my coworker and I have had this discussion a lot lately. He thinks that Rev. 2 will have a couple of usb ports and an SD slot along with others. I think he's crazy. Who wants a tablet with umpteen cables/connections coming off of it. It defeats the purpose of a portable tablet.
You can see the progression. MBP have a plentitude of ports. MB Air has very few. iPad, iPhone, iTouch have none. The more portable the device the less need for ports. Like Jerry says, embrace the cloud. My coworker doesn't recognize the irony that he's trying to replace our desktop pc's with Wyse units (with minimal ports) that remote into a Citrix server. On Apr 9, 2010, at 12:16 PM, Jerry Johnson wrote: > > For the same reason they got rid of floppies on laptops. And serial ports. > > They are assuming that the cloud is the way to go, for most or all > applications. And they are forcing that change to the user ecosystem. > > Assuming they are right, maybe we will see some bluetooth devices that > handle external media, including video and camera and photo input. > > Wireless baby. No local storage needed. Always connected. Unlimited storage > over there somewhere. > > Embrace the Cloud. > > On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> At the cost, it's hard for to understand why the iPad doesn't have an SD >> slot. Unless, it is strictly a control issue. >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:315488 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
