Quote:
Originally Posted by Dulin's Books
and I think they may have said as much in their blog post. My High School German is a bit rusty but it along with a quick online translation thinks that this line
in english reads something like
"Because we want it to have mobile/cellular connectivity - and a device with on-line connection, must not be configured to operate so easy without it- our only choice was to sacrifice WLAN"
Seems like the they had to trade out the WiFi because of pressure from the Edge provider to ensure that people bought monthly plans.
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Your almost got it. Not easy to get it exactly right! "We definitely want cellular connectivity -- a device with an online connection that does not need to be configured is much easier to operate than one without such a connection -- therefore our only choice was to sacrifice WLAN." Not easy to get it exactly right!
A lot of marketing baloney, of course. Anyway, I am sure pressure from the mobile provider had much to do with this decision. But why on earth didn't they come to this conclusion months ago? And if they don't have WLAN and people have to buy subscriptions then the device should be subsidized since they stand to make more money down the road.
On the other hand, if I remember correctly, you can use any SIM?