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iPad: Pushing More Americans to Pay More for Wireless Service

Posted by Olga Kharif on January 27

On Jan. 27, Apple said it will soon make available a version of its iPad tablet computer able to run over AT&T"s wireless network, as long as you pay $15 or $30 a month for service. The device could usher in the era of more people paying wireless charges for multiple mobile devices.

In other parts of the world, paying for multiple mobile devices is already commonplace. In Italy, people often own several phones, one for calling and one for messaging. And Americans should follow suit. In a few years, each American will own four or five mobile devices, each of them requiring a voice or a data plan, figures wireless expert Chetan Sharma.

A small percentage of Americans already pays for service for several mobile devices. Amazon"s Kindle e-reader comes with wireless connectivity to Sprint Nextel"s network priced in. Some consumers pay monthly charges for data cards, allowing them to connect their laptops to wireless networks. The iPad, which some analysts expect to sell 5 million units in its first year, could push the idea of paying for service for non-phone devices into the mainstream. If the iPad takes off, that is.

That, in turn, could lead to the introduction of family plans for devices, an idea analysts have talked about for years. A carrier might sell you a pool of wireless minutes and data access to be used by your stable of three or four wireless devices, such as a tablet, a gaming console, a car navigation system and your phone.

Clearly, as Americans snap up more wireless gadgets that require wireless plans, carriers stand to benefit, big time. Their costs in pushing these gadgets to consumers should be low: The devices" manufacturers will do the heavy lifting of marketing and selling the gadgets in their stores. The devices won"t necessarily have to be subsidized; AT&T won"t subsidize the iPad, Jefferies analyst Jonathan Schildkraut says in a Jan. 27 note. The carriers will likely have to share service revenues with the manufacturers, though, and those service fees may be smaller than regular phone charges. But even those fees could drive the carriers" growth for years to come, Sharma says.

http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2010/01/ipad_pushing_mo.html,

Read the following text carefully and then choose the correct alternative that answers the question or completes the statement below.

iPad: Pushing More Americans to Pay More for Wireless Service

Posted by Olga Kharif on January 27

On Jan. 27, Apple said it will soon make available a version of its iPad tablet computer able to run over AT&T"s wireless network, as long as you pay $15 or $30 a month for service. The device could usher in the era of more people paying wireless charges for multiple mobile devices.

In other parts of the world, paying for multiple mobile devices is already commonplace. In Italy, people often own several phones, one for calling and one for messaging. And Americans should follow suit. In a few years, each American will own four or five mobile devices, each of them requiring a voice or a data plan, figures wireless expert Chetan Sharma.

A small percentage of Americans already pays for service for several mobile devices. Amazon"s Kindle e-reader comes with wireless connectivity to Sprint Nextel"s network priced in. Some consumers pay monthly charges for data cards, allowing them to connect their laptops to wireless networks. The iPad, which some analysts expect to sell 5 million units in its first year, could push the idea of paying for service for non-phone devices into the mainstream. If the iPad takes off, that is.

That, in turn, could lead to the introduction of family plans for devices, an idea analysts have talked about for years. A carrier might sell you a pool of wireless minutes and data access to be used by your stable of three or four wireless devices, such as a tablet, a gaming console, a car navigation system and your phone.

Clearly, as Americans snap up more wireless gadgets that require wireless plans, carriers stand to benefit, big time. Their costs in pushing these gadgets to consumers should be low: The devices" manufacturers will do the heavy lifting of marketing and selling the gadgets in their stores. The devices won"t necessarily have to be subsidized; AT&T won"t subsidize the iPad, Jefferies analyst Jonathan Schildkraut says in a Jan. 27 note. The carriers will likely have to share service revenues with the manufacturers, though, and those service fees may be smaller than regular phone charges. But even those fees could drive the carriers" growth for years to come, Sharma says.

http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2010/01/ipad_pushing_mo.html,

Read the following text carefully and then choose the correct alternative that answers the question or completes the statement below.

iPad: Pushing More Americans to Pay More for Wireless Service

Posted by Olga Kharif on January 27

On Jan. 27, Apple said it will soon make available a version of its iPad tablet computer able to run over AT&T"s wireless network, as long as you pay $15 or $30 a month for service. The device could usher in the era of more people paying wireless charges for multiple mobile devices.

