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iPad: What's missing?
To save you the time of having to work out what Apple's iPad doesn't have, here's a quick list.
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To save you the time of having to work out what Apple's iPad doesn't have, here's a quick list:
- No camera/webcam
- No tethering
- No voice support
- No TV subscriptions (widely rumored)
- No textbooks (again, widely rumored, especially after McGraw's slip the other day)
- No background apps
- No new notifications system
- No complex multitouch
- No Adobe Flash support
- No brand new platform (basically it's the iPhone OS under the hood)
- No new take on the tablet UI, no significant on-screen keyboard advances
- No USB port for device connection, such as flash drives (a problem for road warriors hoping that this will replace a notebook/netbook)
- While the device is unlocked, the choice of micro SIM limits carriers
- No pre-orders (yet)
- And no, it's not going to be the savior of the newspaper.magazine industry