The boss of AT&T, Apple's partner for the iPhone in the US, has said he expects the forthcoming iPad to be mainly used by those searching the net using Wi-fi.
"My expectation is that there's not going to be a lot of people out there looking for another subscription," said AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson during a webcast of an investor conference on Tuesday.
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Stephenson added the device would be a mainly "Wi-fi driven product," with users either using the iPad around the home or taking advantage of free Wi-fi spots offered by coffee shops, forward thinking councils and the like.
In the UK, Swindon Borough Council recently completed the first phase of its plan to install a Wi-fi network across the town, offering residents free internet access.
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jragosta said on Wed, 03 Mar 2010
Interesting take on things. I originally rejected his statements, but as I think about it, he may be right. I'll definitely be getting the 3G version, but now that I think about it, at least 95% of my use will be Wi-Fi. Since Wi-Fi is much faster, I'll use it where I can:
- Home
- Hotels (most are now doing Internet service via Wi-Fi)
- Airports (I have a Boingo subscription for the airports which don't have free Wi-Fi)
- Public access points (Starbucks, etc).
It will be fairly unusual for me to be accessing it in places without Wi-Fi.
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