“Apple’s tablet will use Verizon’s wireless data network to connect to the Internet when users are out of range of a Wi-Fi hotspot, a Wall Street analyst today said his sources were reporting,” Gregg Keizer reports for Computerworld. “‘The tablet will be supported by multiple [mobile] carriers,’ said Brian Marshall of Broadpoint AmTech, citing unnamed sources he said were close to the situation. ‘Verizon and others,’ he continued. ‘Definitely Verizon. I’ve been told that’s a certainty.'”
“Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) added its voice to the clamor about an impending Apple tablet, saying that the device would be unveiled later this month but wouldn’t ship until March,” Keizer reports. “According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple has been working on two different material finishes for the tablet, which will sport a 10- or 11-in. screen.”
Keizer reports, “Most are betting that Apple will introduce the tablet the last week of this month… Already signed and sealed, Gottheil said, were deals with book, magazine and newspaper publishers; movie studios; and television networks. ‘Apple will have had to make a lot of deals with content providers by now if it is launching in March,’ he said.”
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Make mine mahogany.
Bloodbath for competitors.
Verizon has the tablet, but no iPhone? I guess they want to get their foot in the door this time.
Isn’t she lovely?
I don’t buy it. Like I said before, Apple want you to buy one of everything, and it seems stupid to force your customers to carry two wireless contracts. AT&T;all the way, baby.
And Jobs bestowed upon us a tablet with an os X to help us as a people. And heard was a choir of Angels with this boon.
We’ll be hearing this soon enough: “Didn’t meet expectations.”
so, iphone users (including me) pissed and moaned about att and all of the issues they failed to address in a timely manner and promises (tethering) they broke. i’m curious to see (if verizon is part of this gig) how verizon handles the avalanche of user bandwidth a tablet would bring.
i suspect they will be no better than att, and if the droid data plan is any indication i would rather stick with att.
Sounds like it’s a go. My rationale? There are SO many rumors that if it were not true Apple would have to just say it ain’t so. They want it up and running by next school year — watch out for textbooks. In the book publishing world that’s where the $$$ has always been. Now, it they can keep their profit margins, make them cheaper for parents and more portable for students, it’s a win-win-win-win for all four.
iSlate looks to be the winner name and while iBook may be seen as limiting the device, I still like iBook. It has a certain ring to it.
So the tablet won’t be exclusive to any one carrier, huh?
So much for those who stated emphatically, that AT&T garnered another exclusive deal. The iPhones success was so great, it opened doors for the Apple tablet and Verizon isn’t going to make the same mistake twice.
Apple doesn’t need favors anymore. Apple has proven lightning strikes twice, first iPod and then iPhone, so its now quite obvious to the market, Apple is very good at what they do and when the tablet proves to be another heavenly success, Jobs will become a the patron Saint of the Street.
@The Rev.
Weren’t you Dr. Rev. just a couple of days ago?
“The tablet will be supported by many carriers.”
Sounds as though Verizon will just be one of many.
I am wanting a apple tablet, but I will not be buying another monthly connection service. I have an iPhone and it cost $30 a month for the internet connection. I am not paying for yet another connection.
I hope I can buy the apple tablet with no monthly contract.
Sources = wishful dreamers at Verizon
Kindle models come bundled with either Sprint or AT&T;3G connectivity with no monthly cost, it’s included in the cost of downloading reading materials. In other words, pay by the transaction, not by the month.
@dmc
Not to worry, the iPhone will be coming to Verizon soon enough and in spite of all their hyperbole about how great their service is, they too will soon feel the weight of the rhinoceros in the room.
Despite whatever Verizon says, iPhone on their network will be a compromised experience and Apple’s fine print will be sure to point that out. Some features may, or may not be available at time of purchase and any compromises should be addressed with your carrier.
iPhone tethering was a highly anticipated feature that was compromised, but not by Apple, by its exclusive US partner.
AT&T won’t have an exclusive on the tablet and it may be awhile before Apple ever has to choose the exclusive route again. Let’s hope so, anyway, because confining your product to a single entity has to be the greatest limitation in a Free Market.
This time next year, even Walmart will be able to sell the Apple tablet.
Okay, I’m slow but it just clicked. AT&T;hasn’t offered tethering for the iPhone because Apple wants tethering to be exclusive to the tablet. You’ll have the option to buy a data plan for the tablet.
Verizon has had plenty of times to learn from AT&T;’s mistakes it would be foolhardy of them not to have they’ve had two years to prep their network for the ‘next big thing’ and I’m confident they can handle it.
For my purposes, I suspect that the Kindle will still have the edge. I’m sure the Apple tablet will be a piece of engineering to behold, but Amazon has that already massive library of books available. Almost every time I check, the book is available.
One thing I LOVE about the Kindle is that books like these are available:
http://www.amazon.com/Snow-Leopard-Server-ebook/dp/B002UHTU34/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262739946&sr=8-4
http://www.amazon.com/MAC-OS-UNIX-Toolbox-ebook/dp/B002JMV6H8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=digital-text&qid=1262740026&sr=1-3
http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Training-Essentials-Supporting-ebook/dp/B0030EK4OU/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=digital-text&qid=1262740067&sr=1-9
In addition, Amazon is finishing work on a Mac edition of their Kindle reader. Books I purchase from the Kindle store will be readable on my Mac.
And last but not least… NO MONTH SUBSCRIPTION FEE. Nope. No more subscriptions, especially not to another fricking AT&T;or Verizon.
I hate both companies with an equal passion and it boggles my mind that people fight about which is better. To me comparing them is like saying bend over and choose your rapist.
I assume the tablet will probably have a slot available to insert the modem for any wireless carrier, just like a “normal” laptop would have. Where it gets interesting is if certain carriers offer subsidies for buying into a 1yr or 2yr deal with them. But I could see that being offered by any carrier. A tablet is not constrained by the need to be a phone; therefore, it will just need a data connection.
Who says Amazon won’t have a Kindle app for the iSlate? Their interest is in selling ebooks and controlling the market with their standard, not just selling Kindles. If they’re smart, they’ll be one of the first to present an iSlate app so people like me will use it to get our ebooks rather than let some other outfit, even if it’s Apple, take advantage of the opportunity.
If Apple opens up some sort of iTunes eBook store, Amazon would still have several advantages with an iSlate Kindle app.
Nice, very nice. But I’m already spending at least $80/month for desktop internet and iPhone’s data plan. Maybe I’m in the minority, but enough is enough.
@ The Rev. Ur on point buddy!!
Please peeps stop getting hung up on verizon and AT&T;….. I know inovative apple isn’t WIMAX is gonna be waaaaay better and a hell of alot faster and cheaper….. Think outside the box people I’m sure ur steve and apple r…. As well as google.
How about you slide your iPhone into it and the signal is shared? Camera, too? Why not?
God I hope not. I don’t want any 3G device on my Tablet. I’ve got a mi-fi and I’ll use that. I don’t want to pay for something I’m not going to use.