>>>>>Looked it up, and the only drawbacks I see are
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>>>>>missing LAN port (I realize that I can hop to that via USB and am partially paranoid not to trust WiFi security)
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>>>>I'm not sure if any tablet I've seen to date has a LAN port so it could be a drawback across the tablet world.
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>>>But why is a LAN port necessary when you have two different forms of wireless access?
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>>>My guess is physical LAN ports and yellow Ethernet cables will seem as quaint as floppy drives before long.
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>>You're probably right, but, isn't LAN ports and cables currently capable of way faster speeds than wireless right now?
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>Yes, which is why folks will still want it (at least when using the device at home or work) for some time....if you are doing anything on the device that really benefits from the faster speeds of 100mbs or even GIgabyte networks...


And that's exactly why I posed the question to "answer" Mike (Bean) about why is a LAN port necessary.


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>Some 3G systems deliver 4G speeds. It all depends.
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>For faster real 100mb wireless speeds, there is promise in the future of LTE:
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>http://blog.connectedplanetonline.com/unfiltered/2010/03/15/teliasoneras-lte-milestone-peak-network-speeds-top-100-mbs/
>http://www.telegeography.com/cu/article.php?article_id=32439&email=html
>http://www.bit-tech.net/news/bits/2009/09/08/nokia-launches-100mbps-lte-modem/1
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>Still no wireless Gigabit networks though...