Report: iPad 2 Will Have a USB Port

[Dirtman73]

It was their plan all along, I don't see why anyone is surprised by this. 1st genners always get screwed.

 

[zachary k]

wow, now if only they can add a SD card slot, oh wait...then there will be NO POINT in the multiple storage sizes, which means less money for them.

 

[bustapr]

possibly the only upgrade from ipad 1...

 

[ProDigit10]

and the hacking begins :-D

 

[elcentral]

well my nokia haw a usb in to, so when can i see a iphone/tablet whit hdmi

 

[zholy]

I hope they don't put one in. I like the minimalism of the ios devices. Also I can't think of a time I ever needed or wanted a USB port on the iPad.
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[JOSHSKORN]

I'm still waiting for the computer cleverly disguised as a can of coke that will play Crysis. Maybe Apple will invent it. Oh wait, Crysis doesn't run on Apple OS. Guess it won't happen.

 

[Mr_x]

Maybe Apple might add a mini Usb port + dock connector for charging or would give an adapter to enable or maybe it would be like usb on the go ???
Still Apples eco system sux

 

[silver565]

I bet you that apple will call this an amazing innovation.

There should have been a flippin USB port in the 1st place

 

[chick0n]

[citation][nom]gsxr1181[/nom]iPad 2 = USB v1.1iPad 3 = USB v2 Released 2012iPad 4 = USB v3 Released 2013Only Apple can make old technology cool again. LOL[/citation]

didn't u know that USB port on iPad is a magical thing?

 

[silver565]

Apple are useless with what they put on their products like that. But hey! as long as you have a cult, why does it matter?

 

[droidnet]

It is the traditional apple strategy - sell a product at twice its actual price with fractional functionality then upgrade it slowly to keep milking the cow - and apple customers love it.

 

[Guest]

I m a big fan of apple. I love iproducts. please come join me at www.ifuckup-mywallet-forapple.com

 

[jaywed]

God Bless Apple

 

[Guest]

Not that they have much of a choice. Theres a new EU directive that wont allow devices with proprietary ports from 2011. Only Micro usb type B, its either that or dont sell the device in europe.

 

[john5246]

This changes everything...again!

 

[thrasher32]

Welcome to 1997, iPad. Maybe next year they'll add a floppy drive and a serial port.

 

[TunaSoda]

Wow! cutting edge!

 

[damianrobertjones]

It matters not what we anti-apple people think or maybe even feel, as, it's far too late. The general population out there are VERY happy with their iDevices and are, for some strange reason, under the impression that they are better that everything else.

In ways and as much as I hate to say it, some of them are, some are not. Either way, Apple has such a strong foot hold into the younger generation, which rubs off onto the older folks, that in t he next six years we may well see Apple's share of the market(s) rise to new levels.

Heck, all they have to do is introduce one laptop and one desktop with average prices and that will be it. Then again, they are so smug that by keeping their prices that small bit higher, the illusion remians. Heck, if people can spend £90 on a shirt from the same factory that produces the same shirt without a logo for £15, then humanity has a bit further to go before it's sane once again (If ever)

 

[JimmiG]

But it won't be just any USB port. It will be a magical, revolutionary USB port. They'll have a 30 minute video with closeups of the USB port, and an interview with some engineer who explains how they went about designing this amazing piece of technology.