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To: Cary Salsberg who wrote (24555)	9/21/2010 9:42:27 PM
From: etchmeister	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25522

The iPad touch screen can act like a keyboard. In their commercials Apple makes having not a key board look like an advantage - the little magic wheel - the new "interface". 1.) Apple does not use a keyboard because it would resemble too much an ordinary (PC) netbook. "wheel" = differentiator 2.) If I understand correctly the wheel originates from the MP3 Nano; so they extend this technology to the I Pad and save cost 3.)You can "upgrade" the IPad with an (after market) wireless keyboard - but than you end up with two pieces of hardware. I don't buy anybody claiming a wireless keyboard is a better solution compared to an "integrated keyboard" - but than again if the keyboard is integrated it might resemble to much an ordinary netbook and it would cost more. Only Apple can charge for a keyboard... This looks like a portable desktop :o> apple.com

To: Cary Salsberg who wrote (24555)	9/22/2010 5:19:51 PM
From: Kirk ©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25522

"RE: "Many phones include a camera - do phones cannibalize digital cameras?" The answer is YES for consumer cameras, NO or NOT MUCH for DSLRs." I agree My brother (a salesman, not an engineer...) used to haul a video camera around on his trips to shoot movies and a good quality SLR. He is good at it. Not many watched his movies since they started out on tape and we enjoyed the pictures he'd put in an album. Now he has an iPhone and we all watch his movies he uploads to the net. Pretty good quality for what he wants to record. He also upload high quality digital SLR photos. Now he only has to carry a DSLR camera bag for a digital camera rather than two bags for video and slr.