[BITList] 3G Tablet Sales 'Very Slow

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    3G Tablet Sales 'Very Slow,' Analyst Says
    By Matt Hamblen, Computerworld    Jul 11, 2011 7:55 am 



    Sales of 3G cellular-equipped tablets have largely been a bust because consumers don't want to pay wireless carriers for another data plan on top of their data plans for smartphones, an IDG analyst said on Friday.

    "The 3G thing on tablets is bogus," Bob O'Donnell, an IDG analyst, told Computerworld. "Nobody wants to pay for that data."

    He said "hundreds of thousands" of 3G-ready tablets are sitting unsold in inventory at carrier stores and other retailers in the U.S. because tablet customers far prefer buying a tablet to work over Wi-Fi instead of 3G cellular.

    "Sales of 3G tablets have been very slow," O'Donnell said, basing his insight on interviews with several large tablet makers, including Motorola and Samsung.




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