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Cheers. Camera kit was from eBay and anti-glare film was direct from power support. I'm off on holiday next weekend so I'm hoping I'll get lucky and receive them before then.
i was set for the 3g,
but im sure were gonna get stiffed on pricing,
i dont have a car holder to hold a 10" device,
in england we'll get stabbed if its seen in public,
the price difference will be quite large,
as said you can get a mifi thingy ma jiggy that will provide wifi for other things like macbooks etc, for £50
the plastic strip looks crappy!!!!!
but im sure were gonna get stiffed on pricing,
i dont have a car holder to hold a 10" device,
in england we'll get stabbed if its seen in public,
the price difference will be quite large,
as said you can get a mifi thingy ma jiggy that will provide wifi for other things like macbooks etc, for £50
the plastic strip looks crappy!!!!!
That's what I've done. I've also unlocked and upgraded the firmware on my MiFi so I can configure it with a web browser ie on iPhone or pad. Othis means that I can also roam to other countries and buy/use a pay as you go SIM from that country for the data.
For details not how to unlock and upgrade it check a previous post by me in this thread.
I can't believe people in the UK will actually buy the ipad 3G, it's not a smart move at all.
What Im doing is getting an unlocked Mifi device off ebay and the Ipad Wifi.
It will let me send a wireless broadband 3g internet connection to upto 4 devices at the same time. So instead of spending £15+ a month to power a the internet for one device, and can spend that much to give many devices at the same time.
and if people just want the ipad3g instead of the wifi, because it has the GPS.
Get a map, much cheaper, or if your really want to have GPS get a proper device like a tom tom. are people actually going to use the GPS on the 3g in there day to day lives anyway?
whats the point, it will look stupid in the car because it's far too big and not as good as a tom tom or what ever and if your walk down the street with an ipad you will just get mugged.
What are you going to be using your iPad for?
I will be getting a 3G iPad when available in the UK. This is purely for the GPS. Yes I can buy a map though I have many maps and a few Garmin GPS's and a TomTom. I also have a iPhone 3GS with a GPS. But like most I would like to take advantage of the GPS within certain applications. It would look silly in a car, for the driver. Not for a navigator, not that I will use it for that much. However it will be used for navigation in a light aircraft. Current offerings with anything like the size and quality of the iPad costs the earth. Oh, and I am not too worried about getting mugged up there.
There wont even be a sim chip in it. I already have a mifi that works a treat with the current 16GB iPad which will become the wife's when I get the 3G one.
If anyone is looking for a Three Huawei E5830 MIFI I have a spare which will probably go on Ebay shortly.
There wont even be a sim chip in it. I already have a mifi that works a treat with the current 16GB iPad which will become the wife's when I get the 3G one.
If anyone is looking for a Three Huawei E5830 MIFI I have a spare which will probably go on Ebay shortly.
thats fair enough mate, people have different uses for things, used in an aircraft sounds awesome!
i take it you have to use special navigation software
thats fair enough mate, people have different uses for things, used in an aircraft sounds awesome!
i take it you have to use special navigation software
Yes there are quite a few apps in the app store. mainly for the 3GS at the moment but will get converted to iPad and I know of others on the way.
I have quite an interest in maps and cartography as well. Even the simple maps app that comes with the iPad, similar to the iPhone one is awesome. For me the iPad was worth it just for that.
I do have better GPS's that I would rather use in conjunction with an iPad, preferably using bluetooth. However Mr Jobs didn't see fit to let apps use that sort of thing.
What's making me have a quandry about the 3g or not 3g thing is no fecking details of the data plans yet.
I don't want to get locked into another data contract. I'm already a touch exasperated that I bought a 3gs last year when they were released on O2, so I'm in contract with them for another year (I went for an 18 monther). And lo and behold - there may well be ANOTHER new iphone come June. Though knowing Apple we'll probably get it six months later or summat by which time I'll be out of contract. You expect to be one step behind tech a lot of the time, but it is frustrating.
There are rumours of the operators who carry the iPhone doing an add on deal for iPad 3g adopters, which allow you to get a sim plus a data plan for your ipad that will run along side your iPhone contract. But what does this mean ?
Does it mean that you will be paying an extra monthly fee on top of the contract costs and you are locked into paying that extra fee for the duration of the original iPhone contract ?
Does it mean that it locks you into another contract for some unspecified time ?
Can you drop in and out of it every month or is it locked in ?
We have no info so far !
How about payg data for the iPad ? Do we have any info on those options ? - No !
The one thing that really bugs me is that it is unlikely that the data allowance will roll over from one month to the next, or be a true payg model where you pay for say, 1GB of data, and that last until you use it up. Payg data plans (for other devices, like the MiFi for example) seem to only keep the data allowance valid for a short time these days - like one month or three months depending on how much data you buy. For the short amount of time every week I would use the iPad on 3g in my current situation, it would take me an age to use up 1GB. I'd run out of time before I'd even started. But it's always nice to have the 3g option should it be needed in the future.
