3G-enabled MacBooks in development?
updated 09:20 am EST, Mon November 3, 2008
3G-enabled MacBooks?
Apple's next move in terms of MacBooks will be to add built-in 3G connectivity, says analyst Neil Mawston of Strategy Analytics. Mawston contends it is a "logical next step" for Apple, and that the technology could be added to the Pro, Air, and/or regular notebooks. The incentive would be not so much outstanding demand, as the ability of carriers in the US and Europe to sell Macs to people who have already been lured to a phone network by the iPhone.
Mawston suggests that MacBooks could receive HSDPA receivers as soon as the next Macworld Expo, which is scheduled for early January. The change is believed to be unlikely though, as Apple only recently revealed new aluminum MacBooks, and the company has typically refused to issue hardware refreshes within such a short space of time. UK retailer Carphone Warehouse is rumored to have added Macs to its inventory system, though this could be related to the company's investment in Best Buy.
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Great!
Just what customers are demanding! They could just start lowering prices rather than adding features useful to a select few. Nah, that's too obvious.
You can tell Apple is running out of things to shove in there to keep the prices high. What's next, fingerprint readers? (nah, that's too PC-ish). I know, built-in retina scanners for login! c***, you can do that with the iSight.
And how do you think AT&T would take to this? They're already whining about the iPhone taking up its data bandwidth...