The title says just about everything you need to know.  I had no problems upgrading, and was giddy with nerdgasms over every little discovery, especially the new ability to link my Apple Bluetooth keyboard to the iPhone.

Case in point, what I’m typing right now.  Bluetooth keyboard.  No thumb-typing.  If the iPhone had allowed me to do this from the start, it may have kept me from pulling the trigger on buying the iPad.

DocsToGo, iPhone, Bluetooth keyboard … we’re talking an uber portable writing machine, harkening back to the days when I used to write on my Palm Pilot.

One minor disappointment:  I had this wild thought that maybe with the new OS, I’d be able to plug my iPad camera connecting kit to the iPhone and go to town just like I can with the iPad.  Nope.  No can do.

Ah, who cares?  I’ve already used the folder feature to shrink my ten pages of apps down to four, sent tweets and Facebook updates, and all the while listened non-stop to Pandora in the background.

It’s like having a whole new phone.

I keep getting these false feelings of hope that there will be this killer word processing app for WordPress on the iPhone/iPad that will let me do really complex things like, oh, bold and italicize text, or even (dramatic pause) a bulleted list. But no. Even this newly updated one is not much more than a 100% text version of some lame email client that attaches photos to the bottom of the post.

Actually I have another app that does better than this (BlogPress), at least with photos, but I still can’t emphasize anything. Which is why anything I write on either one turns out in complete deadpan.

I guess there’s a lot to be said for deadpan writing. And if you’d like to be the one to say it, please feel free to do so in the comments … because I can’t think of a single thing.

The rumors are true. Even though it gives you a message saying “This USB Device is Not Supported,” a regular old USB keyboard works just fine with the iPad when you plug it in via the Apple Camera Connection Kit’s USB adapter.

What do you bet, though, that this will not work once iOS 4 is up and running on the iPad?

Oh, and for anyone who’s curious: Yes! The numeric keypad works perfectly.

This is a cheap old HP USB keyboard from my closet. This post was written on it via BlogPress for the iPad, and I imported the photo from my Nikon D5000 via the Camera Connection Kit’s SD card adapter.

UPDATE: Reports are coming in that, while the keyboard works fine, the numeric keypad that comes with it does not.

While looking for a new keyboard for my desktop computer, I ended up choosing the Microsoft Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard 6000 — simply because it I liked the feel of the keys so much. I do have to admit it occurred to me it might work with the iPad, but I doubted it.

Still, after getting it home, the first thing I tried to do is pair it up with the iPad. It took 20 seconds, and I was up and running. It works perfectly.

It doesn’t cost any less than the Apple Bluetooth, but I’m one of those weirdos who got used to the ergonomic “bent” keyboards and so this one suits me perfectly.

I ended up getting the Apple Bluetooth keyboard for use with the iPad, simply because it’s smaller and more portable — and to my surprise, I actually ended up liking it.  I use this Microsoft keyboard for my desktop computer.