You know, I’ll admit that I was never a fan of the Samsung Tab. It’s a pretty decent looking device on the outside, but the unoptimized OS slapped on a tablet combined with the fact most of the Android apps are going to look like hell kind of ruins it. Oh yeah — then there’s that whole insane data pricing/data cap thing going on too.
So far, every carrier that has announced a Samsung Tab data plan has effectively killed it for me. 2GB of data should not cost any more than $5-$10. That’s the simple, harsh reality the carriers need to accept. If I’m paying $60+ for a data plan, that damn thing better be unlimited — And I mean really unlimited w/ none of this false advertising crap! — and allow me to tether all my devices to it that i want.
Speaking of tethering, doesn’t anyone find it weird that a home internet provider charges you a set amount for internet service to which you can hook up as many devices as you please, yet cellular data providers feel it’s rate to rape you on each additional device you’d like to connect?
No matter how cellular providers want to try and manipulate the truth, at the end of the day a gigabyte is a gigabyte is a gigabyte. It doesn’t matter how I consume it or what I consume it on. They get paid regardless. This fact is even more relevant with data caps. If I’m paying for a set number of gigabytes and I have to pay for extra bandwidth over my initial balance, why does it matter what I use?
Just another sign that the current trend in capped/limited data plans in the U.S. is nothing but a money grab. Not to mention, the restrictive pricing is going to hamper innovation. Why create an uber device that loves the internet if it costs so damn much to do something as simple as stream a TV episode and upload a picture to Facebook?
But hey, it’s great for carriers. They can rake in the money and sit back on their padded asses…doing nothing…like we’re used to them doing. Why upgrade your network if you can regulate and cap it into digital hell?
/end of rant.
