Well they went and did it, finally released the iPad that I&#x27;ve been looking for, now it will be interesting to see who, other than me, buys one. Since it is my #1 reading device these days. Only way to make it perfect would be to add an SD card and boost the battery life to 18hrs+. I&#x27;m really interested in how well the pen compares to the Surface 3 Pro&#x27;s pen as well.<p>Of course it would be really interesting to see a &quot;stripe&quot; cover, which has a stripe reader rather than a keyboard in it :-).