Amazon says Kindles sold over a million units a week in December!

[famousringo]

spurgeonryan said:

sethnintendo said:
Good, I hope Amazon knocks Apple off their high horse.

I forgot to mention that I think that you have to have good credit to have service on your ipad. Am I right? To use an ipad you need to go through AT&T?

No, iPads are sold unlocked. Any carrier with 3G can sell you a SIM to pop into one, with data plans starting around $15-$20 for 250-500MB.

AT&T does have a neat trick built into iOS where it's super easy to just buy a month's worth of data, then cancel before you're billed for another month if you don't need it anymore, all right from the device. I don't think other carriers can take advantage of that feature (except AT&T partners like Rogers up here in Canada).

Independance from the carriers is one of the key reasons why Motorola and Samsung are having a hard time competing with the iPad. Apple has an easy time getting retail distribution without carriers, while other manufacturers have to bundle their devices with a carrier contract to get their devices out on carrier shelves.