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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 991293"><p>Yes. But you're already carrying two heavier devices right now if you want to be "fully connected."</p><p></p><p>Chances are QUITE high that someone like Skype is going to plug the "perceived" gap in the iPads inability to be a phone, so I don't think this is as big a deal as people make out. My TV isn't a phone either, making me actually go into *another room* to answer it! How inconvenient! What the heck is wrong with those TV makers?! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>a. No, you don't "need" 3G for both. You *need* Wifi for the iPad. You only "need" 3G for the iPad if you're trying to make it replace your iPhone.</p><p></p><p>b. The iPad has a USB port option, you can plug your "go stick" into that.</p><p></p><p>c. I've not seen anything that says that if you have a 3G plan for your phone it would be impossible to use it with the iPad. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And yet you are already -- right now -- lugging MORE than that around. To be "connected" as you describe, you MUST presently be carrying around a full-blown laptop AND a smartphone.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It is not intended, in any meaningful way, to replace a laptop. This is the thing people seem to have a mental block about.</p><p></p><p>It is intended to redefine what a full-blown laptop is to be used for. This new class of device is going to change what you DO with a computer, and what you now no longer need "a full-blown computer" to do.</p><p></p><p>In much the same way laptops changed what we used desktops for, and smartphones changed what we used laptops for.</p><p></p><p>You might find these two essays able to move you into a new way of looking at this:</p><p><a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/146038/2010/01/ipad_future_shock.html" target="_blank">http://www.macworld.com/article/146038/2010/01/ipad_future_shock.html</a></p><p><a href="http://stevenf.tumblr.com/post/359224392/i-need-to-talk-to-you-about-computers-ive-been" target="_blank">http://stevenf.tumblr.com/post/359224392/i-need-to-talk-to-you-about-computers-ive-been</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 991293"] Yes. But you're already carrying two heavier devices right now if you want to be "fully connected." Chances are QUITE high that someone like Skype is going to plug the "perceived" gap in the iPads inability to be a phone, so I don't think this is as big a deal as people make out. My TV isn't a phone either, making me actually go into *another room* to answer it! How inconvenient! What the heck is wrong with those TV makers?! ;) a. No, you don't "need" 3G for both. You *need* Wifi for the iPad. You only "need" 3G for the iPad if you're trying to make it replace your iPhone. b. The iPad has a USB port option, you can plug your "go stick" into that. c. I've not seen anything that says that if you have a 3G plan for your phone it would be impossible to use it with the iPad. And yet you are already -- right now -- lugging MORE than that around. To be "connected" as you describe, you MUST presently be carrying around a full-blown laptop AND a smartphone. It is not intended, in any meaningful way, to replace a laptop. This is the thing people seem to have a mental block about. It is intended to redefine what a full-blown laptop is to be used for. This new class of device is going to change what you DO with a computer, and what you now no longer need "a full-blown computer" to do. In much the same way laptops changed what we used desktops for, and smartphones changed what we used laptops for. You might find these two essays able to move you into a new way of looking at this: [url]http://www.macworld.com/article/146038/2010/01/ipad_future_shock.html[/url] [url]http://stevenf.tumblr.com/post/359224392/i-need-to-talk-to-you-about-computers-ive-been[/url] [/QUOTE]
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