[Crunch] Loads on the iPad
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The iPad is preparing for a nice launch after much anticipation later this month. But so much has risen up since its announcement, so here’s a compilation of stuff about the iPad, in short, digestible chunks.
iPad to Support Emergency Calls?
The iPad has an interesting feature – the ability to support emergency calls. Check the video below.
So yeah, the iPad may be able to make emergency calls, in order to comply with the FCC.
Wall Street Journal is Coming to iPad
Murdoch states that Wall Street Journal will be coming to the iPad. Celebrate. Quote below:
Mr. Murdoch said the Journal planned to be on Apple Inc.’s iPad tablet computer. “In fact, we’ve been allowed to work on one, and it’s under padlock and key. The key is turned by Apple every night,” he said in response to a question. “under padlock and key.”
A move to monetize and help control the quickly dying newspaper industry?
AT&T CEO states iPad will be ‘WiFi-driven, not 3G.’
Randall Stephenson, CEO of AT&T, states:
“When you think of the iPad and how that correlates with pricing, the iPad — it is going to be interesting to see the customer reaction to the iPad. Our expectation is that it is — there’s not going to be a lot of people out there looking for one more subscription revenue stream to put on our network, as a result of an iPad. We think it is going to be a largely Wi-Fi driven product. And that is why you see the pricing of the model to be one that is prepaid in nature.
We are going to be anxious to see what the customer response to this is and how customers use it. How much Wi-Fi versus wide area network, and what will have to happen with prices over time, I don’t know. It is going to be an interesting one to watch. We think it will be mainly a Wi-Fi driven product.”
Til later.