I am hoping some info as to data plans and pricing will arrive next week, but considering the cloak and dagger shenanigans so far I'm not counting on it.
But then again I have a perfectly good 3g device in my iPhone 3GS, so quite honestly I should just stop worrying about it and get a wifi only really. If I need more 3g in the future I can spring for a MiFi. Or, jb my 3GS (not into that scene really but it seems a solution for 3.1.3 is going to be released pretty soon - Spirit or summat ?). I'd put MiWi on it then and have the best of both.
I don't want to get locked into another data contract. I'm already a touch exasperated that I bought a 3gs last year when they were released on O2, so I'm in contract with them for another year (I went for an 18 monther). And lo and behold - there may well be ANOTHER new iphone come June. Though knowing Apple we'll probably get it six months later or summat by which time I'll be out of contract.
You expect to be one step behind tech a lot of the time, but it is frustrating.There are rumours of the operators who carry the iPhone doing an add on deal for iPad 3g adopters, which allow you to get a sim plus a data plan for your ipad that will run along side your iPhone contract. But what does this mean ?
Does it mean that you will be paying an extra monthly fee on top of the contract costs and you are locked into paying that extra fee for the duration of the original iPhone contract ?
Does it mean that it locks you into another contract for some unspecified time ?
Can you drop in and out of it every month or is it locked in ?
We have no info so far !
How about payg data for the iPad ? Do we have any info on those options ? - No !
The one thing that really bugs me is that it is unlikely that the data allowance will roll over from one month to the next, or be a true payg model where you pay for say, 1GB of data, and that last until you use it up. Payg data plans (for other devices, like the MiFi for example) seem to only keep the data allowance valid for a short time these days - like one month or three months depending on how much data you buy. For the short amount of time every week I would use the iPad on 3g in my current situation, it would take me an age to use up 1GB. I'd run out of time before I'd even started. But it's always nice to have the 3g option should it be needed in the future.
I am hoping some info as to data plans and pricing will arrive next week, but considering the cloak and dagger shenanigans so far I'm not counting on it.
But then again I have a perfectly good 3g device in my iPhone 3GS, so quite honestly I should just stop worrying about it and get a wifi only really. If I need more 3g in the future I can spring for a MiFi. Or, jb my 3GS (not into that scene really but it seems a solution for 3.1.3 is going to be released pretty soon - Spirit or summat ?). I'd put MiWi on it then and have the best of both.
Hi I'm Flo a student from Germany and I'm of course really interested in getting an iPad (3G?). I've been at the lunch event at the SF Apple Store so I've already played a little bit with the iPad they were out of 16gb iPads though and the bigger once were too expensive to bring them to germany without paying an additional tax which would've been 19%.
However my question is where can you get those mifi thingys for 50 Pounds ?
I searched ebay and they were all about 90 Pounds or about 130 Euros.
At this price point the assumed savings compared to a 3g model would be gone.
Does anybody know whether the iPad 3G does tethering therefore let me use the 3g with my MBP? I know though that the wifi model can't tether to an iPhone.
I hope my questions aren't too silly.
Greetings Flo
However my question is where can you get those mifi thingys for 50 Pounds ?
I searched ebay and they were all about 90 Pounds or about 130 Euros.
At this price point the assumed savings compared to a 3g model would be gone.
Does anybody know whether the iPad 3G does tethering therefore let me use the 3g with my MBP? I know though that the wifi model can't tether to an iPhone.
I hope my questions aren't too silly.
Greetings Flo
hi flo!
3-uk sell them, i think their the only ones at the moment, their £60 brand new from them i believe
3-uk sell them, i think their the only ones at the moment, their £60 brand new from them i believe
as my main media device. My laptop is on it's last legs and i only use it to listen to music, watch video, go on the net, look at pictures and some word documents. So the ipad can basically do everything i do on my laptop but the battery will last for 10+ hours and it's far more portable.
I will keep my laptop though and only use for web research and wright some stuff on Microsoft Word (for college). Oh and control all the media content on my ipad.
Like many it seems I was going to get a 3G iPad, but then a friend told me about MiFi.
I'm curious as to why people want an unlocked MiFi though? The one I was told about was 3's one, and it seems fine as a PAYG service. £69.99 for the MiFi and 3GB of data (to be used within 3 months), and then just PAYG thereafter. My 3G use is going to be small so 1GB data for £10 will do me just fine.
I'm curious as to why people want an unlocked MiFi though? The one I was told about was 3's one, and it seems fine as a PAYG service. £69.99 for the MiFi and 3GB of data (to be used within 3 months), and then just PAYG thereafter. My 3G use is going to be small so 1GB data for £10 will do me just fine.
My 3G will be used for mapping stuff. The extra size is a must. And I won't get mugged.
Three seems to have good coverage in most areas now. Though some spots out in the sticks aren't so lucky. The big advantage of being unlocked is that you can put a sim in from another provider if you don't have coverage. I will be going to Menorca this year again and hope to get a PAYG sim from one of the dealers in the airport when I get there. Then I just slip it into my MIFI and good to go.
