Logitech Keyboard Case by Zagg review: Keyboarding your iPad 2

Keyboards and iPads, revisited: the Logitech Keyboard Case for the iPad 2

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Keyboards and iPads...good bedfellows? A perfect way to add laptop functionality to your tablet? Or, mere accessory silliness? It's a debate as old as the iPad itself, which means only about a year and a month. Still, for as useful and portable as the iPad is, there are always some--myself included, at times--who bemoan its lack of a real, physical keyboard. At least, I feel that way when all I have is my iPad and I want to get some serious writing done.

The Logitech Keyboard Case by Zagg for the iPad 2 is an update to last year's ZaggMate, and is a far thinner, streamlined aluminum shell with an honest-to-goodness tapered Bluetooth keyboard. The case fits over the iPad 2 perfectly for travel, making a slim sturdy package--however, it's not a case that flips open easily for reading when commuting, it doesn't protect the back of the iPad 2, and it's not compatible with the Smart Cover.

Nevertheless, it offers exactly what it says it does: a solid and very portable keyboard solution. Would this change your use of the iPad 2? Are you for or against keyboard cases?

Read our full review of the Logitech Keyboard Case by Zagg for the iPad 2.