In other parts of the world, paying for multiple mobile devices is already commonplace. In Italy, people often own several phones, one for calling and one for messaging. And Americans should follow suit. In a few years, each American will own four or five mobile devices, each of them requiring a voice or a data plan, figures wireless expert Chetan Sharma.

A small percentage of Americans already pays for service for several mobile devices. Amazon"s Kindle e-reader comes with wireless connectivity to Sprint Nextel"s network priced in. Some consumers pay monthly charges for data cards, allowing them to connect their laptops to wireless networks. The iPad, which some analysts expect to sell 5 million units in its first year, could push the idea of paying for service for non-phone devices into the mainstream. If the iPad takes off, that is.

That, in turn, could lead to the introduction of family plans for devices, an idea analysts have talked about for years. A carrier might sell you a pool of wireless minutes and data access to be used by your stable of three or four wireless devices, such as a tablet, a gaming console, a car navigation system and your phone.

Clearly, as Americans snap up more wireless gadgets that require wireless plans, carriers stand to benefit, big time. Their costs in pushing these gadgets to consumers should be low: The devices" manufacturers will do the heavy lifting of marketing and selling the gadgets in their stores. The devices won"t necessarily have to be subsidized; AT&T won"t subsidize the iPad, Jefferies analyst Jonathan Schildkraut says in a Jan. 27 note. The carriers will likely have to share service revenues with the manufacturers, though, and those service fees may be smaller than regular phone charges. But even those fees could drive the carriers" growth for years to come, Sharma says.

http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2010/01/ipad_pushing_mo.html,

Read the following text carefully and then choose the correct alternative that answers the question or completes the statement below.

iPad: Pushing More Americans to Pay More for Wireless Service

Posted by Olga Kharif on January 27

On Jan. 27, Apple said it will soon make available a version of its iPad tablet computer able to run over AT&T"s wireless network, as long as you pay $15 or $30 a month for service. The device could usher in the era of more people paying wireless charges for multiple mobile devices.

In other parts of the world, paying for multiple mobile devices is already commonplace. In Italy, people often own several phones, one for calling and one for messaging. And Americans should follow suit. In a few years, each American will own four or five mobile devices, each of them requiring a voice or a data plan, figures wireless expert Chetan Sharma.

A small percentage of Americans already pays for service for several mobile devices. Amazon"s Kindle e-reader comes with wireless connectivity to Sprint Nextel"s network priced in. Some consumers pay monthly charges for data cards, allowing them to connect their laptops to wireless networks. The iPad, which some analysts expect to sell 5 million units in its first year, could push the idea of paying for service for non-phone devices into the mainstream. If the iPad takes off, that is.

That, in turn, could lead to the introduction of family plans for devices, an idea analysts have talked about for years. A carrier might sell you a pool of wireless minutes and data access to be used by your stable of three or four wireless devices, such as a tablet, a gaming console, a car navigation system and your phone.

Clearly, as Americans snap up more wireless gadgets that require wireless plans, carriers stand to benefit, big time. Their costs in pushing these gadgets to consumers should be low: The devices" manufacturers will do the heavy lifting of marketing and selling the gadgets in their stores. The devices won"t necessarily have to be subsidized; AT&T won"t subsidize the iPad, Jefferies analyst Jonathan Schildkraut says in a Jan. 27 note. The carriers will likely have to share service revenues with the manufacturers, though, and those service fees may be smaller than regular phone charges. But even those fees could drive the carriers" growth for years to come, Sharma says.

http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2010/01/ipad_pushing_mo.html,

Read the following text carefully and then choose the correct alternative that answers the question or completes the statement below.

iPad: Pushing More Americans to Pay More for Wireless Service

Posted by Olga Kharif on January 27

On Jan. 27, Apple said it will soon make available a version of its iPad tablet computer able to run over AT&T"s wireless network, as long as you pay $15 or $30 a month for service. The device could usher in the era of more people paying wireless charges for multiple mobile devices.

