{"id":3710,"date":"2011-10-02T15:35:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-02T19:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=3710"},"modified":"2011-10-02T15:35:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-02T19:35:00","slug":"3g-vita-looks-worse-by-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2011\/10\/02\/3g-vita-looks-worse-by-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"3G Vita Looks Worse By The Day &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thankfully I have the Wi-Fi and 3G orders on preorder.  I say thankfully, because it is looking more and more like the 3G version is going to be an absolute dud.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/kotaku.com\/5840053\/the-ps-vitas-3g-plan-could-raise-eyebrows-in-japan\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/kotaku.com\/5840053\/the-ps-vitas-3g-plan-could-raise-eyebrows-in-japan', 'recent Japanese pricing plans look weak');\" target=\"_blank\">recent Japanese pricing plans look weak<\/a>, and the announced <a href=\"http:\/\/playstationlifestyle.net\/2011\/09\/30\/3g-downloads-on-the-vita-capped-at-20mb\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/playstationlifestyle.net\/2011\/09\/30\/3g-downloads-on-the-vita-capped-at-20mb\/', '20mb file size download cap');\" target=\"_blank\">20mb file size download cap<\/a> also looks suspect.  Then again, maybe the cap is to make sure that everyone does not blow their monthly wad in one sitting.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll keep both on preorder with Amazon until the official US AT&T 3G Vita rates and plans are announced.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Amazon, I think I have <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.computerworld.com\/19018\/amazon_kindle_fire_tablet_review_roundup\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/blogs.computerworld.com\/19018\/amazon_kindle_fire_tablet_review_roundup', 'Fire in my belly');\" target=\"_blank\">Fire in my belly<\/a>.  I am strongly considering at least one Kindle Fire for the family in the guise of a Christmas present.<\/p>\n<p>I know the Fire is a limited version of a full android, but that\u2019s OK.  I\u2019ve been an Amazon Prime custom since day one, and this would just compliment the service and provide an easy extra household browsing option.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thankfully I have the Wi-Fi and 3G orders on preorder. I say thankfully, because it is looking more and more like the 3G version is going to be an absolute dud. The recent Japanese pricing plans look weak, and the announced 20mb file size download cap also looks suspect. Then again, maybe the cap is &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2011\/10\/02\/3g-vita-looks-worse-by-the-day\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">3G Vita Looks Worse By The Day &#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[66],"class_list":["post-3710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-vita"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3710"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3711,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3710\/revisions\/3711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}