I recommend the iHome iHM60 Rechargeable Mini Speaker. It's $20, compact, has a pretty good rechargeable battery, and the sounds is surprisingly good. The only downside I have come across is that it uses a 3.5mm to mini USB cord, so replacing it could be a hassle if you lose or damage it.

So many unanswered questions. Price, availability, battery life. The keyboard cover seems to be one of the more exciting parts of their tablet offerings, but they wouldn't let anyone actually use them. Yes, they expressed some exciting ideas, but let's see how they do on execution before we start celebrating.

Announcing a product with no price or ship date and not letting the press use it's most exciting feature. There's definitely some desperation in there somewhere.

When was the last time they announced a product without pricing or availability?

It's a URL! No need for Google, just type it in to the address field of your browser.

There's way too much we don't know about this thing to start making wild eyed predictions like this.

There are tons of third-party map apps for iOS already. There is even one by Google already in the form of Google Earth.

Unless google brings their map app to iOS like they said they would.

But now those 3rd party apps are more tightly integrated into the system, which opens up things like Siri enabled control of 3rd part transit apps.

I'm pretty sure google said it would be.

They announced the transit API on stage at their keynote last week. No maybe about it.

Google said they would offer their Maps app on iOS. Seems like that solves the problem right there.

I have used 3rd party transit apps for a while now (I would recommend Embark NYC over iTrans). I'll bet you that there will be more public transit apps after the release of iOS 6 simply because Apple is offering to promote their apps and integrate them into the 1st party Maps app. It's not magic, it's just basic…

I would argue that it hurts Linus and his interests more than Nvidia. Especially in the court of public opinion.

You're the one who's speculating, not the author. At their keynote last week, Apple gave a brief explanation of pretty much what he's describing here. It occurs a little after 1:49:00 when Scott Forstall is discussing APIs.

Nothing is stopping people from integrating their transit directions with iOS 6. You're getting more options, not less. And I think people are only claiming that Google results are better because they haven't actually tried the competition.

Googles Transit directions are far from perfect, especially compared to the 3rd party transit apps which are more accurate and offer service advisories. Of course if you really prefer Google's directions you can! Provided they put it on the app store (which they said they would).

Maybe you should read the article again before you start throwing insults around. There will be more options for native public transit mapping in iOS 6. Not less.

Everyone complaining about more option for public transit mapping? Maybe a little reading comprehension is in order.

Someone else who didn't read the article. There will be more options for public transit in iOS 6, not less.