"Opinions, please: will this affect sales? Will people see the limit as a reason to not buy a device limited to one carrier?"
Without internet access, the Ipad gets old fast, IMO. Without the 3g plan, I do not see people taking this thing out on the town. With that, there have been 2 million Ipads sold, shocking. Of course, in environments like a university campus, internet access is a non issue. I see competition with the Ipad being more effective and coming faster then competition with say the Iphone. I look forward to the tegra based slates. Regardless of what comes to the slate world, they are all useless to me as a primary device without a stylus. Chris... On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Jeff Lasman <jpli...@nobaloney.net> wrote: > I know at least some of us are using iPads already. According to this report: > > http://www.wirelessweek.com/News/2010/06/Business-ATT-Data-Use-New-Plans-Data- > Services/ > > <quote> > AT&T also cut the $29.99 unlimited plan for the iPad in favor of a $25 per > month 2 GB plan, which will only affect new customers. Existing customers can > keep the unlimited plan or switch to the 2 GB plan. > </quote> > > Opinions, please: will this affect sales? Will people see the limit as a > reason to not buy a device limited to one carrier? > > And if so will we start to see options from other vendors/carriers, as we did > after the iPhone first came out? > > Any comments? > > Jeff > -- > Jeff Lasman > Post Office Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 > Our jplists address used on lists is for list email only > Phone +1 909 266-9209, or see: "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html"; > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list LinuxUsers@socallinux.org http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
