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Steve Fenwick wrote:
> In article <4b930a4b$0$1632$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>,
>  SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:
> 
>> John Slade wrote:
>>
>>>      I don't see the iPad being big in the "kids' market" because of 
>>> it's price and capabilities. More popular games are on cheaper devices 
>>> more suited to gaming. I can see the iPad being more successful in the 
>>> e-book reader market if the price comes down.
>> I'm sure you're going to be proven wrong. Parents spend $1000-1500 on 
>> DVD systems for their kids to watch movies in the car. $500 to keep the 
>> kids busy in the car, and then having the iPad to use at the destination 
>> via WiFi (instead of carrying a laptop) is going to make it the 
>> must-have kid's toy of 2010.
>>
>>>       It comes with a USB port via the adapter that comes with it.
>> No it doesn't. It's not a USB host port. You can't plug in various 
>> peripherals that the vertical market needs, like bar code scanners, 
>> cameras, blood glucose meters, scales, blood-pressure cuffs, etc.. Apple 
>> is not interested in those vertical markets because they don't involve 
>> selling apps, music, videos, and books to the buyers.
> 
> It is more likely USB OTG than USB device, as it supports the external 
> keyboard (<http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/>, near the bottom), and the 
> iPad Camera Connection Kit, which allows a camera to be connected to the 
> iPad through USB.

But it's not a general purpose USB port, the OS only supports stuff like 
the camera kit and keyboard. You can't plug in stuff like external disk 
drives, optical drives etc. Perhaps someone will figure out how to do this.