What about the lack of “standard” interfaces...USB, firewire, etc.? Just nuts.
Do you have a USB port on your cell phone, your camera or your video recorder? No, you plug them into a USB port. Do you need Firewire on a USB device, especially one that is 3G? What is Firewire? What purpose does it serve away from your network, or somebody’s network? To what network does a 3G device belong?
You’re locking yourself in to existing assumptions. How can what *is* be configured, in a disruptive way that puts computing power into the hands of everyday people? That’s Jobs’ motivating philosophy, and always has been.
OK, so it’s a giant, wifi enabled iPod Touch, soon to be a giant iPhone without an official voice plan. Think about it. That’s been stated as if it were some sort of putdown. It’s not.
Why? Really, why have them? They're 20th-century relics, usurped by Bluetooth and WiFi and 3G. This thing isn't a workstation, and it isn't for archiving. It's not supposed to replace your desktop with its poundage of boxes, cables, gizmos, most of which is rarely used; if you need them, there they are. This thing is supposed to be super-ultra-light, with nothing you don't need most of the time.
Welcome to the wireless 21st Century. Keyboard? wireless. Mouse? moot. Storage? cloud. Content? streaming. Printing? remote. An occasional tethering aside for deep updates, recharging, and collecting what I really want on-hand (ex.: 100 favorite CDs, not all 1000; 10 favorite movies, not all 200 uncompressed), and ... who needs physical ports?
I thought the same thing when Mac dumped the floppy disc. Apple was right.