“Well, everyone except AT&T. You would think that given most of its profits are due to its exclusive deal on the iPhone, and it has first crack at iPad 3G users thanks to a new deal with Apple, AT&T would be gushing about the device,” Bell writes. “You would think they would be touting it in advertisements, on their webpages, and in their stores. But no, what you hear from AT&T about what is likely be the biggest tech launch of the decade is: silence and crickets.”
Bell writes, “The silence is a lack of iPad announcements (like new apps) or special deals for loyal AT&T customers. (Okay, I know there aren’t any of those.) The cricket chirping came from AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson who went out of his way to dismiss the iPad as be primarily a wi-fi device. This with hardly a ‘but it’s nice, too’ comment. In fact, he almost sounded like he was pouting about how the iPhone is better. Given the way AT&T is acting, you’d almost think they fear and hate the iPad. Well, they do. And they should. Here’s five reasons why:”
1. It’s Unlocked.
2. It’s Going to be a Traffic Monster.
3. It works better with Wi-Fi.
4. No contract.
5. It’s an iPhone Replacement.
Uncle Bell writes, “All an all, the iPad isn’t good news for AT&T. But it might be good news for it’s abused customers.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Give AT&T a break, Uncle Bell; they’re too busy to notice iPad because they’re fast asleep, er… hard at work on iPhone tethering (“coming soon” for the last two and a half years now).