I do know that an AT & T iPhone can be used with other GSM phone companies because my brother in law does it so it might be possible with an AT & T iPad.
On Sep 28, 2011, at 1:32 PM, David H. Bailey wrote:
On 9/28/2011 7:30 AM, mary davidson wrote:
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> I think because of the different underlying communications standards,
> CDMA (Verizon) versus GSM (AT&T) the hardware is actually different and
> consequently you can't run a AT& T iPad on a Verizon network. There has
> been speculation that a future iPad might have the two standards built
> in so it could run on either standard.
> Mary D
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I understand why an AT&T iPad can't be used with Verizon (didn't know
they don't use the same technology).
But technically then, shouldn't any cell-phone service which uses GSM (I
believe that's what T-mobile uses) be able to accomodate an iPad? But
they can't because AT&T convinced Apple (obviously in the business world
that would translate to there being a lot of money that changed hands)
to lock down the iPad so that only AT&T customers could access the 3G
aspect (separate from the GPS function, which I believe can be accessed
even without a 3G data plan).
Why not make the iPad able to access any/all cell phone services and let
the end-user decide which service to use? After all, I can buy an
unlocked cell phone and use it with any carrier which uses the same
technology.
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David H. Bailey
dhbailey@davidbaileymusicstudio.com
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