Since 2011, Apple has been selling Smart Covers for its line of iPads. While they cleverly lock and unlock the iPad, they have not evolved much from their original incarnation. This could be fine, except that the competition is constantly showing how much more can be done with tablet accessories. There is now a wide variety of third-party iPad keyboard covers that generally receive good reviews, and in 2012 Microsoft released its Type Cover for the Microsoft Surface. While the Surface has been a bit of a dud, many reviewers acknowledged that the Type Cover was much easier to type on than a touchscreen keyboard. Well, now it looks like Apple has taken notice of these developments, and if the