USB use amongst users is just too hard. Where exactly did he get this conclusion? USB is the easiest peripheral interface ever made, that's why it's popular.

USB use amongst users is just too hard. Where exactly did he get this conclusion? USB is the easiest peripheral interface ever made, that's why it's popular. He is correct that the iPad will never have a USB port. But not because of ease of use -- actually it's because of the opposite. Apple has a very long history of choosing interfaces that are incompatible with the PC. Does anyone still remember the first iPod was Firewire and Mac-only? Purposeful incompatibility is what Apple has always aimed for, and they continue to do it today on all their computers and devices.