In the months since its release, I've been more or less lukewarm on the Pixel Tablet, mostly because I think both the tablet itself and its dock cost too much at retail. But I have to give Google its due: the company's said that part of the reason for the tablet's bundled charging dock is that tablets tend to sit unused for days at a time, and that can lead to dead batteries when we do reach for them. The Pixel Tablet's dock has indeed solved that problem for me entirely. Per a rumor from a couple of weeks ago, though, Apple may be gearing up to add MagSafe charging to its future iPad tablets — a move that could undermine the Pixel Tablet's currently unique two-in-one form factor.
