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All the apps being downloaded separated by the color of their icons
the falling icons of the apps being downloaded
Period Tracker Lite is one of the many apps downloaded here
iVidCam Free together with the other apps having red-colored icons.
At the All Things D conference, there were two interesting tablet demos. One was the Dell Streak which is a 5″ Android Tablet with 3g/wifi. It’s pretty much a big phone. Then there was the Kno tablet device, which is two 14″ tablets stuck together to simulate textbooks. It’s actually quite impressive. After watching these two demos, I’m starting to see there could be a market for a bigger iPad and a smaller iPad. I’m sure Apple has/is/was considering it. I’d like to see a 7″ iPad targeted more for readers at a lower price point than the current 10″ iPad. If they could get a 7″ iPad out for $349, that’d be great. Then, also I think there’s a market for a bigger iPad, the iPad Pro. This could be a 13″ or 14″ iPad. I think this would overlap with the notebook market, and I think could do very well as more and more iPad apps show the power of the iPhone OS platform.
Third, I’m disappointed that AT&T is marketing these changes as “lowered data prices.” They should call it just “changed data plan prices.” What they’re doing seems disingenuous.
This is on top of not being able to use my iPhone inside my home because AT&T coverage is so poor where I am. AT&T is not gaining any points with me. The pressure is building. Apple, free the iPhone from AT&T and open it up to all willing carriers.
6/3 Update:
more specifics on the data plan changes
Good and Bad about AT&T Data plan changes by John Gruber
6/5 Update:
David Pogue on AT&T data plans – David Pogue basically agrees with my first two points: 1) bait-and-switch of the 3g iPad unlimited plan, and 2) $20 extra tethering charge. I do agree with him that the $15/month 200mb and $25/month 2gb plan for iPhone is not bad and will save most people money.
Let me continue my ranting. 5 years!!! 1 year would have been ok. 2 years maybe. But 5 years! With such a poor network. Arghh.
Another Article points to the pent up demand for the iPhone among Verizon customers. People are waiting, waiting, waiting. But can they really wait for 2 more years?
So, this all leads me to the hope. The hope that maybe Apple renegotiated the 5 year exclusive deal with AT&T, and somehow miraculously it all ends this summer and Verizon gets the new iPhone HD. Maybe Verizon will allow tethering on the iPhone as well. I really hope that Steve Jobs announced a Verizon date at WWDC, July 7th.