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Apple Tablet Heads to Verizon

6 points by raju 17y ago

rbranson 17y ago
This article is completely baseless. Some analyst at a finance firm thinks Apple's tablet is going to run on Verizon? What are they basing it on? Oh, there's nothing you say?
mbreese 17y ago
I love all of the speculation on a device that no one knows anything about. And unless that person is Steve Jobs, anyone who says they know anything about it is lying. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if even Verizon and AT&T didn't know what was happening. So some analyst thinks that Apple will use a chip from Qualcomm. That could be almost anything. Qualcomm makes a lot of chips. But if I were to hazard a guess, I'd say it would probably be one of their Gobi chips that does 3G data in both CDMA and GSM. But that doesn't mean it will be a Verizon exclusive. I highly doubt that Apple would produce a tablet that would work exclusively with Verizon. Why? Because of the iPhone. The iPhone is currently only with AT&T. How many people would want one account for an iPhone on AT&T and another on Verizon? The Mac ecosystem is self feeding... they want you to keep buying more Apple gear. Two mobile devices, split between two wireless carriers, isn't Apple's MO. That being said, I'm not convinced the fictitious tablet will require 3G data. Why would it? If it's a media device, you don't want to pull down HD video over any sort of 3G service. For that, you'd want to stick with wifi. Okay, so where would this leave us? My guess: a new iPhone that is GSM/CDMA compatible (Gobi). And then with tethering built in to the phone (cough AT&T), you can connect your tablet to the phone via wifi to download your morning paper. This is just as far in left field as any other prediction.
- blasdel 17y ago
  Who says that the customer would need an account with the carrier? I'm not sure if AT&T does it, but Sprint (Kindle), Verizon (all sorts of industrial shit), and T-Mobile (Peek) all sell bulk low-use data access to companies for use in embedded products.
  - wmblaettler 17y ago
    I am guessing, if this tablet is for real, it would not be "low-use data access" device. Web browsing, downloading movies and music, etc all require relatively high bandwidth. I was having a discussion about this very subject yesterday with a co-worker, I brought up the idea of tethering when one is without wifi, I feel this option would be the most likely. Thus not undercutting iphone sales.
  - mbreese 17y ago
    AT&T does this for the B&N Nook. However, like mentioned before, this won't be a low-bandwidth device, whatever it is...

6 points by raju 17y ago

This article is completely baseless. Some analyst at a finance firm thinks Apple's tablet is going to run on Verizon? What are they basing it on? Oh, there's nothing you say?

mbreese 17y ago

I love all of the speculation on a device that no one knows anything about. And unless that person is Steve Jobs, anyone who says they know anything about it is lying. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if even Verizon and AT&T didn't know what was happening. So some analyst thinks that Apple will use a chip from Qualcomm. That could be almost anything. Qualcomm makes a lot of chips. But if I were to hazard a guess, I'd say it would probably be one of their Gobi chips that does 3G data in both CDMA and GSM. But that doesn't mean it will be a Verizon exclusive. I highly doubt that Apple would produce a tablet that would work exclusively with Verizon. Why? Because of the iPhone. The iPhone is currently only with AT&T. How many people would want one account for an iPhone on AT&T and another on Verizon? The Mac ecosystem is self feeding... they want you to keep buying more Apple gear. Two mobile devices, split between two wireless carriers, isn't Apple's MO. That being said, I'm not convinced the fictitious tablet will require 3G data. Why would it? If it's a media device, you don't want to pull down HD video over any sort of 3G service. For that, you'd want to stick with wifi. Okay, so where would this leave us? My guess: a new iPhone that is GSM/CDMA compatible (Gobi). And then with tethering built in to the phone (cough AT&T), you can connect your tablet to the phone via wifi to download your morning paper. This is just as far in left field as any other prediction.

blasdel 17y ago
Who says that the customer would need an account with the carrier? I'm not sure if AT&T does it, but Sprint (Kindle), Verizon (all sorts of industrial shit), and T-Mobile (Peek) all sell bulk low-use data access to companies for use in embedded products.
- wmblaettler 17y ago
  I am guessing, if this tablet is for real, it would not be "low-use data access" device. Web browsing, downloading movies and music, etc all require relatively high bandwidth. I was having a discussion about this very subject yesterday with a co-worker, I brought up the idea of tethering when one is without wifi, I feel this option would be the most likely. Thus not undercutting iphone sales.
- mbreese 17y ago
  AT&T does this for the B&N Nook. However, like mentioned before, this won't be a low-bandwidth device, whatever it is...