Most of what Apple announced this morning was pretty much expected, but Apple had a little surprise for us. The seeming mundane magnetic cover. It's got one small feature that I bet many people will love, but hardly even notice.

What's the last time you opened a book, magazine for news paper and hand to turn it on before you could read it? Yeah, stupid question, but that's basically what we have to do with every electronic device on the market. Apple has changed this with their new cover. Open the cover and it automatically turns on and unlocks. Close the cover and it goes to sleep. Open it back up and you are immediately back where you started.

Such a small feature, but I think it's going to make a huge difference to people who read a lot of material. Since it's based in simple magnets I imagine that 3rd party cases will support it too. It's small features like this that make Apple's devices such a joy to use.