WSJ Apple Tablet rumor: wifi service and March release
Pretty much everyone believes Apple’s upcoming event later this month will center around their mythic tablet, which I will be extremely relieved to see. I don’t really care what it does at this point; I just want the aimless rumor-mongering to stop. It’s great that you know a guy who met a guy who touched someone who saw the Apple tablet, but really, unless you have something new to share, it’s just noise. Thus, I commend The Wall Street Journal for stepping up with a wrinkle most haven’t suspected: subscription to a nationwide wifi service.
Apple Inc. plans to unveil a new multimedia tablet device later this month, but doesn’t plan on shipping the product until March… [...] 10- to 11-inch touch screen… [...] priced at about $1,000, possibly including a subscription to a nationwide Wi-Fi wireless service.
I believe they mean that the subscription would be included in the price, not that the price would be lowered due to a subscription to a service plan (poorly written if otherwise). If true, this would knock down the old rumors of 3G and Verizon service and tie Apple closer to AT&T, the presumed provider of said service.
Sounds pretty plausible to me. I’ve opined a couple of times that it makes more sense for Apple to keep 3G in the iPhone and rely on tethering to share it with other computers, including the mythic tablet. Regardless, it’s still a rumor and only a rumored possibility at that, but hopefully we’ll learn the truth soon enough.
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My name is Mark Sumimoto; I am Sumocat. I dabble in all areas of mobile computing, but my focus is Windows-based Tablet PCs and pen input. They’ve been part of my arsenal since 2004, and I’m proud to have pioneered the field of ink blogging, earning a spot as a Microsoft MVP for Touch and Tablets in the process. My current tools include a Fujitsu Lifebook T900, TEGA v2, and iPhone 4. Email me: sumocat [at] notebooks.com- http://www.segal.org/tablet/ Mickey Segal
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