I'm just wondering, do you think iPhone 5 will have support for Thunderbolt? That would be really freaking awesome.
Why not? :S
It's a waste of time for Apple to put it into iDevices right now when less than 1% of people will be able to use it. It's just out on Macs and there is no PC support. Waste of money, iPhone 6 probably; Thunderbolt and USB3.
Also, like said above Apple wants to cut the cord and get those other 50% of crazy people to start syncing.
You still need to sync your iPhone to move all of your big data over, and thunderbolt would make that process a lot faster. They're putting thunderbolt on everything now, MBP, iMac, next is MBA. Although you're right it will probably be in iPhone 6 once more people are capable of using it.
Although I'm quite sure Apple doesn't give a crap about making accessories incompatible, they've shown that many times over.
No ThunderBolt in iOS devices unless they fundamentally change the architecture. ThunderBolt is basically PCI Express, which works fantastically well on computer boards but doesn't exist in iOS devices. They may bridge USB 3 and offer that, though.
What would be faster? Thunderbolt or Wifi sync on a fast connection?
Doesn't the Cloud eliminate the need for it?
No ThunderBolt in iOS devices unless they fundamentally change the architecture. ThunderBolt is basically PCI Express, which works fantastically well on computer boards but doesn't exist in iOS devices. They may bridge USB 3 and offer that, though.
What would be faster? Thunderbolt or Wifi sync on a fast connection?
Doesn't the Cloud eliminate the need for it?