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.

My hat’s off to whoever did this bit of clever, harmless hacking…

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Sounds like something I would have done when I was a teen.