Win 7 Slate vs. Ipad...video face off!

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heruamon said:

Reach said:

Looks awesome ! and has USB ports wich is great addition... i think ipad doesnt has those.

In a roundabout and expensive way, you can expand the Ipad with the docking station, then plugging stuff into, if I remembered correctly.

Yeah, the dock connector is a way to combine several I/O interfaces into one (USB, audio, video, Firewire in the past). This makes a lot of sense with a handheld device, where surface area on the device is limited and it makes it simple for the user to connect the device to computers, stereos, TVs, etc.

The iPad has way more surface area than an iPod, so the advantage of having a single connector is diminished. You can use Apple's camera connection kit to plug in SD cards and USB devices, but that's extra money to spend and kludgy adapters you have to fiddle with instead of just plugging into a port. It's not hard to imagine Apple adding some additional ports to try to keep the simplicity of the dock connector (and the ecosystem that's sprung up around it) while offering more flexibility without requiring the user to carry around more widgets.

Also, the devices you plug in need to be supported by the iPad, and I'm sure WIn7 will support more devices. As far as I know, you can only connect USB mics, keyboards and storage devices to an iPad.

I'll also mention that the iPad supports bluetooth keyboards for those of you who really can't imagine using a tablet without hard keys.