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Yes, and after you cobble this asinine frankendevice together, you have something with no proper I/O. Crippled Bluetooth. No user-accessible file system. No way for third-party apps to sync data with companion apps on the computer (without some hokey wireless or Internet-based workaround).

It's incredible how this ridiculous gimmickry is playing out in 2012. Downright juvenile.

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Um, a lot of that stuff most people don't use? Juvenile?

Why get angry about people liking their iPad but wanting a keyboard? Looks pretty cool to me. Like a laptop with a detachable keyboard.

No, that's the point: That's what it is NOT. No straightforward way to get files or information on or off the device. That's not a suitable computer.

It's a design dictated by Apple's fear and refusal to learn from the failure of DRM. More hypocrisy.

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