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If it'll only work when you're somewhere with wi-fi, that immediately cripples its usefulness. Amazon realised this with the Kindle - that's why they went to th

If it'll only work when you're somewhere with wi-fi, that immediately cripples its usefulness. Amazon realised this with the Kindle - that's why they went to the considerable trouble of dealing with the telcos to include a SIM card and connection to a mobile network. I agree - for the cost of this, you can pick up a high-spec notebook or smartphone that can access the web just about anywhere. Why would you want this highly limited device that'll be a shiny-looking paperweight in all but a few locations?

wmeredith 17y ago
You'd want it if you were going to leave it in a location with WiFi. Like when I use this (or a Mac tablet, if it's out sooner) to replace the aging 12" Powerbook G4 that my wife and I use to surf the net while we watch TV. It sits on my coffee table, in my house, where I've always got WiFi. It's been in that same room for all but about 10 hours of the last ~500 hours of its life.