Devicethatsuperficiallyresembles alargeiPodwithan 8-inch diagonal screen, lacks a keyboard, packsUSBandFireWireports and runsMacOSX along with a variety ofmultimedia goodies.
The camera, maps and multimedia apps offer just a few examples of the minimalism that appears throughout various parts of the OS. It's been one of my major takeaways from the first half of my BB10 trial, and I don't believe things were left out by accident -- in fact, most mobile platforms start out the same way.