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Old 07-28-2010, 01:53 PM   #27
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Originally Posted by scottjl View Post
ahh. if you see the teardowns on the ipad, there is room to spare. they could have crammed in a SD slot if they wanted to. i think the primary reason is if the slot was there, people wouldn't accept it for just photos, they would complain/demand/whine to apple that they should be able to import and export all media types. apple just isn't ready to let us do that, if they ever will.
Weren't the "room to spare" rumours quashed when the production devices appeared? It turned out the voids were where the comms hardware goes in the 3G versions.

Bremen makes a good point, but wishing for something that may be just out of reach with current technology doesn't invalidate the wish.

It's perhaps also worth pointing out that the Dell Streak gets a micro SD slot, micro USB port and two cameras in a slim 5" format, so we can hope that well-featured 10" devices with full size SD and USB won't be too far away.

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