Tablet News
Telstra 4G Pre-Paid Broadband
It is clear from today's pricing announcement by Telstra that the 4G market in Australia needs competition. Desperately. Telstra's pricing is high and many might say it is almost opportunistic, yet the company is taking financial advantage of its leadership position in 4G networks right now and shareholders are loving it.
Telstra-Hutchinson Network Deal Ends
Since 2004 both Telstra and Hutchinson have been operated a mutual network sharing deal for their 3G networks. The joint venture gave customers of both the 3 and Telstra networks access to 3G connectivity as long as either a 3 or Telstra network was in range. The combined network was called the 3GIS network and was an enterprising move, as in 2004 3G was an new technology and network coverage was extremely limited.
TPG Fined $2 Million on Broadband
TPG, the broadband and telco service provider was today fined $2M for misleading consumers about the total cost of the Unlimited ADSL2+ package. TPG have spent far more on marketing the service than the fine is worth so it is not a huge hit to them but it is a significant marketing ruling.
Toshiba Unveils Tablet With TV Tuner
We’ve been talking a bit recently on the influx of new manufacturers entering the mobile market via tablets and how this could be exactly what was needed to shake things up a bit. While it’s true that Toshiba has released a couple of its own tablets in previous generations, we’d still consider them one of the less-traditional OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) when it comes to mobile devices.
Telstra’s New 4G Mobile WiFi Hotspot
Continuing on with its slow-but-steady 4G adoption, Telstra has announced a new 4G mobile hotspot device. The new gadget receives 4G Telstra speeds in LTE enabled areas and can push that super-fast mobile broadband connection out to a maximum of 5 devices with WiFi capabilities.
iPad 3 May Be Scarce/Called iPad HD
It looks like our hopes of Apple learning from past mistakes will be shattered. Reports are coming in that the iPad 3 will see severe supply shortages that may persist in to Q2 of this year. At the same time we’re hearing that the next Apple tablet may even not be called the iPad 3 at all, but rather the iPad HD.
