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Originally Posted by PersonaNonGrata
I think the hardware things it lacks is USB, HDMI output, and camera. There are definitely limitations to the iPad but it is a pretty slick piece of work. My wife is buying one and accepts those limitations and will be using it for entertainment purposes as the gadget that it is. We are both a little ticked at having to buy the proprietary $30 SD card adaptor whereas if the iPad had a USB port we could use others that are (a) not $30 and (b) would accept CF cards as well as SD since my dSLR uses CF cards.
It's great you can get Netflix on it and can watch videos but wouldn't it be nice to output it to a big screen via HDMI? Don't say no because you'd be lying.  |
I think a camera would be repetitive since most users have smart phones with cameras built into them (iPhones, for example). I wouldn't be surprised if the next iPad has a webcam though.
HDMI out would be nice, for now it does have VGA, component and composite cables available.
As for the dSLR and CF cards - again that would be nice but do you really want to process photographs with it? Seems that work is best left to Photoshop and then uploading them to the device for viewing.
It would be nice to have a USB port - pretty much infinite expandability at that point via external hard drives, card readers and other peripherals.
I am okay with it not having these features though because it does do amazing things for what it is. Pretty much any more advanced uses and I'd rather be at my desktop anyways, or some other more specialized device.