On Jan 30, 2010, at 5:30 PM, David K Watson wrote:
While price was probably an issue, I don't myself think that it was the main one in Apple's decision to keep the physical interfaces to a minimum. Apple likes to promote itself as the company whose devices just work, and if they had USB ports on the iPad then there would immediately be thousands of things that wouldn't work with it. By making sure that all input comes in wirelessly (where you have one set of expectations) or through the dock (where they have full control), Apple has a better chance of making sure that everything "Just Works".
Precisely right.
The same issues crop up (albeit to a lesser degree) with regards to the lack of a memory card slot.
Note that one of the accessories shown for the iPad is a SD card reader. Another has USB. Apple says they are for importing photos. It could be that this is all they will do.
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