Virtual Keyboard

Using the accelerometer as a degree of force in GarageBand, nothing short of pure genius. How can this help improve virtual keyboards?

Allowing force as a measurement of pressure, I should, in theory, be able to rest my fingers on a virtual keyboard without triggering an input. Mimicking our interaction with physical keyboards today, it’s a much more tactile, and realistic approach to virtual keyboards.

Voice Control

It’s odd I’m just realizing this now, but where is Voice Control for the iPad? Granted the iPad can’t support voice dialing, it can support voice commands for iPod playback. In much the same way Kinect users can communicate to their Xbox’s, I can see myself speaking with my iPad.

Will it be part of iOS 5? Will it follow Apple’s acquisition of Siri? Will developers have access to voice specific APIs?