| spurgeonryan said: Do people need a carrier to do facetime, and all that stuff, make phone calls or can they do all that without? Maybe via an app? |
As far as I know, Facetime is still wifi only, so your carrier will have nothing to do with that at all. And sure, you can use Skype and other audio/video communications apps over wifi or over a 3G data connection if you have a data contract. The iPad doesn't technically make regular cell phone calls, though, just VoIP calls.
And to comment further on the thread, I've kinda given up on Amazon numbers. This is the most information they've ever given, and still for all we know the Fire might not have even sold a million units in December. All we really know about Kindle sales is that Amazon seems pleased and is pushing the platform as hard as it can. Comparing it with competing devices is just impossible to do with data this inaccurate.
As for the iPad, I do think we'll see iPad 2's for $400 in ~3 months. I think the rumours of a super high res iPad 3 are plausible (rumours of a 7 inch iPad are bullshit), and since screen supplies have been the biggest limiting factor in iPad production, I think Apple will want to keep making iPads with the 1024 x 768 display, otherwise it will be really hard to keep up with the growth in demand.
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