What you may have missed about the iPad

I'm not going to waste time introducing the iPad. If you're reading this there's a 99% chance you already know all about it. Or do you? I won't lie, I haven't even watched the keynote itself yet. That's on tonight's agenda. But I have already noticed some people running wild with misconceptions. Here are a few things I saw on Apple's website you might not have heard about it.

Keyboard Support

One thing people half-dreaded before the announcement was the fact that the tablet likely wouldn't have a physical keyboard, and it doesn't, but it does have a keyboard dock. Yes, I know that was well-covered in the keynote, but I have heard a lot of people complaining about having to buy it. The big epiphany here is that it also works with the long-running wireless keyboard via bluetooth. Great news for a lot of people that already have one.

Camera Support

Again, maybe I'm late to the party, but I know I missed the fact that there is a camera connectivity kit during the keynote. It makes the photo viewing applications and possibilities much more useful. Imagine being on a photo shoot; you can pop the pictures over and show them around to everyone very easily. Now whether or not you can use cameras live to take pictures directly on the iPad or not I don't know.

It's a big iPod Touch... that's a good thing

Most of the critics of the tablet so far have simply pegged it as a big iPod touch. Yes, that's true, but it's also a good thing. So many more things are possible with the extra screen real-estate that would have been a little tedious on an iPod touch. Same backbone, sure, but a whole different body with plenty of new possibilities.

So just a few things I noticed that were falling under the radar in the media that still seem important to me.