Incidentally, a shortcoming of the Surface keyboard cover is that it only works in landscape mode. There are times when one wishes to type while in portrait mode. If you don't know what that is, it is where the short side of the Surface is down and the long sides are left and right of the viewing area. This is where a wireless keyboard comes in handy, as it can be used in either orientation.
Since most productive/creative work is done in landscape mode(as in normal laptops and desktops), that is not a shortcoming.
“There are times when one wishes to type while in portrait mode”
On rare occasions maybe.
This is where a wireless keyboard comes in handy, as it can be used in either orientation
The surface comes with a full USB port, you could plug in a full keyboard/mouse and use it in portrait mode if you like. You don't have to use the 3 mm Microsoft provided cover/keyboard if you'd prefer a “normal” keyboard or use any of the doubtless plenty of 3rd party special “tablet keyboards” that will no doubt appear for/launch with Windows 8 hybrids/tablets.
Well I guess people will have to purchase a wireless keyboard if for some weird reason they need to use it in portrait mode. If you don’t know what purchase means, that is you take funds and obtain goods with it. Oh wait you are an Apple fan, you know exactly what that means.