Such a move will also turn out to be beneficial for tablet makers as they won't be required to maintain two
separate tablet line - ups based on the connectivity aspect of the device.
Not exact matches
With prices of cellular radios coming down in recent times (it has gone below $ 30) it won't make much of a sense for
tablet makers to have two
separate tablets per model
line - up.
Nothing is known about the Amazon
tablet, such as whether it would be a Kindle
tablet (and download Kindle ebooks) or if the two
lines will be kept very
separate from one another.
One of the main problems with the Microsoft Surface
line of
tablets, is the fact that the Touch Cover is a
separate accessory, which is strange since the Surface is not only a
tablet, but also a PC.
Much like with Asus's Transformer
line of
tablets, you'll be able to purchase a
separate keyboard dock for the PadFone Station (which would effectively mean you're docking a phone, into a
tablet, onto a keyboard).
Perhaps price will be the new Mason - Dixon
Line separating tablets from e-readers.
Combine that with the phone and
tablet software
lines being reunited in Ice Cream Sandwich, and you start to see a landscape in which there's very little
separating a large Android smartphone from a small Android
tablet.