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> The iPad is not being marketed as a laptop. Why are you expecting it to
> be?
I think the issue is that nowadays everyone expects anything the size of the
iPad with a screen to support a number of standard features. These include
a USB socket for connection to external drives: memory sticks, card readers,
cameras, printers etc. TBH this was the first I heard that you cannot
connect any standard external devices to the iPad, I would have assumed it
had a USB socket. It does has WLAN and/or bluetooth right? Can't you just
share folders from another device that way? A bit inconvenient if you have
a passive device like a memory stick or MP3 player.
> Do you buy an XBox360 and expect it to be a PC? There are similarly many
> thing that can be done with a PC that cannot be done with an XBox360.
The PS3 OS actually gives you the option to install a Linux OS if you want,
and the Xbox360 lets you write programs for it using C# and XNA, so it those
respects modern games consoles pretty much are PCs.
Anyway, if I did buy an XBox360 I would expect it to do certain things as
standard, like let me connect a memory stick and listen to the music on it
or look at the photos and videos on it. Or grab files from the network to
show. There's a huge user outcry even when some specific format of video is
not supported by a games console, imagine what would happen if it didn't
support *any* external connection!
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