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Originally Posted by Dylrob
It's not an ereader though. It's a multipurpose device, and as such must be compared to other multipurpose devices. With my Windows Mobile phone I can read a book while a webpage is loading, swap to that when it's done loading, and jump back after clicking another link. Depending on the sites I visit I could also have music playing in the background. Or in Windows "actual" I can have however many windows set side by side for reference/comparison. The latter is something I like to have when a decent size screen is available.
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It could be a great, but rather expensive, ereader. But only if you can put all books on it, not only the ones you buy from Itunes...
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Originally Posted by Moejoe
I'm surprised that you wouldn't want, or feel the lack of such a basic component as USB (knowing that you take photographs and the iPad might have served as a great way to preview those photographs out in the field). I think USB has to be the most glaring omission from this whole device, and I can't see any technical, or even marketable reason to leave it out. A lot of the design decisions Apple took on the iPad absolutely baffle me, from interior (using phone components such as their A4 which are rumoured to power the next gen of pods and phones) to the overlarge black bezel (surely the programmers could make a full screen smart enough to differentiate between wanted and unwanted gestures).
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I have two major issues with the Ipad (not including the name, btw...).
1. Lack of at least 1 USB port.
2. The closed OS and the need to go to Itunes in order to get applications (which are censored by Apple)
The third I haven't heard anything about yet: how can you charge it?
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Originally Posted by Dylrob
" And just when did Microsoft start dictating what programs could or couldn't be made available on Windows (any version)? "
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At least I can make my own programs for any window version without anybody knowing about it...