In other parts of the world, paying for multiple mobile devices is already commonplace. In Italy, people often own several phones, one for calling and one for messaging. And Americans should follow suit. In a few years, each American will own four or five mobile devices, each of them requiring a voice or a data plan, figures wireless expert Chetan Sharma.

A small percentage of Americans already pays for service for several mobile devices. Amazon"s Kindle e-reader comes with wireless connectivity to Sprint Nextel"s network priced in. Some consumers pay monthly charges for data cards, allowing them to connect their laptops to wireless networks. The iPad, which some analysts expect to sell 5 million units in its first year, could push the idea of paying for service for non-phone devices into the mainstream. If the iPad takes off, that is.

That, in turn, could lead to the introduction of family plans for devices, an idea analysts have talked about for years. A carrier might sell you a pool of wireless minutes and data access to be used by your stable of three or four wireless devices, such as a tablet, a gaming console, a car navigation system and your phone.

Clearly, as Americans snap up more wireless gadgets that require wireless plans, carriers stand to benefit, big time. Their costs in pushing these gadgets to consumers should be low: The devices" manufacturers will do the heavy lifting of marketing and selling the gadgets in their stores. The devices won"t necessarily have to be subsidized; AT&T won"t subsidize the iPad, Jefferies analyst Jonathan Schildkraut says in a Jan. 27 note. The carriers will likely have to share service revenues with the manufacturers, though, and those service fees may be smaller than regular phone charges. But even those fees could drive the carriers" growth for years to come, Sharma says.

http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2010/01/ipad_pushing_mo.html,

Read the following text carefully and then choose the correct alternative that answers the question or completes the statement below.

iPad: Pushing More Americans to Pay More for Wireless Service

Posted by Olga Kharif on January 27

On Jan. 27, Apple said it will soon make available a version of its iPad tablet computer able to run over AT&T"s wireless network, as long as you pay $15 or $30 a month for service. The device could usher in the era of more people paying wireless charges for multiple mobile devices.

In other parts of the world, paying for multiple mobile devices is already commonplace. In Italy, people often own several phones, one for calling and one for messaging. And Americans should follow suit. In a few years, each American will own four or five mobile devices, each of them requiring a voice or a data plan, figures wireless expert Chetan Sharma.

A small percentage of Americans already pays for service for several mobile devices. Amazon"s Kindle e-reader comes with wireless connectivity to Sprint Nextel"s network priced in. Some consumers pay monthly charges for data cards, allowing them to connect their laptops to wireless networks. The iPad, which some analysts expect to sell 5 million units in its first year, could push the idea of paying for service for non-phone devices into the mainstream. If the iPad takes off, that is.

That, in turn, could lead to the introduction of family plans for devices, an idea analysts have talked about for years. A carrier might sell you a pool of wireless minutes and data access to be used by your stable of three or four wireless devices, such as a tablet, a gaming console, a car navigation system and your phone.

Clearly, as Americans snap up more wireless gadgets that require wireless plans, carriers stand to benefit, big time. Their costs in pushing these gadgets to consumers should be low: The devices" manufacturers will do the heavy lifting of marketing and selling the gadgets in their stores. The devices won"t necessarily have to be subsidized; AT&T won"t subsidize the iPad, Jefferies analyst Jonathan Schildkraut says in a Jan. 27 note. The carriers will likely have to share service revenues with the manufacturers, though, and those service fees may be smaller than regular phone charges. But even those fees could drive the carriers" growth for years to come, Sharma says.

http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2010/01/ipad_pushing_mo.html,

Read the following text carefully and then choose the correct alternative that answers the question or completes the statement below.

iPad: Pushing More Americans to Pay More for Wireless Service

Posted by Olga Kharif on January 27

On Jan. 27, Apple said it will soon make available a version of its iPad tablet computer able to run over AT&T"s wireless network, as long as you pay $15 or $30 a month for service. The device could usher in the era of more people paying wireless charges for multiple mobile devices.

In other parts of the world, paying for multiple mobile devices is already commonplace. In Italy, people often own several phones, one for calling and one for messaging. And Americans should follow suit. In a few years, each American will own four or five mobile devices, each of them requiring a voice or a data plan, figures wireless expert Chetan Sharma.

