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Originally Posted by dan View Post
If you travel a lot for extended periods the last thing you want is to carry two devices in your pocket. Add a digital camera and it becomes unmanageable. Then add all the chargers, keyboard, mouse, and batteries, etc... and you begin to see why experienced travellers crave a multipurpose devise that is small. I no longer take my laptop because of security, theft and heft. I'm hoping some vendor (perferably Nokia) can combine a NIT with phone and a decent 10mp camera with 2 sdhc slots.
Well, to be honest, "add the digicam and it becomes unmanageable" is taken care of with high-end cameraphones these days...

Myself, I don't want the tablets combined with a phone; I just want a GSM radio. I'd like a N800 with GSM (+3G, of course) connectivity, and a data-only plan. I'll carry a phone when I want a phone, and use VoIP the rest of the time; but for now, I'd find the combination of WWAN without the uncertainty of WiMAX highly attractive.

But long-term, I think WiMAX and/or LTE tablet variants will be satisfactory; I think Nokia really is decently on top of the game there, and I think keeping voice-usage out of the tablets is a good idea. While the GSM-based idea would be nice (and likely, if the ITs had been started two years before), the focus of resources on the longer-term goal is probably wise.
 

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