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by steveis99 5304 days ago
TouchFire actually takes up much less space than a Bluetooth keyboard. The wall thickness of the silicone keys is half the thickness of a credit card, and it is flexible so it can fold with the iPad's cover.

And you can quickly retract it off the screen when you want to do non-typing tasks. There are magnets in all four corners which snap it into the retracted position. Take a look at the iPad 1 video on the Kickstarter site. That shows retraction in use...