A small percentage of Americans already pays for service for several mobile devices. Amazon"s Kindle e-reader comes with wireless connectivity to Sprint Nextel"s network priced in. Some consumers pay monthly charges for data cards, allowing them to connect their laptops to wireless networks. The iPad, which some analysts expect to sell 5 million units in its first year, could push the idea of paying for service for non-phone devices into the mainstream. If the iPad takes off, that is.

That, in turn, could lead to the introduction of family plans for devices, an idea analysts have talked about for years. A carrier might sell you a pool of wireless minutes and data access to be used by your stable of three or four wireless devices, such as a tablet, a gaming console, a car navigation system and your phone.

Clearly, as Americans snap up more wireless gadgets that require wireless plans, carriers stand to benefit, big time. Their costs in pushing these gadgets to consumers should be low: The devices" manufacturers will do the heavy lifting of marketing and selling the gadgets in their stores. The devices won"t necessarily have to be subsidized; AT&T won"t subsidize the iPad, Jefferies analyst Jonathan Schildkraut says in a Jan. 27 note. The carriers will likely have to share service revenues with the manufacturers, though, and those service fees may be smaller than regular phone charges. But even those fees could drive the carriers" growth for years to come, Sharma says.

http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2010/01/ipad_pushing_mo.html,

Read the following text carefully and then choose the correct alternative that answers the question or completes the statement below.

iPad: Pushing More Americans to Pay More for Wireless Service

Posted by Olga Kharif on January 27

On Jan. 27, Apple said it will soon make available a version of its iPad tablet computer able to run over AT&T"s wireless network, as long as you pay $15 or $30 a month for service. The device could usher in the era of more people paying wireless charges for multiple mobile devices.

In other parts of the world, paying for multiple mobile devices is already commonplace. In Italy, people often own several phones, one for calling and one for messaging. And Americans should follow suit. In a few years, each American will own four or five mobile devices, each of them requiring a voice or a data plan, figures wireless expert Chetan Sharma.

A small percentage of Americans already pays for service for several mobile devices. Amazon"s Kindle e-reader comes with wireless connectivity to Sprint Nextel"s network priced in. Some consumers pay monthly charges for data cards, allowing them to connect their laptops to wireless networks. The iPad, which some analysts expect to sell 5 million units in its first year, could push the idea of paying for service for non-phone devices into the mainstream. If the iPad takes off, that is.

That, in turn, could lead to the introduction of family plans for devices, an idea analysts have talked about for years. A carrier might sell you a pool of wireless minutes and data access to be used by your stable of three or four wireless devices, such as a tablet, a gaming console, a car navigation system and your phone.

Clearly, as Americans snap up more wireless gadgets that require wireless plans, carriers stand to benefit, big time. Their costs in pushing these gadgets to consumers should be low: The devices" manufacturers will do the heavy lifting of marketing and selling the gadgets in their stores. The devices won"t necessarily have to be subsidized; AT&T won"t subsidize the iPad, Jefferies analyst Jonathan Schildkraut says in a Jan. 27 note. The carriers will likely have to share service revenues with the manufacturers, though, and those service fees may be smaller than regular phone charges. But even those fees could drive the carriers" growth for years to come, Sharma says.

http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2010/01/ipad_pushing_mo.html,

Read the following text carefully and then choose the correct alternative that answers the question or completes the statement below.

iPad: Pushing More Americans to Pay More for Wireless Service

Posted by Olga Kharif on January 27

On Jan. 27, Apple said it will soon make available a version of its iPad tablet computer able to run over AT&T"s wireless network, as long as you pay $15 or $30 a month for service. The device could usher in the era of more people paying wireless charges for multiple mobile devices.

In other parts of the world, paying for multiple mobile devices is already commonplace. In Italy, people often own several phones, one for calling and one for messaging. And Americans should follow suit. In a few years, each American will own four or five mobile devices, each of them requiring a voice or a data plan, figures wireless expert Chetan Sharma.

A small percentage of Americans already pays for service for several mobile devices. Amazon"s Kindle e-reader comes with wireless connectivity to Sprint Nextel"s network priced in. Some consumers pay monthly charges for data cards, allowing them to connect their laptops to wireless networks. The iPad, which some analysts expect to sell 5 million units in its first year, could push the idea of paying for service for non-phone devices into the mainstream. If the iPad takes off, that is.

