Comments on: Subsidized iPad Could Actually Save You Hundreds

By: Harvey Vanderbilt III

Harvey Vanderbilt III — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 06:35:56 +0000

I would invite EVERYONE even thinking about an eReader, like a Kindle or Nook, to seriously take a look ate the awesome iPad which is simply the greatest eReader in the history of the world, no joke. You owe it to yourself and your loved ones to purchase one(or more) iPad(s) for Christams !

iPad is a wicked cool eReader and hopefully some U.S. carriers will follow Japan’s lead with this type of wonderful plan for those that might hesitate with upfront cost of iPad, no more excuses…get yours today.

By: James

James — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:45:56 +0000

Just sharing a little amateur business math: The $264 price difference is what the carrier is willing to pay you for a 2 year commitment, give or take differences in carrier rates between Japan and Canada. That must mean that Softbank is betting that less than~ 85% of people will keep their contract for the whole 2 years without the commitment.

In my case, they are right. I downgraded by contract from AT&T to $14.99/month after seeing that I use less than 200MB of data monthly. I use mostly wifi. I found that data intensive long stream videos (i.e. Netflix) are not enjoyable over mobile devices.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:41:34 +0000

The US carriers, cable companies, and anyone remotely associated with connectivity are all backwards. Pricing is ridiculous, and the trend is towards lower caps, not higher.

Other people’s greed can really hold you back sometimes.