Very likely. I agree with your point. The lack of interfaces on the
iPod probably saves a lot of money.
When they make a useful device, I'll save up my nickels and buy it.
Since the main use I have for a small, light-weight portable computer
is to write very large (novel-length) text documents on it,
connectivity (via USB, firewire, or similar means) is essential, and
the lack of it is an absolute deal-breaker. The other functions are
nice and I would have fun exploring them, but they're auxiliary to
the main point: to have a first-class netbook device on which I can
write absolutely anywhere--on the subway, on the bus, in the car (as
a passenger), at my brother's place while waiting for everyone else
to get ready to go somewhere, etc.
I won't care what the device is called. They can call it iRat or
iCockroach, for all I care.
So I'll be waiting patiently. I just hope Apple's other customers
are patient, too.
Personally, I think that Apple decided to make this new device
devoid of popular interfaces in order to be able to offer the iPad for
$499 as opposed to a higher price that was anticipated by most
potential consumers of the product.
Steve
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