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The iPad Questions Apple Won't Answer

snydeq writes "Apple's reticence to reveal details prior to a product's launch is legendary. But when Apple extends this silence beyond a product's unveiling, historically this has meant that the product cannot deliver the functionality that analysts and journalists are asking about. InfoWorld's Galen Gruman lists eight key questions for the iPad, about all of which Apple has kept silent. Can you save and transfer documents to the iPad? Does the iPad support Microsoft Exchange email? Does the iPad support VPN? Configuration management? 'I have no doubt the iPad will be compelling to some users. But I now have major concerns that it will fulfill the potential beyond being an iTunes delivery screen that I and other industry observers saw,' Gruman writes."

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  1. Re:Answers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will the iPad comfortably fit up my ass, like my iPhone and iPod?

    No.

    This may be an insurmountable problem for many Apple customers.

  2. Re:Answers by MrNaz · · Score: 5, Funny

    While I'm sure he appreciates your kind words, I think he needs to hear that from Steve himself.

    --
    I hate printers.
  3. Re:Answers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually in these kinds of sadomasochistic relationships the abuser often despises the adbusee for being so weak in the face of their dominance.