Apple iPads come with network-swapping reprogrammable SIM

[Kevin Lancaster]

Apple iPads come with network-swapping reprogrammable SIM

Apple’s new iPad comes with a feature that could shake up the telecom industry: A reprogrammable SIM card that can be used to switch between different network providers

 

[morkhans]

Except AT&T already isn't playing ball. http://www.iclarified.com/44885/att...pple-sim-after-its-activated-on-their-network

 

[kianm]

This feature will not make it here it'll drop somewhere along in the ocean

 

[Maverick Jester]

Change the industry? Yeah, no. The reprogrammability of the SIM is highly dependent on the incumbent network playing ball.

The two biggest carriers in the US have already crapped all over Apple's plans.

 

[bwana]

Change the industry? Yeah, no. The reprogrammability of the SIM is highly dependent on the incumbent network playing ball.

The two biggest carriers in the US have already crapped all over Apple's plans.

I think the first stumbling block for SA is RICA. If you have to go in and RICA the thing every time you want to shift networks what's the point?