The one obvious thing missing to me is mobile broadband, but I could see how they're waiting on WiMax or something. Doesn't someone offer a USB key mobile broadband card?

I dunno why they don't at least have the 160GB 1.8" HD as an option. I haven't found a source but I've been told the retail on the 64GB solid state is about the same $1000 as Apple is charging. You have to *really* want that speed and I would guess it has a bit better battery life. The other $300 in the difference of the two models you see on the store page is the faster processor. You can get either upgrade separately, though.

As with the iPhone, a *lot* of people will scream about the non-user-replaceable battery, and plenty of people will not care and buy it anyway. It isn't exactly a slam-dunk mix of the right compromises for everyone, I'm sure, but I'm guessing it'll have enough fans in the end. For my own use, for example, there's nothing missing I would care about on a daily basis. I'm lugging an optical drive back and forth to work every day that I use every couple months if that. Even watching movies on the plane could be overcome (rip DVDs, or as I'm sure Apple would prefer use that rental service), although a very long flight you'd reach the end of the battery unless you have access to power on the plane. If they finally license that damn power connector maybe you'll see a market in external battery boost for this thing.