I think you and me are different when it comes to the iOS keyboard. I hate it. No swipe/jump text, no deal for me.
No I don't like it either. But most of what I do on the iPad doesn't require input of much more than a username/password or a search term. Since it switches to the default keyboard half the time anyway, I just leave it. If I did any more on it, or if I used an iPhone, I would certainly use another keyboard.