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Originally Posted by island911
Well, an iPad certainly is too big to be a convenient phone. But there are a few pocketable tablets. And, if you are paying for a phone AND a tablet, you are paying for multiple cellular contracts.
On so many of these devices, the 'phone' is just an app. S-monk is right, the cell providers juust want to make mo money while they can. ...but one will be first...looking for a competitive edge.
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Pocketable - if you wear a coat or cargo pants maybe.
I think (no data handy) that tablets tied to 3G contracts are not selling that well, and that inexpensive tablets with WiFi only or maybe an unused 3G radio are what more people want. I think there a lot of resistance to paying a carrier for both a tablet and a phone, especially with WiFi fairly easy to find and increased phone tethering. Makes sense, get a contract and that $350 tablet is actually costing you like $700-800/yr.