iPad Pro Release Date and Rumors Update: iOS 9 Code Hints to iPad Pro Keyboard

iPad Pro is coming, suggests iOS 9 codes. The upcoming mobile operating system by Apple appears to contain an even larger iPad keyboard.

The keyboard not just supports a shortcut bar but things like Tab and Caps Lock keys, and a complete extra row devoted to characters like exclamation marks and parentheses, according to Apple Insider.

According to a developer Steve Troughton-Smith, the keyboard is linked to "a much larger heretofore unseen iPad screen size," presumably Apple's rumored 12.9-inch mode which is expected to ship later this year and might come with things like support for an Apple-made stylus.

According to Apple Insider, the over-sized iPad will come with NFC functionality which will allow merchants to take payments using Apple Pay.

Rumors also suggest that Apple will use oxide TFT displays for its next-generation iPads, iPad Pro, which would allow the company to make tablets that draw drastically less power.

Reports suggest that we might see the new iPads, including iPad Pro, around September/October time.