Originally Posted by Shylock

It isn't any 'type' of device. It is a product. A company makes a product, and us customers decide if it fits our needs or desires.... It is entirely reasonable for customers to point out areas it does not meet what we want it to do, especially when such things are relatively simple, and other products offer it....in short, companies work for us to provide services...we do not work for them. It is their job to dance and be useful to us, not ours to come to terms and settle to throw our money at them. People like me are trying to find the virtues of their products, but the bottom line is, if it does not meet my needs, I am returning it,and they can cry about it. It isn't as if they do not have enough profit as a company.....we all know apple has enough money to pay off the US national debt. So it is time they start worrying less about making more money off of us, and giving us a product that addresses our preferences.

Hi Shylock,

You might want to put your views on this form http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

Regardless of whether others agree with you or not it's better that you give your views to Apple, yours might be the request that tips the balance but if you don't give your feedback then you'll never know.

The Archangel

Originally Posted by bassman99

The iPad is very nice, but the one thing that really bothers me is lack of SD card support, since I don't always have WiFi and cellular data costs are insane. The lack of SD card really bothers me. Really!

It is such a nice device otherwise, but if Apple retains their "tyranny", I'll go with Windows 8 next time. Can't stand Google or Java-like platforms, so never really considered Android (or ChromeBooks).

Amazing....not having to fiddle with SD cards is a benefit, IMO. One man's garbage is another man's .....

Originally Posted by Shylock

It isn't any 'type' of device. It is a product. A company makes a product, and us customers decide if it fits our needs or desires.... It is entirely reasonable for customers to point out areas it does not meet what we want it to do, especially when such things are relatively simple, and other products offer it....in short, companies work for us to provide services...we do not work for them. It is their job to dance and be useful to us, not ours to come to terms and settle to throw our money at them. People like me are trying to find the virtues of their products, but the bottom line is, if it does not meet my needs, I am returning it,and they can cry about it. It isn't as if they do not have enough profit as a company.....we all know apple has enough money to pay off the US national debt. So it is time they start worrying less about making more money off of us, and giving us a product that addresses our preferences.

If you don't like their product, don't buy it. That is how you express your desires. That sends signals big time to companies. But your voice alone is not enough, either. As you can see, millions are buying apple product even though they have a restrictive OS and no SD slots (I'm sorry, but I just don't find these things to be big problems, I get around all of them), and its not slowing things down a bit. Heck, you should be happy apple is how they are, because that creates an opportunity for other companies to offer products to fill the gaps -- a good thing I would think, yet people howl about how apple is anti-competitive....so weird.... I have an Android right here that is loaded with slots (mini-usb, hdmi, host usb), but I still prefer to grab my iPad. I bought the Android just so I could add stuff to it...I even put a 16GB digital archive on the 32 GB internal SD card and I have another tiny usb stick in the external usb slot. The thing has the ability to support full USB so I can load 750 TB drives on it...the storage is virutally unlimited.....but I still prefer my iPad. I'm waiting for ICS to be released for it though...hopefully, my investment will pay off. Otherwise, I'll get the next version of the Asus Prime.

I had an Acer Iconia A500 tablet until I got the new iPad. I NEVER used the SD card slot and barely used the USB on it, so I don't miss either of them now. Chances are, most people don't care about either, otherwise iPads wouldn't sell that well.