[richman]

I would like to see a number of usb inputs on ipad , so we can plug in mice/keyboard/hard drives/cams/etc.
I think apple with the iphone/itouch/ipad is thinking outside the box, and MS/HP is thinking inside the box, for MS/HP the OS is the main thing, whereas the APPS are the thing for apple, very smart. The bottom line is we have a list of things we want to do on a device like this, and it if does it easily and fast and looks good, we are sold.

MS /HP has tried the tablet thing making it "like a computer based around OS". It didn't work or catch on with the MASSES. They had many years to get it right , at least 10 years. And you guys saying , maybe they will get it right this time, are "dreaming". But go on and tell us how MS/HP will do it, just wait and wait and wait. Now MS/HP can see how apple did it, and they will try to copy it! But they are years behind , and next year apple will improve the IPAD.
KennyC talking about IPAD as crippled PC tablet is just so wrong, the PC tablets up till now seem crippled next to the IPAD, if you ask the "average user" or a "pro". Bottom line, does it do what I need it to do? YES or NO. And bro, give it some time to grow, it's only 1 week OLD. The APPS that people will come up with will crush the competition! And even now , who else is the competition. Tell us? And I mean, with finished product in our HAND.