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Charlie Stross is an SF writer and tech maven. He's written quite a bit about writing on an iPad. He doesn't use it as his primary writing machine, but finds it a convenient travel device. Stross thinks the iPad can be a good writing tool -- but you must have an external keyboard. There's a lot of detail at the links.

A first report "Word Processing: Now this is currently a bad situation." www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/05/gadget-patrol-ipad.html A month later, briefly, "some notes on the subject of writing with an iPad." He briefly covers word processors (both programs and workflow), keyboards, and stands. www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/05/ipad-writing-stuff.html "Unless I'm planning on doing Serious Work, the iPad is acceptable." www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/06/gadget-patrol-ipad-a-month-on.html "An iPad is a sufficiently powerful computer for email, web browsing, some light duty writing, and so on for a week long trip." www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2011/02/travel-tips.html "Stuff I can't do with the iPad? ... Research-driven writing that requires me to have a multi-tabbed browser and a word processing app open simultaneously." www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/07/holding-pattern-1.html "Okay, suppose you have an iPad and want to shovel text into it. What are your options?" Toward that end, he tests many keyboards. There's a lot of detail about his experience, and how keyboards trade off size and functionality. He prefers the Targus, but YMMV. www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2011/06/ipad-corner.html

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