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I mostly agree with the article. I too would not even consider an iPad in its current state. I think a lot of the negative criticism of the iPad is from people who have never owned an Apple product but were hoping this might be their first one. I am in this camp. I was really excited when I first heard about the iPad because I have wanted a tablet/slate for a long long time. Then the specs for the iPad were released. What a huge disappointment. I would think that a company like Apple would not make such obviously poor decisions when it came to the design and features of a product like this. The very idea of leaving of a USB port and a built-in SD card reader is just beyond me. I really thought they would not even be able to sell a thousand of them, I was wrong about that. The iPad is obviously not intended for people who are even slightly technically minded, seems like something for children or completely non-computer savvy people.
To sell me an iPad, I insist on:
At least one USB port
SDHC (or SDXC) card reader built-in
No locked hardware (apps from anywhere I want)
The ability to copy/paste to and from the device
Mini USB port for charging and for copy/paste (no proprietary ports)
Hopefully iPad V2 will fix these obvious and fundamental mistakes.
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