I use Skype on my iPhone all the time now that you don't need to be on a wifi connection. The iPad will be used in the same way. It's not for taking pictures like you would with your phone. It's for video conferencing. That's why it's rumored to only have a 3 megapixel camera. You don't need super high quality lense for video calls.
They won't be putting an ethernet port on an iPad. It makes no sense for the device to be tethered anything. Maybe they'll release a docking station that will have an ethernet port but even that is doubtful. it's not a computer.
A USB port is possible. It would make it quite a bit thicker though. In the past, Apple has always kept the first and second iteration of a product line relatively similar in dimensions. This allows them and other periphery makers to develop products that can carry over (or be modified slightly) between different generations of devices.
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Originally Posted by pylon
I don't get all the hype and anticipation about the high resolution screen and camera. First off, the resolution on the current iPad is perfectly fine. In fact I find the retina display on my iPhone 4 to be too fine. The text on some websites is irritatingly fine, and almost unreadable. And since I or anyone I know has got an iPhone 4 nobody has once used facetime. And I know about 10 people with the device. I will however laugh my ass of the first time I see someone using their iPad to take pictures with a rear facing camera. With the cost of a decent quality point and shoot being so low now, who is going to walk around a museum with their 10" tablet snapping photos? That is a fanboy lol.
I would rahter they put all the money into getting the processor as fast as possible, an Ethernet port, and a couple USB ports. The form factor of the device is already perfect IMO, with the exception of those issues.
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