I have two keypads, one with a dock and one is bluetooth. For use on my iPad 1 and iPad 2. The dock sees little use, as I have protective cases on both iPads and they need to be removed in order to dock. The bluetooth keyboard, when activated, needs to pair with the iPad. Sometimes that is a hassle.
I have found it more convenient to just use the screen keypad rather than the external keypads, which get little use. If I need to do a lot of typing, I revert to using my Macbook.
Geesh; and some people actually have a LIFE!
So far, that’s what I”m doing, using the Macbook for things like this. I don’t know at my age if I really want to retrain myself to type on the ipad keys for real typing. The laptop has already made a negative difference in my typing speed, I think.
But, we’ll see, I’m really enjoying the Ipad.