google should get together with device companies and dream up a unified connector, as that seems to be what makes i(pod/phone/pad) appeal to the various car and stereo companies.

but then i guess it also appeals somewhat that all those devices have had the same basic footprint. If you cant fit a ipad, you can probably also fit a ipod or iphone in the same slot. Its the one place apple seems to have been bending over backwards to maintain backwards compatibility the way microsoft have been doing on their OS releases. Their ball is rolling, and now they have to make sure the surface stays as friction free as possible so that no other ball may catch up.