I think that might be true on the surface but, when you actually think about how most people use an iPad, it kinda falls apart. Most applications on the iPad fu

I think that might be true on the surface but, when you actually think about how most people use an iPad, it kinda falls apart. Most applications on the iPad function through the use of some kind of Library system where the app handles its own files and shares them in common pools of apps that use the same filetypes. Throwing external storage into that mix natively would allow for the possibility of situations where multiple libraries exist, one external and one internal, for example, and where libraries could become inaccessible. I think that would complicate things enough for the majority of people who use iPads that it would disrupt the experience. People who really need external storage aren't going to be relying on an iPad until the devices really catch up more with full personal computers.