I got the precise opposite impression. The keyboard is first and foremost a tool for creation, for writing in the medium of prose, code or in other textual medi

I got the precise opposite impression. The keyboard is first and foremost a tool for creation, for writing in the medium of prose, code or in other textual mediums. When simply consuming content on the iPad I never find myself in want of a keyboard, even when I'm doing light typing—note taking, editing documents, and so on—the iPad's keyboard works handily. The only times when I've found myself wanting a keyboard is when typing for extended periods of time on the iPad, when I'm actually creating. If you want better speakers for your iPad, bluetooth speakers like the Jambox work fine, if you want to do light typing, the iPad keyboard is fine, but when you want to get serious about writing on the iPad and creating content, that's when you should start considering a keyboard and I'd like to think that's why people are funding this project.