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Originally Posted by scottjl
But those are your expectations, not necessarily mine, not necessarily John Public's. Take that 100yo woman who recently got an iPad that was all over the web. Do you think she expected a USB port? A SD slot? Do you think she cares about a "true file system" (from a technical standpoint, this term doesn't make any sense, the iPad does have a "true" file system, you just can't get to it the way you would like to)? She's just happy she can read the screen due to her vision problems, the iPad's large fonts and bright display make it easy for her. She has no expectations other than being able to read the screen.
I think Nikkie has the best of intentions listing things that aren't included in the iPad but to say that they were expected and missing is definitely misleading. I have an old PC "tablet" (more like stone tablet compared to how thin the iPad is) from 10 years ago (buried in dust in the basement), it has a 9pin serial port and a VGA port, today's PC tablet's don't include them, they have USB and HDMI. Should I complain that I was expecting one and the device is a failure?
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Now I don't have an iPad (nor will own one ). Just because a device doesn't have a component doesn't make it a failure...UNLESS it is a component which people want/need. Now VGA, you can buy a VGA adapter for the iPad if you want one (though I believe it requires the use of the dock as well, more $$$ to spend), so the provision is there. Where the iPad fails (from my reading) is in;
- No USB ports. Come on Apple, this is a common interface connector found in all devices, even my mobile phone has one. Can't plug in the camera, have to buy an Apple adapter.
- No ability to mount the device and drag'n drop files. This device requires the use of additional software to use the iPad. Software corrupts and library becomes corrupted....how does one recover from that? Hard drive fails on your PC, you're over. Have a system with the ability to drag'n drop, you can access all your files on any PC at anytime.
- For a device that apparently through Safari offers the best web experience ever...how can one not view flash sites???
- A device which you can buy a keyboard for and use as a desktop machine, how can one be expected to use it when you can not print from it???