gizmodo.com — If you buy a 3G iPad, you'll be able to purchase data, month by month, from AT&T. Neat! But you already pay for unlimited data access on your iPhone, also from AT&T. So why not have one plan, for everything?
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mrmongooseMar 16, 2010
The phone clearly has the ability, the option is turned on or off by the network. Blame AT&T, not apple.Let me point out the text you must have missed:"Tethering is not currently offered in the U.S. and some other countries. See your carrier for availability."
robusticaMar 16, 2010
What kind of idiot would need an iPhone or an iPad?
ottoMar 16, 2010
... Why? So you can pay more for it?It works right now. Why do you want them to "offer" it in some way? As Nike would tell you, Just *do* it.
diggrageMar 17, 2010
@Stingwolf Yes, and we can give up all the products of modern technology and go live in the woods.My point is, given that the consumer WANTS to use these products, the consumer is not happy with what the market has provided. It's a confusing maze of plans, contracts, lockins, different OS's, applications available on one OS but not another, etc. How many consumers complain that their iTelevision only works on ATT's cable network, and that all television shows must be approved by Apple's "there's a show for that" quality department. Furthermore, it turns out their iTelevision only comes in one model, and the remote doesn't have any buttons, just a strange wheel. And not only that, due to the amazing success of the iTelevision, many shows are exclusive to it, and you cannot watch a huge amount of shows on the TelevsionBerry or TeleAndroid. No, the truth is, there are a wide varieties of televisions you can purchase, all from competing companies, all compatible with a variety of transmission methods and all capable of playing shows from many sources, such as over the air, over the cable, from a DVD player, from a VHS, etc. You can get LCD, Plasma, CRT, DLP, LED, and any new technology being innovated. When I buy a television, I don't have to sign a 2 year contract with AT&T, and get stuck with a device that only works on AT&T, even if I pay my early termination fine. I could carry this example much farther, but I digress.Do you get the point? Smartphones are a great thing for consumers, they want them because they have great capabilities. But the industry has really messed things up for the consumer, they have turned what should be a great technology into a mess of anti-consumer inconveniences.
neotechniMar 17, 2010
I couldn't get an ipad if I wanted to.If I get the one without 3G, I can't tether it to a phoneIf I get the one with 3G, I have to buy a second data plan
mrbitchMar 17, 2010
Correct, you can tether any WiFi device to your iPhone if you jailbreak and install MyWi.
mrbitchMar 19, 2010
@ admdrew, RE: " .. um, what? iphone users in the US account for over half of total iphone users "Citation?Apple doesn't give out iPhone sales breakdowns by country, care to point me to a source of data for your comment?
mrmongooseMar 19, 2010
@mrBitchThank you. I avoided some early retorts to this thread because I couldn't find the sales info after a half hour of searching. I had a feeling that meant that Apple doesn't disclose the geographical breakdown. The closest I could find was that the UK sold 2 million phones at one point, when Apple's total sales figue was around 10 million. I'm sure the US accounts for the majority, but don't expect a manufacturer to play down its own features when it could be a selling point for the other 40% or so of the market.
mrbitchMar 22, 2010
RE: " @ admdrew, Apple doesn't give out iPhone sales breakdowns by country, care to point me to a source of data for your comment?"Still can't find any citations for your comment, huh?