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Originally Posted by Belfaborac
I like the specs of the new iPad, but there's simply no way in or out of a certain warm place that I would ever buy a tablet without an expansion slot. I guess I can see, just, how some people might actually consider a device without an expansion slot usable, but at least for me the lack of one makes it a pointless, overpriced toy.
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I actually found the lack of an expansion slot on my ipod (which I use as a PDA, not a music player), a lot less of an issue than I thought it would be. Between webdav apps, email and dropbox, I have no trouble getting content in and out of my ipod without even touching itunes.
That being said, when I bought my android tab, I made sure there was a SD slot in it for those "just in case" times. I ran into one such time just once since I got the tablet - transfering pictures from my camera to my tablet, no computer around. Didn't work anyway, as the camera was SD card and the tablet was MicroSD. The Acer A100 doesn't have USB host, so I couldn't use a card reader either.
I probably would have bought an ipad, but I wanted 7" with GPS (real, not cell tower), so I went android. Expansion slot turned out not to be and issue.
My wife uses her Acer A500 for work. We would have gotten her an ipad (she also has an ipod touch used as a PDA mostly), but due to security concerns with her computer, she couldn't install itunes or even use wireless networking. So USB transfer only for her, but again, the expansion slot not really an issue.
YMMV etc.