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04.10.2010 17:08, Thomas HOCEDEZ пишет:
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On 04/10/2010 05:20, Chuck Norris wrote:
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03.10.2010 21:05, Joshua Judson Rosen пишет:
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<pre wrap="">Alfa21 <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:freerunner@my.is.it"><freerunner@my.is.it></a> writes:
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<pre wrap="">2010-09-29@00:16 Chuck Norris
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<pre wrap="">I've asked them about missing this feature.
Here are answer:
We do not have a 3G or GSM option because we do not want to force a
subscription on customers. Instead we want to focus on using wifi and
free Skype calls.
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<pre wrap="">"force subscription"?!
LOL... maybe they do not know what actually the word "option" means?
fool or fail? ;)
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<pre wrap="">Well, `not wanting to force subscriptions' is actually the right answer
if it would have been an `either/or' choice.
More probably, it's because it's just not viable to include it in a
device that size at that price-range--there have been in-depths
discussions about this as it pertained to the FreeRunner, previously;
they're probably still applicable.
As far as the full-sized tablet goes, you could look into getting a
UMTS/HSDPA/whatever USB stick to connect to one of those internal USB ports.
I've seen ones that may be small enough for as low as $50 US, though
it's not obvious how well they'd work from inside the tablet.
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last answer from Always Innovating to me was:<br>
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<font style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85);">Thank you for your
feedback.
We are aware that many customers wish to have a GSM option
available,
and we do our best to satisfy as many customers as possible.
Unfortunately, we currently do not have any plans to release
a version
of the Mini Book with GSM capabilities. If that possibility
opens up
to us in the future, we will be sure to make note of it on our
website.</font><br>
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Argh, So sad....<br>
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Though, I'd like to know if the minibook is also Opensource
hardware,
so we can investigate on the way to insert a canibalized usb
stick...<br>
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Asthro, Always inventive<br>
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It would be very cool...<br>
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