{"id":286,"date":"2014-04-16T10:27:10","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T15:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tech2.mountdesales.net\/?p=286"},"modified":"2014-04-16T10:27:10","modified_gmt":"2014-04-16T15:27:10","slug":"ipad-keyboards-and-styluses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tech.mountdesales.net\/?p=286","title":{"rendered":"iPad Keyboards and Styluses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we approach One-to-One \u00a0status, several have asked the iPad guy about picking up keyboards and styluses for use with their iPads next year.<\/p>\n<p>Although we haven&#8217;t done tons of research [and would welcome emails from anyone who has experience with these things], MDStech does know 2 things:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Selection of the hardware is VERY personal. Some styluses we&#8217;ve tried were abysmal, some were great, and everyone&#8217;s opinion on which was which varied greatly.<\/li>\n<li>Cheap hardware is NOT worth the money.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Here are a couple of articles reviewing keyboards. remember that you would have to purchase a keyboard that is <strong>NOT attached to a case<\/strong> &#8211; you will NOT want to pull the iPad from the Griffin Survivor provided.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macworld.com\/article\/1164210\/macworld-buying-guide-ipad-keyboards.html\" target=\"_blank\">Buying guide: Find the best iPad keyboard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/five-best-ipad-air-keyboards-hands-on-april-2014-7000027947\/\" target=\"_blank\">5 best iPad air keyboards<\/a> &#8211; these would work with OUR iPads as well<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/5979162\/five-best-ipad-keyboards\" target=\"_blank\">Lifehacker<\/a> &#8211; some of these are very expensive, though.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we approach One-to-One \u00a0status, several have asked the iPad guy about picking up keyboards and styluses for use with their iPads next year. Although we haven&#8217;t done tons of research [and would welcome emails from anyone who has experience with these things], MDStech does know 2 things: Selection of the hardware is VERY personal. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/tech.mountdesales.net\/?p=286\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">iPad Keyboards and Styluses<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,27,2,11,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-ipads","category-faculty-staff","category-ipads","category-student-ipads","category-student-devices"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42ogX-4C","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":435,"url":"https:\/\/tech.mountdesales.net\/?p=435","url_meta":{"origin":286,"position":0},"title":"iPad keyboards","author":"Tom Rule","date":"12\/09\/2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are two reviews of ipad keyboards that have received a favorable writeup. 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