no shortage of IPad keyboards on the market these days. All of them tend to use Bluetooth to connect to the iPad, which is fine -- except when you're a school teacher or IT person who needs to figure out which keyboard is paired with a particular iPad. ...