You can put a SIM card in an iPad and use 3G/4G direct.
Why have they never put that ability into something like the MB Air?
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Geektastic: I can't see the point of the iPad at all, personally. It's a 'Shiny Thing' not a particularly useful one, at least to me.
I need to be able to run real software on my portable, so an iPad is no use at all.
Yes you can tether (although I believe some countries have networks that do not allow it) but of course that must be slower than a direct SIM network connection I imagine?
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Geektastic: I can't see the point of the iPad at all
sbiddle: I was amazed when I was in the US last year to see the number of people carrying an iPad Mini and an iPhone.
To me it shows Apple have failed miserably when it comes to building an iPhone with a bigger screen as it's clearly what lots of people want. It also shows how smart Apple are because their customers just lap it up and buy 2 products instead of one.
As has been said - connectivity through wifi/tethering is fairly ubiquitous.
gehenna:Geektastic: I can't see the point of the iPad at all
Sounds like you haven't had that "click" moment. I have specific use-cases for both my Mac's and my iPad/iPhone. All are useful in their own way, certainly not toys to me. I could easily work a productive day on my iPad, and possibly even my iPhone (with some frustration at the screen size), but at a push it could be done.
Geektastic: Yes you can tether (although I believe some countries have networks that do not allow it) but of course that must be slower than a direct SIM network connection I imagine?
Geektastic:
An iPad is suboptimal for such use.
Dairyxox:As for nathans comment about owning the set & ROI. Really? Gadgets are practically toys to some people, there doesn't need to be a return on investment in many cases, macbooks and ipads dont have to be expensive for what you get either (iPhones seems somewhat expensive). I agree that between a smartphone, laptop and tablet at least one device becomes somewhat redundant, but which of these do you give up? I know most geeks have two out of three and look towards the third, even if they don't have a good use case.
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