At this stage, the new iPad Pro does not integrate with all USB-C accessories like any modern Mac would also, connecting to Bluetooth keyboards has always been possible on iPad, as was interacting with external USB keyboards if you had the right Lightning adapter. Thanks to its USB-C port, the new iPad Pro takes this aspect of the traditional iPad experience even further by enabling easier connections to external devices that don’t come with a Lightning connector. In a way, the iPad is modern computing’s version of Kirby, the famous Nintendo character that is a blank canvas on its own, but can absorb the capabilities of other characters when necessary. The iPad can be used while relaxing on a couch or connected to a 4K display with a Bluetooth keyboard you can work on it while waiting in a car thanks to built-in 4G LTE, or put it into a Brydge keyboard case and turn it into a quasi-MacBook laptop that will confuse a lot of your friends who aren’t familiar with iPad Pro accessories 1. But what makes iPad unique is that, unlike a desktop computer or laptop, it is able to take on other forms – and thus adapt to different contexts – simply by connecting to a variety of removable accessories. At its very essence, the iPad is a screen that you can hold in your hands to interact with apps using multitouch. One of my favorite aspects of working on the iPad is the flexibility granted by its extensible form factor.

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