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The Telecom Digest for October 3, 2011
Volume 30 : Issue 249 : "text" Format
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Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2011 14:42:17 -0400
From: tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Amazon unveils $199 Tablet PC
Message-ID: <fj75xk874cl3.rz0oq2dyc1fz$.dlg@40tude.net>
On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 23:54:25 -0400, Monty Solomon wrote:
> Amazon Fights the iPad With 'Fire'
> E-Commerce Giant Unveils New Tablet PC for $199, Aiming to Undercut
> Apple in Fast-Growing Market
>
> By STU WOO And JEFFREY A. TRACHTENBERG
> SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
> ... [snip] ...
>
>
> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204138204576598670632549928.html
>
Without meaning to help flog the wares that the Staples chain offers,
let me nonetheless ask the opinions of subscribers to Telecom Digest
about the current Staples $200 reduction on pricing for RIM's tablet
Playbook ($299, $399, and $499, respectively, for the 16, 32, and
64 GB versions (plus tax(es), of course):
http://www.staples.com/BlackBerry-PlayBook-Tablet-7-in-with-WiFi/product_SS1058034
And are these wi-fi only? Or has one a choice of cellular data modem
built in (for GSM of the T-Mobile (at 1700 MHz) or at&t (at 1900 MHz)
varieties, or CDMA of the Verizon or Sprint varieties)?
** Moderator note: Please do not ask questions that are already expressly
answered in the material you reference (or are responding to).
"tlvp", what do the following points -- taken verbatim from the above
web-page -- tell you about the capabilities (or lack thereof) of the
device you are inquiring about:
"* 3G network access using your BlackBerry~ smartphone as a modem; 4G
network access available on BlackBerry~ 4G PlayBook(tm) tablet
* Wirelessly connect to your BlackBerry~ smartphone for real time
access to: Email, calendar, address book, task list and BBM.
* Wi-Fi~ 802.11 a/b/g/n; Bluetooth~ 2.1+EDR"
I'm not picking on you in particular -- for some reason, this particular
peculiar form of 'illiteracy' has been especially rampant recently.
(Reportedly, these pricings will be valid through 2011.10.15.)
TIA; and cheers, -- tlvp
--
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