the thing about wimax is that many see it as a extended range wifi, and therefor not tied to the evil that its the mobile operators.

sad thing is that most wimax implementations so far are using licensed frequencies. so no chance for a urban area to pop up a couple of wimax antennas gotten of the shelf and hooked into some peer or transit provider, municipal style...

thing is that for me any kind of 3G radio in the tablet would bring the price up without adding much in the way of utility.

i already own a phone that i can use for those times that i cant access a wifi connection. and that happens so rarely, that paying for two subscriptions/plans would be overkill. instead i can use the one phone connection i already have with any device that has bluetooth or a usb port (if i remember to bring the cable).

so a 3G radio would basically be expensive dead weight.

but thats me. some others may want a one device solution. to them i would say to grab a HTC or iphone.

oh, and using the tablet for voip, not this guy. i carry a phone, i use a phone, simple as that. i would much rather see xmpp get a single voice and video standard in place then sign up for skype, gizmo or some other voip provider.

on the other hand, i would not mind seeing a CF slot

oh, and did people see this recent development on the neo freerunner:
http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS6565189083.html

i wonder if nokia could provide for something similar on the next tablet

that is, expandability by bulking it up...

dont know about others, but my favorite toy growing up was lego