Thread: future NIT form factor - Dpads?
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2008-09-30 , 17:40
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Originally Posted by Mysticode View Post
Just a reminder, not everyone that uses a NIT has an always-on connection for it - there's been plenty of discussion of the lack of reasonably-priced data plans outside of Europe and yet there are still plenty of NIT users outside of Europe. Basically, it's not necessarily connected ...
In some places, maybe (sucks to be in Canada, I hear!), but in the US, shopping around seems to yield data plans on par with European ones...

Anyway, the plan is that Maemo 5 apps are supposed to be able to assume ubiquitous access. Users who don't have a reasonably ubiquitous internet capability, whether cellular, WiFi, or whatever, are going to be something of second-class citizens. Or at least that's what I understand from reports of Summit attendees.
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