The just announced iOS 4.2 for the iPad brings the iPad up to par with the iPhone in terms of features such as multitasking, unified inbox and the game center. The most important feature however for me is the following:

Keyboard and dictionary enhancements
Choose from more than 30 new keyboards and dictionaries, including Arabic, Greek, and Hebrew.
From Apple iPad iOS 4.2 Software Update

This means that the iPad will support the same international keyboards as the iPhone does, including a Swedish keyboard layout.

Now why is this so important? For me, when I write down meeting notes I always write in Swedish. And having to press-and-hold-and-drag-and-drop every time I want to enter a Swedish character like å, ä and ö makes it near to impossible to use the iPad.

Having Swedish keyboard support on the iPad means that I can finally leave my laptop on my desktop and only bring the iPad to my meetings. With it’s >10 hour battery life I don’t even have to bring a charger!