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$499 unlocked... cheaper than the unlocked iphone.. I say possibly wow!



I wasn't impressed until I saw the price and the thought of paying $30/month for 3G without a contract. I can take this on a trip, use maps for navigating my route, get on the road and hand it back to the kids to watch a movie on iTunes on a reasonably sized screen. I can think of a bunch of ways I could use this. I also really don't like talking on the phone, so I don't really want voice anyway. :-)


The 3G is almost compelling. However, lots of us already carry around a laptop with an expensive 3G account. I can only use one device at a time, and it's silly to me that I can't either tether to this with it's embedded 3G chip, or else use the same (capped) data plan for both. Since I can't, I'll stick with the laptop for everything.

Of course that's the cell carrier's fault rather than Apple's, but it's still going to keep Apple from getting my money for one of these gadgets.


Good price for an unlimited plan, plus unlocked out-of-the-box.

Also, I have good reason to believe that AT&T's exclusivity deal with Apple is ending around June. If that's the case, expect to see other data carriers run with this too.


Well, the device is unlocked, so you can just pop in any SIM card? Right?

Oh, right. You’re in the US. So you can’t :)


You had me excited for a second there.




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