That, in turn, could lead to the introduction of family plans for devices, an idea analysts have talked about for years. A carrier might sell you a pool of wireless minutes and data access to be used by your stable of three or four wireless devices, such as a tablet, a gaming console, a car navigation system and your phone.

Clearly, as Americans snap up more wireless gadgets that require wireless plans, carriers stand to benefit, big time. Their costs in pushing these gadgets to consumers should be low: The devices" manufacturers will do the heavy lifting of marketing and selling the gadgets in their stores. The devices won"t necessarily have to be subsidized; AT&T won"t subsidize the iPad, Jefferies analyst Jonathan Schildkraut says in a Jan. 27 note. The carriers will likely have to share service revenues with the manufacturers, though, and those service fees may be smaller than regular phone charges. But even those fees could drive the carriers" growth for years to come, Sharma says.

http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2010/01/ipad_pushing_mo.html,

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BANQUE O PROFETA

Arthur Clarke escreveu 2001: Uma Odisseia no Espaço entre 1966 e 1968. Como cientista, criara o conceito de satélites de telecomunicações. Mas como profeta da ficção não foi tão bem. Arthur e Stanley Kubrick sugeriram em 2001 que o homem teria colônias de exploração na Lua, naves rumo a Júpiter e que a PanAmerican seria a primeira companhia aérea a servir o espaço. (A empresa faliu em 1991). Para Clarke, em 2001 o máximo em matéria de computador seria o HAL-9000, um “mainframe” programado para matar. Com o sucesso do filme, Clarke lançou em 1982 a continuação, 2010: Odisseia 2. Em 2010, o cientista que criou o HAL-9000 pegava carona numa nave soviética para tentar consertar o computador na órbita de um satélite em Júpiter. Enquanto traz HAL de novo à vida, a missão é abortada porque na Terra estourou um conflito apocalíptico entre os Estados Unidos e a União Soviética por causa da Nicarágua. No processo, Júpiter explode e se transforma num minissol. Chegamos a 2010, sabendo que Júpiter está inteiro, girando ao redor do único sol que temos e que a URSS faliu no mesmo ano que a PanAmerican.

Agora o calendário maia e o diretor de cinema Roland Emmerich declaram que não passaremos de 2012, quando bilhões de pessoas morrerão.

Aceitar a possibilidade de uma catástrofe é um perigo real e imediato, porém achar que sabemos quando acontecerá é outra coisa.

Quebramos a cara ao bancar profetas. Faz parte das angústias humanas não controlar o futuro. Talvez por isso as previsões tendam a ser tão catastróficas e pessimistas. Projetamos nossos medos. Mesmo sabendo que é uma atividade de alto risco, vou inalar os vapores da vidência e fazer algumas previsões tecnológicas para 2010.

Este será o ano da ascensão definitiva da leitura digital. Leitores do tipo “Kindle” vão baratear e se espalhar.

A Microsoft vai mergulhar de vez na crise de quem insiste em internet 1.0. Não vai falir, claro. O Windows 7 deve vender muito bem. Mas por que comprar o novo Office se já escrevo esta coluna confortavelmente na “Google Docs”?

Vão surgir nas lojas monitores e consoles de videogames em 3D. Caros e cheios de “bugs”. É só o início. A terceira dimensão já se estabeleceu no cinema e está chegando à TV.

A indústria da música vai considerar o som do vinil artificial demais e anunciará o relançamento de discos no único formato que preserva o “calor” das gravações: a fita cassete.

A nova onda será o metaversa, uma versão simplificada e mais realista do “Second Life”. Será mais divertido que digitar até cento e quarenta toques. Encontraremos as pessoas numa “rua” virtual e estabeleceremos diálogos cara a cara com outros avatares. Fora encontros em lugares reservados.

O Brasil enfrentará suas primeiras grandes eleições da era do “Twitter” e do “Facebook”. O clima vai ficar irrespirável na blogosfera.

MARQUEZI, Dagomir. Revista Info, janeiro de 2010. (Texto adaptado)