As usual this is a lock-in attempt by Sony on the valuable accessories market. This in keeping with Sony's strategy of getting Memory Stick onto all its devices, but I do not see any other manufacturers getting behind it. It is not as though we're short on storage formats. |
Before we see significant uptake, operators need to sort out predictable costs. There are flat monthly charges, but they tend to have a usage limit of 1 Gigabyte. Those details need to be sorted out. |
China is an enormous market of advanced users. Once the Chinese government approves its version of 3G, take-up will increase still further. People are getting hooked on having a connected device. |
I think this is all about Orange marking its territory as a full service provider. |
The uptake across business users for 3G data cards has been very positive. |
There are a number of issues that companies themselves need to address about how these devices are purchased. |
We will probably see card first approach. It will be promoted to business notebook users, and there will be data cards before there are phones. |