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[Ron Thigpen <ron AT fuzzsonic.com>]

I wouldn't mind one plan, and one provider that bundled those two 
features together.  I just wouldn't want to pay twice for mobile data 
access.

From what I understand, Sprint may be taking this approach with their 
Wimax service.  One account, one service, multiple devices.

Why is it hard to understand how this could be useful?  Certainly there 
are other ways to get this functionality, but if a device I'm already 
carrying has everything it needs to provide this, why shouldn't I desire 
that it be enabled?  It wouldn't be the primary purpose for buying the 
phone, but would add good value.

Besides, my laptop takes Express cards, not PCMCIA.  And the antennas 
stick out, messing with how it fits in it's case.

--rt

Cristóbal Palmer wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Ron Thigpen <ron AT fuzzsonic.com> wrote:
> > My laptop is an _open_ device, capable of running a much wider universe
> > of software.  Include virtualization, and you've got the Linux and Win
> > apps in there as well.  And it has a full hardware keyboard and much
> > larger screen.  Also, it has access to hardware extensions, and much,
> > much more local storage.
>
> So get a pcmcia card that will let you get 'net access anywhere on
> your laptop. I don't understand why you'd buy an iphone if you were
> going to be wanting 'net access everywhere on your _laptop_.
>
> Cheers,