Ok you want to be always online. You may buy into a mobile contract for a new 3G Smartphone, or subscribe a Wi-Fi broadband dongle for you laptop, or why not subscribe to a service that throws in a new laptop / notebook!
Today you can go into your local Mobile shop and walk out with brand new notebook, WiFi broadband connection. Orange, 3 Mobile and Vodaphone are all offering packages that could significantly change our habits and usage. Why buy a ebook reader when you could have a notebook and connection? Why buy an expensive laptop if you comes with your deal? There will be issues and it will not appeal to all but at around £30 a month (the same as or even less that many electronic and entertainment subscriptions it offers a lot.
Think about the student who struggles to buy the laptop or the school pupil whose parents have today to buy one, or the pensioners, low paid worker etc. who can’t afford the initial outlay but could afford the subscription. What would it mean to a small company?
Think about what it means to have any of the deals below plus Wi-Fi broadband from www.three.co.uk or more still at www.orange.co.uk
HP 550 Notebook
• 15.4" WXGA display
• Intel® Celeron® M Processor
• 1GB RAM
• 120GB hard drive
• WiFi
• Windows Vista® Home Basic
• Weight – 2.7kg
• Send 150 texts a month direct from laptop
• Worth £329 inc VAT*
• * HP suggested retail price as of 30th June 2008. Actual price may vary.
HP Mini Note PC 2133
• 8.9" WXGA display
• Via C7® -M ULV Processor
• 1GB RAM
• 120GB hard drive
• WiFi
• Windows Vista® Home Basic
• Starting weight of 1.27kg
• Send 200 texts a month direct from laptop
• Worth £399 inc VAT*
• * HP suggested retail price as of 30th June 2008. Actual price may vary.
HP 6910 Pavillion
• 15.4" WXGA display with NVIDA®
• Ge-Force™ Graphics card
• Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor
• 3GB RAM
• 250GB hard drive
• Super Multi DVD Reader/Writer (DVD+RW)
• WiFi
• Integrated webcam
• HP QuickPlay - launch films and music at the touch of a button
• Windows Vista® Home Premium
• Weight – 3.1kg
• Send 250 texts a month direct from laptop
• Worth £599 inc VAT*
• * HP suggested retail price as of 30th June 2008. Actual price may vary.
Or go to www.PCWorld.co.uk www.carphonewarehouse.co.uk to see the wide range of deal available from these retailers.
The business model is changing and although some aspects still fall short the concept is in play and presents an interesting proposition to consumers and also to content providers who now start to see a switched on consumer who doesn’t need to download stuff to access it.
2 comments:
Come off it Martin, low paid workers affording £30 a month for broadband! Just how low do you think they are paid - a lot lower than you are by the sound of it!
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