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Will Apple ever make an ipad with an sd card slot?

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Mountainbikermark said:
You forgot about the battery. If iPhone had a user changeable battery how much would it cost? No need to worry as it won't ever happen.
The only time I've needed to remove my SD cards is if one goes bad. I suppose the apps on my phone are probably much smaller but I make up for it with pictures and videos. I'm a pack rat of photographic media on my phones. If my iPad had a camera I'd probably see the need for a card but I'm ok with it without as cloud storage is one of my triple saves of media anyway. All my photos are on my hard drive, on cd, on a cloud somewhere( I use several) and still on my phones.

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The genius guy at the apple store told me that changing the battery on a 3GS would cost around 90$. Seriously, that's not that ad for this kind of device. A good battery pack for a laptop can cost more than that ...

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The other issue surrounding SD cards is the variety now available. The older, yet perfectly serviceable camera type for still shots has many variants of size depending on the make and model of camera. Video cameras now sport ultra fast high capacity cards ( my main HDMI video camera has 2 slots, and auto switches when the first becomes full.

For Apple to attempt to incorporate all the different types would be next to impossible, so the camera kit is the best solution I feel.

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With the iCloud service coming soon, there will be less reason for him to give the iPad an expandable memory solution.
 

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I would totally love to have one built in. I just don't think uncle Steve will do it in a month of Sundays and the lack of it currently doesn't bother me either... The odd time I need it, I fire up the CCK and iFile. Job done.

But ccx won't cope with the cards in my Pro camera kit....Try's but the cards are too fast.

You really can't blame Apple for not making a reader a built in option. Just too many forms exist.

External NAS stuff eats the lot, and the ipad is happy to read them (with a little fiddling aroud)
 

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But you can pull them off through the camera if camera connected to USB though, yes? The SD reader is specced for standard cards, not v high speed specialist ones. They are supposed to be utilised via the camera / USB (for photos only obviously).
 

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But you can pull them off through the camera if camera connected to USB though, yes? The SD reader is specced for standard cards, not v high speed specialist ones. They are supposed to be utilised via the camera / USB (for photos only obviously).

Yes, still shots and basic video taken by a mid range camera. High speed HDMI with Dolby? No. I have to use the PC for that, (I would anyway due to editing etc.) but I'm talking here about cameras that cost £3000 + perfectly decent results can be acheived witha normal everyday camera!
 

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I guess what I don't understand what your expectations were. That it would handle 1080p video playback off camera or card? Display camera raw images? Anyhoo, bygones. Not here to hijack the thread, which I think was about storage rather than camera support. My bad.
 

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