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White continues, “So what happens when Apple releases the next, best thing? …If an Apple tablet is announced in January and released shortly thereafter, are the wireless networks the device will run on be overwhelmed?”
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1. will the cell connect be optional. if it is, many could just stick with wifi
2. will it be locked. and only either GSM/CDMA. there were rumors of apple buying up dual chips. perhaps it was for unlocked service for the tablet. with service spread out, there’s less of an issue
@ sir gill gate how long before u stop telling corny jokes?
I’m 19 and what ur probably an old dusty 45 year old fart
@XJM
@g4gublie would u teather A NETBOOK to a laptop?
Of course not, but I would tether a tablet to the phone and carrier of my choice when I’m mobile and use Wi-Fi when I’m home. Apple tablet sales wouldn’t be confined to anyone carrier as the iPhone is now.
@Michael
I have to disagree. The “killer application” with mobile devices is the ability to always be connected.
You’re right, because an iPod Touch without Wi-Fi is only half as fun and any Touch with telecom components would just be another iPhone.
So in that light, you make a lot of sense. Build a tablet with built-in support for GSM and sell it through AT&T and if that proves successful, then perhaps open it up to all the other GSM carriers.
That sounds way more practical than developing a tablet without telecommunications, forcing everyone to find their own way to connect to a cellular network.
I get carried away sometimes.
@XJM
I’m 19 and what ur probably an old dusty 45 year old fart
So when Apple began work on the world’s first tablet, the Newton in 1989, you weren’t even born?
Before you start calling people old farts around here, you need to gain some perspective.
Patience, young Padawan. You won’t last long on these boards if you start insulting the veterans.
Tablet connectivity, yes. Tethering, no!
@Michael
“If the tablet is ever released, a device like it will have enough internal space to support more than one cell radio, so that Apple can still manufacture one device, but make it available on both GSM and CDMA networks as well as Wi-Fi and anything else they can think of.”
Yes!
And give the user the option of joining or not joining a carrier/network of their choice.
I live in Manhattan, work in Manhattan, and never have problems. All this hype on the NYC/SF 3G. The only time I don’t have 3G is when I’m stuck out in BFE!
@XJM
Im 19 but bout two more years I should be ready for my GED test…
You’re 19 and haven’t graduated High School? AND you need 2 years to pass the GED? What happened, did your parents home school you and tell to you pray to Jesus for everything? Sad, man. Sad.
I think worrying over our current networks capacity to accomodate the Apple Tablet is pointless. It’s very likely that the data demands of the tablet will be the reason all broadband networks are upgraded sooner rather than later. It’s not like technology is set in stone and will not be improved over time. I wouldn’t be surprised to see all data delivered wirelessly in 10 years from now. By then we will be worrying if our neural network connections will be too much for the sub-space relays implanted in our skulls.
“New Apple tablet could overwhelm wireless data networks”
HEADLINE: “Non-existent Apple Tablet Overwhelms News Sites With Vacuous Speculation”
Is anyone else bored out of their mind with this non-existent subject? I’m going back to sleep zzzzzzz
U guys just hate me cuz I’m beautiful
@ XJMPasadena CA.,
“… ur probably an old dusty 45 year old fart”
I wish to hell I was. That time is beginning to become the good old days to me. Sigh.
As for the corny jokes, I’m afraid it’s only going to get worse. At least until total dementia sets in.