A few ways to cope with tablets' lack of USB ports

Q: The usually efficient Apple iPad has for many users aserious deficiency: There is no easy way to print importantcontent. I try to overcome this by forwarding the material to acomputer with printing capabilities, which is cumbersome, to saythe least. Are there any devices or workarounds available to fixthis problem?

I suspect some tablet makers are keeping it hard to connect tolocal storage devices in order to sell online storage capacitythat's "in the cloud." There's iCloud for Apple, and Box.net for Motorola.

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