Can the iPad work with a wireless keyboard and mouse?

Would like to know if the new iPad will work with a wireless keyboard and mouse!

There are quite a few threads requesting this facility, so I thought I would choose this recently active (at the time of writing) post to reply to, in the hope some thinking appleite with influence stumbles upon it.
I totally get Apples philosophy of not polluting their interface design concepts with the introduction of a clunky so-last-year cursor; I actually agree. What I can't understand so much is that there are a number of apps that could benefit from mouse support. The one I need is RDP. This class of apps allow us to connect to servers running other operating systems using the IPad; why not authorise CERTAIN APPS to access the Bluetooth mouse stack, and let us have joy. It doesn't affect the iPad experience in the slightest, at least not to it's detriment.
The new retina screen is such that I actually prefer the experience of using my iPad to connect to the server than my laptop!, but given I develop software, there is no way my stubby finger can compete the clinical accuracy of a mouse when using intricate interfaces such as MSDE. With just that one addition, I would practically move into the post pc era you tout so much, at least in my interfacing With the post pc pc,s :).
Thanks
Paul

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