On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 1:40 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 12:05 PM, tjpa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Actually somebody in the Israeli government is playing games. The iPad > uses > > the same chip set used in iPhones and many other brands of smart phones. > The > > scoop is that the exclusive right to sell iPads in Israel belongs to a > > relative of a government minister. They want to sell them for top dollar > and > > people bringing in iPads they bought in the US was spoiling their plans. > > > > http://blog.israeltech.net/ipad-ban/ > > One individual's opinion. I would suspect that the chipset > mentioned is not the component that directly controls the amount of RF > output power that can be delivered to the antenna. I think that there > are any number of digital wireless devices that utilize the same > wireless chipsets yet will exhibit widely varying levels of RF > radiated power. > > > Or is it the native corruption and nepotism in the Israeli government barring the door until Apple releases the iPad in Israel and they can gouge their own people. If you allow a state monopoly on sales in a democratic country you should never let it look like it is owned by relatives of high officials. -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
