Thread: The case for a wifi-only device
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GeraldKo is offline GeraldKo
2010-06-21 , 21:12
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Originally Posted by woody14619 View Post
The delta on the hardware can't be that much for GSM/3G. The nook being a great example. With 3G/Wifi vs just Wifi the delta is only $50. And that includes a "free" limited data-only-to-BN.com 3G plan for the life of the device. Assuming they're eating that on the assumption of book sales over the connection, at most the hardware delta is $50. So the N900 would have been $550 vs $600? I'll take the option to go 3G, thanks.
And the difference in price between the iPhone and the iPod Touch? A lot more than $50, and the Touch is just an iPhone without the camera or phone. Plus, although they have the same size screen, the Touch is also a lot smaller than the iPhone.

I've been in the Dan Ramos camp on this all along. I think it's great that people that want a converged device have it in the N900; the fact that some of that subgroup would not want a wi-fi-only device doesn't mean there shouldn't be both.

I might as well add: Like DanRamos, I also want the thing to be pocketable -- a 7" or 9" tablet doesn't fit the bill. (Heck the N800/N810 barely fit the bill; I want the same size screen, but a smaller package; and if that were Nokia's design goal, they could easily do it.)
Last edited by GeraldKo; 2010-06-21 at 21:17.
 

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