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Originally Posted by speculatrix View Post
with the CF slot in the Zaurus, which allowed wifi, bluetooth, POTS modem, gprs/gsm, ethernet, CF and microdrive, I/O cards etc, the Zaurus would probably never have become such a cult classic. It's clear the zaurus developers never anticipated that the CF slot would give their product such versatility!
Not only that, more recent models had a mini-A usb socket so you could plug in digital cameras, keyboards etc without needing funky adaptors!

if the tablet isn't going to gain a CF slot, which is unlikely, at the very least fit a useful USB socket with sufficient power to drive a 3g usb modem, PLEASE. Otherwise, as people have asked innumerably, a docking connector would be ideal... model it on single lane PCIe or something, add usb pass through and video pass through!
At present the tablet is very much an appliance, but it could be so much more.
Huh? As far as I understand it will have on-board HSPA!

You do have a point with your Zaurus flexibility remark however I must add to this that the CF card was almost always used for WiFi (802.11a/b). IIRC only the SL6000 had on-board WiFi _and_ a free CF card, and that was Sharp's last Zaurus. Switching CF cards is not something one wants to do a lot. Keep one in it, and keep it firm!

BTW, I'm interested getting in contact with more former Zaurus users. I believe we former Zaurus users have a unique experience to discuss, and might also be able to contribute some kind of Wiki page with Zaurus -> Nokia upgrade path information. When I bought a NIT, as former Zaurus user, I'd have very much appreciated this. Although maybe its a minority.

The options are CF, PCMCIA, USB, BT are used for this nowadays. SDIO isn't good enough, IrDA too limited range.
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