Hello, Am new to this thread but thought I'd throw out my 2 cents worth to give you something else to chew on while you wait. With so many pages to read I admit I have not read them all and what I'm about to bring up may have been hashed out long ago and I didn't see it so if that is the case I'm sorry in advance.
Being a former employee I am aware of the multitude of hoops that must be jumped through before the gov will give their blessings to regulated items. I remember something I read a while back that Apple was in the process of getting the 3G technology certified for the IPad with whatever agency it is. I think it's the FCC but may be wrong. Even though 3G is allowed in the Iphone the gov usually requires new certifications for each and every different device, easier to get perhaps but none the less required. Anyway I'm guessing that a part of Apple's silence with all this might be due in part to them not having the governments "official" blessing yet or if they have it maybe it took a lot longer than originally thought to get. It might even be possible that they did not pass the process and they are or were in a technical frenzy trying to fix and or do whatever may be necessary to get them passed. This also might explain the international delay as well. I think it's Israel that is prohibiting IPad's for what they are calling WiFi issues but in reality it could be a similar type thing. Some of the standards in those countries are for sure different and maybe more strict than ours here in the US. Then again it may be none of this and Apple is just playing games and may be doing the things you all have been guessing about.
Anyway you remember the things you want most are the things you cannot have and this just makes them more and more desirable. In the end we will all have them soon and then in a couple of weeks we will ask what was all the fuss about as we happily go about our way until it's time for OS4 then it will start all over again.
Lucky for me living where I do I can go skiing, or fishing or even play some golf to help distract me while I wait. So now I think I'll go wet a line and catch me a fish or two.
Being a former employee I am aware of the multitude of hoops that must be jumped through before the gov will give their blessings to regulated items. I remember something I read a while back that Apple was in the process of getting the 3G technology certified for the IPad with whatever agency it is. I think it's the FCC but may be wrong. Even though 3G is allowed in the Iphone the gov usually requires new certifications for each and every different device, easier to get perhaps but none the less required. Anyway I'm guessing that a part of Apple's silence with all this might be due in part to them not having the governments "official" blessing yet or if they have it maybe it took a lot longer than originally thought to get. It might even be possible that they did not pass the process and they are or were in a technical frenzy trying to fix and or do whatever may be necessary to get them passed. This also might explain the international delay as well. I think it's Israel that is prohibiting IPad's for what they are calling WiFi issues but in reality it could be a similar type thing. Some of the standards in those countries are for sure different and maybe more strict than ours here in the US. Then again it may be none of this and Apple is just playing games and may be doing the things you all have been guessing about.
Anyway you remember the things you want most are the things you cannot have and this just makes them more and more desirable. In the end we will all have them soon and then in a couple of weeks we will ask what was all the fuss about as we happily go about our way until it's time for OS4 then it will start all over again.
Lucky for me living where I do I can go skiing, or fishing or even play some golf to help distract me while I wait. So now I think I'll go wet a line and catch me a fish or two.
