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American operator AT&T will be providing the built in connectivity for the Plastic Logic eBook reader that will be offered by Barnes & Noble in early 2010 said The Wall Street Journal. “There’s a lot of analysts and industry experts that believe this space has tremendous potential.” said Glenn Lurie, Head of Emerging Devices at AT&T. The details of the negotiations have not been disclosed. This device, and bundled service, is clearly a direct response to Amazon’s Kindle which has service built in courtesy of Sprint. Before re-joining IntoMobile in mid June, I published an article at analyst firm Vision Mobile that goes into great length about why the “connectivity built in” space has the potential to become larger than today’s mobile industry and rewrite the antiquated business models that consumers have been struggling to understand for years. I highly recommend you check it out to get a better idea of where we’re going to be in a few years. A lot of the devices you’re going to buy will have data built in.
About The Author
Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
