The same ten products over and over in different configurations. Good to see these products exist, though.
The thunderbolt option for the Apogee audio interface is $500. Holy crap. It's already an expensive interface.
Yes, "if you need it, you will buy it" is true, but that specific market is not so large. Thunderbolt is currently stuck in the premium-pro market. That won't help it much, as a standard. The costs are apparently far too high for anyone but specialty product makers to market.
Yes, it SHOULD be as ubiquitous as USB. But the better product rarely ever is, due to cost. The real solution is to subsidize it. Intel and Apple have the resources to do so. So far they're not committed to thunderbolt enough, IMO. Self-fulfilling prophecies are done this way.
Thunderbolt is a proprietary interface, not an open standard. Why SHOULD it be ubiquitous? Should BMW M5's be ubiquitous because they are well engineered and perform better than other automobiles in certain situations? Should BMW give them away so that they can increase marketshare? How is not making money off of a lot of hard work the "real solution"? Apple is the only significant buyer of Thunderbolt controllers. Intel makes a tidy sum off of their business dealings with Apple. Apple has strong sales and healthy margins on all of its products including those with Thunderbolt interfaces. What is wrong with selling niche items that are more expensive as long as you can make a reasonable return doing so?
If you want to see 6 products over and over again in different configurations, search for SuperSpeed USB devices. The only devices that exist are based on the available silicon that has passed certification by the USB-IF. So for several years, you only had USB 3.0 to SATA bridge chips, USB 3.0 to NAND flash controllers, USB 3.0 4-port hubs, and USB 3.0 flash memory card readers. In 2012, products based on DisplayLink's DL-3000 series chips became available and ushered in a wave of USB 3.0 docking stations and display interfaces which are overwhelmingly based on the same reference designsfeel free to chose your favorite OEM branding. 6 weeks ago, adapters featuring ASIX's AX88179 USB 3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet solution hit the streets. These will cost you $30, or the same as the Apple Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter which has been available for over 6 months now. Aside from that there are a couple cameras and a few a/v interfaces using SuperSpeed USB.
Here's the list of available Thunderbolt devices again for you to mull over:
AJA ioXT
AJA KiStor Dock
AJA T-TAP
Apogee Electronics Symphony 64 | Thunderbolt
Apple Apple Thunderbolt Display
Apple Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
Apple Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter
Areca ARC-8050
ATTO ThunderLink FC Thunderbolt to 8Gb/s Fibre Channel Desklink
ATTO ThunderLink NS Thunderbolt to 10GbE Desklink (SFP+)
ATTO ThunderLink NT Thunderbolt to 10GbE Desklink (10GBASE-T)
ATTO ThunderLink SH Thunderbolt to 6Gb/s SAS/SATA Desklink
ATTO ThunderStream SC Thunderbolt to 6Gb/s SAS RAID Desklink
Avid Pro Tools|HD Native Thunderbolt Interface
Blackmagic Design Intensity Shuttle for Thunderbolt
Blackmagic Design Intensity Extreme
Blackmagic Design UltraStudio 3D
Blackmagic Design UltraStudio Express
Blackmagic Design UltraStudio Mini Monitor
Blackmagic Design UltraStudio Mini Recorder
Blackmagic Design UltraStudio 4K
Blackmagic Design Blackmagic Cinema Camera EF
Blackmagic Design Blackmagic Cinema Camera MFT
Blackmagic Design Teranex 2D Processor
Blackmagic Design Universal Videohub Editing Interface
Buffalo Technology MiniStation Thunderbolt (2 variants)
Drobo 5D
Drobo Mini
Elgato Thunderbolt SSD (2 variants)
Freecom Mobile Drive Mg USB 3.0 & Thunderbolt
G-Technology G-RAID with Thunderbolt (3 variants)
LaCie 2big Thunderbolt (2 variants)
LaCie 5big Thunderbolt Series (2 variants)
LaCie d2 USB 3.0 Thunderbolt Series (2 variants)
LaCie eSATA Hub Thunderbolt Series
LaCie Little Big Disk Thunderbolt (4 variants)
LaCie Rugged USB3 Thunderbolt Series (3 variants)
Magma ExpressBox 3T
Matrox DS1/DVI Thunderbolt Docking Station
Matrox DS1/HDMI Thunderbolt Docking Station
Matrox MXO2 Thunderbolt adapter
mLogic mLink
Other World Computing OWC Mercury Helios PCIe Thunderbolt Expansion Chassis (5 variants)
Promise Pegasus J2 (2 variants)
Promise Pegasus J4 (2 variants)
Promise Pegasus R4 (2 variants)
Promise Pegasus R6 (3 variants)
Promise SANLink
Seagate GoFlex Thunderbolt Adapter (2 variants)
Seagate GoFlex Desk Thunderbolt Adapter (2 variants)
Sonnet Echo ExpressCard/34 Thunderbolt Adapter
Sonnet Echo Pro ExpressCard/34 Thunderbolt Adapter
Sonnet Echo Express Thunderbolt Expansion Chassis for PCIe Cards
Sonnet Echo Express Pro Thunderbolt Expansion Chassis for PCIe Cards
Sonnet Echo Express SE (3 variants)
Sonnet xMac mini Server
Sound Devices PIX-DOCK
Universal Audio Apollo Thunderbolt Option Card
Western Digital My Book Thunderbolt Duo (2 variants)
Western Digital My Book VelociRaptor Duo