I travel on the train every day. At least 50% of people are staring into a phone on the way to work (me included, WP7). This is at least 10x more than the number who have an iPad on the train. From this I can only conclude that when people are on the road and want mobility they use their phone, not their tablet. I also own an iPad and it is used 95% of the time at home, on the couch or kitchen.
So 3g is not a high priority for most tablet users as they are mostly only using it at home or office. On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:45 PM, David Kean <david.k...@microsoft.com>wrote: > (My opinion, not Microsoft’s)**** > > ** ** > > In past releases we’ve focused on enterprise scenarios, with the thought > that the consumer will buy what they use at work. Apple has long since > proven that things have changed and I still groan every time I see Steve > Balmer’s quote when he was asked about the iPhone and said that they would > get at maximum 3% of the market share.**** > > ** ** > > This time, Windows/Surface has bucked their typical product cycle and > instead said that they’re entirely focusing on everyday consumers. The fact > that we’re developers and techies automatically rules us out (not that I > won’t happily use the one that they are giving us :)).**** > > ** ** > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *David Szkilnyk > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 17, 2012 4:33 PM > > *To:* 'ozDotNet' > *Subject:* RE: Just seen the prices of Window 8 RT Surface devices....**** > > ** ** > > The 3g is a mute subject how many times in our day to life we just > portable hot spot our phones.**** > > From the kids in the car playing on the ipad to jump on the network to get > something, to the network going down at work so your laptop can still keep > going, to your tablet out of wifi range and you need to grab something > urgently. **** > > ** ** > > >>Tell me I’m wrong?**** > > I am of view what can it be used for? I see no benefit from this device > and yet to see why this is different in that I should purchase it over what > is already existing.**** > > I am constantly asked by people around me and I cannot see why or even > what I you could do with this device over the ipad and android other than > Office. **** > > With Office I have yet see it running on it yet (though I reserve > judgement here) though I am of mind that I would rather spend a few more > dollars for atom version or a proper intel version and have a full win8 > running and not running in its restricted environment. **** > > ** ** > > Personally I am waiting for the surface pro or ultra hybrid as to replace > my aging 13in laptop, I have a set boundaries of operations and see this > piece of hardware a very good step up, but a RT what’s it for?**** > > ** ** > > Dave.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [ > mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com>] *On > Behalf Of *Tony Wright > *Sent:* Thursday, 18 October 2012 9:22 AM > *To:* 'ozDotNet' > *Subject:* RE: Just seen the prices of Window 8 RT Surface devices....**** > > ** ** > > Also, which would you prefer – a device that you can plug a SIM into, or > one that you can’t? Microsoft’s tablet only has WIFI, which is a major > market killer for business applications.**** > > ** ** > > So if you had to splurge on a tab, which would you go for – a tab that > supports 3G, or one that doesn’t? Very disappointing.**** > > ** ** > > Right now they appear to be going for the stupid rich Microsoft fanboys > who will be silly enough to purchase this device and then pay again when > the true mobile versions come out. This is the Zune all over again. They > will have an initial take up from fanboys, and then watch sales drop > dramatically afterwards.**** > > ** ** > > Tell me I’m wrong?**** > > ** ** >
