Comments on: iPad’s 3G Pricing: Why It’s So Great

By: Dailyator

Dailyator — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:16:19 +0000

Well wish I would have read this one earlier, but I did here about this when it happened. Glad someone has pointed it out.

By: Miguel

Miguel — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:06:42 +0000

If you live in US you can try MiFi (“google” it to know). Here, in Europe, we have MiFi, too, and many telecoms sell USB dongles with a WiFi base conector. One month fee for all your devices (while they have WiFi, of course).

By: AT&T CEO: iPad Will Be A ‘WiFi-Driven Product’ | The Magical Tablet

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:16:11 +0000

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By: IT Daily News

IT Daily News — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:44:48 +0000

My friends and I go on regular extended road trips and the iPad 3G will be the most convenient device for me.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:02:53 +0000

I like your thinking Tom. As much as I love my iPhone, I could very well make do with an iPod Touch with 3G. Since most of my use of data in the iPhone is usually on WiFi compounded with the lousy service I get from AT&T, I would save a few dollars on data, move to another carrier and get a smaller cell phone,

By: AT&T: We’ll Soon Be Charging You More For Wireless Broadband – Company wants ‘variable pricing,’ admits few will pay for iPad 3G - remove the labels – Gadgets and Life

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:55:08 +0000

[...] think the $15 for 250 MB a month or $30 for “unlimited” 3G pricing of the iPad is a “great” deal, most people simply aren’t going to want to pay yet another monthly fee just for iPad [...]

By: Stevo

Stevo — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:13:45 +0000

I highly doubt you will ever get a deal from Apple – have you ever considered the type of markup they have on their computers. And then the “great” pricing from AT&T is no different than what is already in place. I pay the same for unlimited data on my phone.

By: RawIsWar

RawIsWar — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:28:10 +0000

Is it worth it is the point

By: bluejayz

bluejayz — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:53:04 +0000

The iPad will be able to use VNC clients on that already run on the iPhone. As long as the developers did not hard code the screen size to the dimensions of the iPhone screen, you will be able to run it day one on iPad.

By: mkohpotts

mkohpotts — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:52:06 +0000

You say: “Throw in the free access to AT&T Wi-Fi networks and I imagine that most users can get away with that 250MB of use per month without too much trouble. That means that for the first time people can get everywhere access to almost the entire Internet for the same price that dial-up cost a few years ago.” Here you’re assuming wireless access at home and at work, so you conclude you get “everywhere” access for $15 a month.

As others pointed out previously — let’s assume you’re right, and you can use your iPad to access wireless at work. I can’t (corporate security), but if you can, you’re free riding on the work network all day.

But at home, if you’re using wireless, who’s paying for that connection? If we assume internet @ home via DSL or cable is $20-30, you’re still up to a total of $35-45 bucks for home + out of the house access.

If you’re single (and therefore don’t need to share internet at home w/ spouse, kids) you might just pay the $30 for unlimited data on the iPad…. but then you’re not getting wireless on your laptop / home computer. Not tenable.

I’m still deciding what direction I’m going on iPad. But I find it hard to justify paying for internet at home, PLUS paying for my iPhone data, PLUS paying for iPad data.