> no USB port to be able to easily copy files to/from

It's networked. iCloud, Dropbox, email, etc.

> as well as no way to connect an external display for presentations.

All current iPads have a dongle for HDMI out. And they can output to Apple TV. Do you think they removed that for this one?

Despite the cute size and gorgeous screen I still haven't found a great use for the iPad.

edit:

Just looked at the dongles available. There's both USB and SD card input and VGA output as well the HDMI I mentioned.