Apple Tablet Will Support Multiple Carriers Including Verizon, Will Require Steep Learning Curve

More interesting news and speculations about the Apple Tablet is here. A few confirmed sources have revealed to Broadpoint AmTech analyst Brian Marshall that the Tablet will not just work on Wi-Fi but will connect to the Internet via 3G as well.

According to his sources, the Tablet will be supported by multiple mobile carriers and one of the names doing the rounds is Verizon.

Marshall emphasizes that Verizon is a "certainty" in this case. According to him, the Apple Tablet will take off from where Kindle left and will focus on more than just text-based content. In his words,

"It will be an e-reader, that's certain. Amazon sold two million Kindles in the second half of last year. Clearly, the market is much larger than what I expected. So Apple's tablet will be an e-reader, but also a TV viewer and more. For Apple, content is the focus of the tablet."

Though Apple has been focusing on providing different forms of content via the same platform, the way users interact with these different content forms could vary. According to a source quoted by the folks at Cult Of Mac, the Apple Tablet could require users to undergo a significant learning curve. While the exact details about this is not yet known, it is believed that the interface-level engagement could differ based on the content bring consumed. You might remember our earlier article where Apple executives had remarked that users would be "very surprised" about the way they interact with the Tablet.

The Tablet is expected to be unveiled on the 27th of this month and launched in March. With the production and build up plan for the device already underway, it is believed that the company has chosen to do away with Intel Atom chips and instead use the processor chips

from PA Semi. PA Semi was acquired by Apple couple of years ago.

With just few more days to go, stay tuned for newer updates on the Tablet. Meanwhile, what do you make of these new developments? Please tell us in the comments.

[via The Street, Cult of Mac, Computer World]