... I can't mount the device on my desktop or view the drive anywhere except in
limited view in limited apps. Real networking has to work before it's ready for
release. ... What if you need two USB ports? Carry a hub? Bummer. What if you
need USB and want to use AV out? ... How many people are going to buy a new
expensive camera because their new iPad has no easy way to get the video from
camera to device?
... SD will be around for a while...
Let's see how they deal with these concerns.
You forgot to mention the lack of parallel port and built-in floppy disk drive.
Apple is showing you the future while you cling to the past. Everything you
mention is a technology on its way out. You want the iPad studded with ports
that you should no longer need. That is not how Apple leads.
Apple doesn't lead. They take mostly existing technology and make it
better--sometimes. I worked for Apple. My cousin is an Apple engineer.
Their PR is amazing, so is Steve Jobs' reality distortion field.
Remember HotSauce? Great browser. I really liked it, but then it
disappeared into the ether, with the concept reappearing only obscurely
in EtherPEG and DriftNet, but not back on the Mac. How about the white
iBooks--Steve's white iBooks? They were disasters--more broken iBooks
because of multiple design defects than most other Macs combined [burnt
out mobos, bad displays], and almost 'impossible' to fix or upgrade
yourself; have to remove 41 screws just to open it.
Making technology so that it's not at all backward compatible is hostile
to the existing customers. Making "portable" technology so that it can't
exist alone is more hostile. Making most Apple products sealed so that
they're difficult to open and upgrade is again more hostile to
consumers. [I need heavy duty suction cups and torx bits to open my
iMac, while my G5 has an easy release handle? Can't change the battery
in a MacBook Pro or iPhone--good for the consumer?] They're lucky that
the OS is compelling enough to make some of those purchases worthwhile.
Your futuristic nightmare isn't for people who don't have unlimited
budgets to buy new toys and peripherals every year, or who don't have
businesses that can deduct the toys' cost in their taxes. No ports + odd
SIM card + only AT&T 3G US frequency = fewer sales.
Bleeding edgers don't care. Buy me an iPad. I'll send my son to pick it
up. Don't send the bill.
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