Why Customers Should Not Trust Operator-Sold Notebooks
Dean Bubley submits:
T-Mobile can be a paradox from an analyst’s viewpoint. At one level, it pushes hard on mobile Internet access, with its early provision of Web’n'Walk, and its significant pace in evolving its network to HSUPA and eventually LTE. It also has a sizable WiFi hotspot presence, albeit as overpriced as many of its peers. It is probably the most evangelical of Europe’s operators when it comes to selling embedded-3G notebooks, with 7 models from 6 vendors on its German arm’s website (It’s UK business is more dongle-centric).
Yet at an application level, it confuses. It has pretty much embraced the open-Internet worldview – when was the last time you heard anyone discuss on-portal T-Zones stuff? I’ve seen a demo of some sort of Facebook / Ovi cross-platform portal it is pitching, although it’s not obvious that it will be accessible to non-T access customers.
Related Topics: 3g, embedded, Europe, wireless