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Originally Posted by JE3146
Even a USB port that could attach a memory card reader would be a perfect solution.
Just 1 USB port..... just one...... 
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I'd take 5 to 1 it never happens. That'd put the ipad in competition with the macbook. It'd be borderline retarded to make a niche product that competes with your main lineup.
I agree it'd be awesome if this thing would tie into my photography, but even if it would preview pics, it's not an editing solution. It'd be kinda pointless. That's where a laptop comes in, which is what I've been using for 10 years.
After reading and reading and reading, it's pretty clear everyone kinda thought like I did about the ipad. I was thinking laptop in tablet form.
That's not what apple did. They made an ipod touch in tablet form.
If someone likes iphone or ipod touch, ipad is a no brainer. Pretty much a must have. If not, it's hard to imagine what a person would do with it.
I surf and watch media. Anywhere.
Since Monday I've watched 9 ballgames on the ipad and three or four movies, and wasted tons of time working on my fantasy ball team and surfed the web. It's far beyond iphone and ipod touch for those things that iphone and ipod touch have trained me to do.
It really is a niche-holer, and that's it. It does everything it does astoundingly well.
Even if it had a mic, camera, usb ports and a muti-reader slot, I wouldn't use it for work. I work here at my desk, which is what my desktop is for. I don't carry it around with me, but I do use my ipad at my desk so I can haul it along when I get up and move about. If I end up outside or upstairs or in the shop, it goes right along with me, and I can keep up with the game, my movie, email, messageboards, whatever. Then when I come back to my desk, I do what I do there.
I'd like to edit pics on the ipad, but without a mouse, it'd be cumbersome at best. I leave that for my desktop.
In a pinch, I can use Logmein and grab or do anything I need that's on my desktop. So there's that small link between the ipad and my desktop that gives me even more deskability.
If someone enjoys his/her laptop, I can see no benefit in the ipad aside from sitting around on the couch surfing while watching tv. I don't know if 500 or 600 bucks is worth that small amount of flexibility. For a guy like me who has always absolutely hated a laptop, it's perfect. I gave my laptop to my daughter a month ago when I ordered this thing, and sold hers. That's how much I hate laptops.