1GB a month is a lot for mobile use. I use less than half that a month and use it a lot. My Three MIFI came with 3 months allowance of 3GB. It runs out in about 20 days and I still have over 2GB left.
I don't want to get locked into another data contract. I'm already a touch exasperated that I bought a 3gs last year when they were released on O2, so I'm in contract with them for another year (I went for an 18 monther). And lo and behold - there may well be ANOTHER new iphone come June. Though knowing Apple we'll probably get it six months later or summat by which time I'll be out of contract.
There are rumours of the operators who carry the iPhone doing an add on deal for iPad 3g adopters, which allow you to get a sim plus a data plan for your ipad that will run along side your iPhone contract. But what does this mean ?
Does it mean that you will be paying an extra monthly fee on top of the contract costs and you are locked into paying that extra fee for the duration of the original iPhone contract ?
Does it mean that it locks you into another contract for some unspecified time ?
Can you drop in and out of it every month or is it locked in ?
We have no info so far !
How about payg data for the iPad ? Do we have any info on those options ? - No !
The one thing that really bugs me is that it is unlikely that the data allowance will roll over from one month to the next, or be a true payg model where you pay for say, 1GB of data, and that last until you use it up. Payg data plans (for other devices, like the MiFi for example) seem to only keep the data allowance valid for a short time these days - like one month or three months depending on how much data you buy. For the short amount of time every week I would use the iPad on 3g in my current situation, it would take me an age to use up 1GB. I'd run out of time before I'd even started. But it's always nice to have the 3g option should it be needed in the future.
I am hoping some info as to data plans and pricing will arrive next week, but considering the cloak and dagger shenanigans so far I'm not counting on it.
But then again I have a perfectly good 3g device in my iPhone 3GS, so quite honestly I should just stop worrying about it and get a wifi only really. If I need more 3g in the future I can spring for a MiFi. Or, jb my 3GS (not into that scene really but it seems a solution for 3.1.3 is going to be released pretty soon - Spirit or summat ?). I'd put MiWi on it then and have the best of both.
My guess is that the 3G model will launch without a SIM in it over here but Apple will have arranged for one or more of our carriers to offer a "great"
PAYG deal. Probably same day available. But I suspect some of the carriers or people like PC World will sell you an iPad a lot less than if you trot into the Apple shop, but with a contract (millstone around your neck) to subsidise it. I fell into the O2 trap when the 3GS came out but I didn't get a contract. I bought the phone outright and it hurt.You wont get a PAYG where it sits there till you use the data up unfortunately. They have all cottoned on to that now and want to make more money out of us. Voda used to do that where you topped up £15 for 1GB and it lasted till it was used up. If you were lucky enough to get one and still have it (like me) then it still applies.
It's not too bad as it comes with 3GB data for 3 months which is worth £30. So effectively making the MIFI unit £39. You can get it without any data for £49 but you will have to pay another £10 for a months data before you start.
can ebay for cheaper though im sure!
still going to be cheaper than the extra for the 3g (i know theres gps too) and it can supply 4 devices at once
still going to be cheaper than the extra for the 3g (i know theres gps too) and it can supply 4 devices at once
So, I've noticed there is some discussion regarding the debate between iPad WiFi and WiFi+3G. Well, for what it's worth, I decided against the 3G because of the ability of tethering to my iPhone. This is achievable through the MyWi jailbreak application which costs $9.99. With that one-time expense, I can enjoy a lifetime of free 3G internet on my iPad. I made a video to demonstrate how easy it is to use;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKw3tK7H0vQ
Let me know if you want any more information about it. I've been using for a few days with no hitches. First video as well by the way so please don't be harsh!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKw3tK7H0vQ
Let me know if you want any more information about it. I've been using for a few days with no hitches. First video as well by the way so please don't be harsh!
^ I recently switched to Vodafone and got a new iphone. But in doing so I got a unjailbraked 3.1.3 new phone. Hoping the spirit jailbreak allows me to get MyWi so I can do this.
Otherwise I'll be tempted to get a 64GB 3G when they launch in the UK.
Otherwise I'll be tempted to get a 64GB 3G when they launch in the UK.
So, I've noticed there is some discussion regarding the debate between iPad WiFi and WiFi+3G. Well, for what it's worth, I decided against the 3G because of the ability of tethering to my iPhone. This is achievable through the MyWi jailbreak application which costs $9.99. With that one-time expense, I can enjoy a lifetime of free 3G internet on my iPad. I made a video to demonstrate how easy it is to use;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKw3tK7H0vQ
Let me know if you want any more information about it. I've been using for a few days with no hitches. First video as well by the way so please don't be harsh!
When I looked into tethering a while back there was talk of O2 having some way to detect that you are using data in this fashion and they threatened to close anyones account. So that would worry me. Also every time there is an iPhone update you have to go through the process of waiting for the jailbreak again. Also I think it would tie it to whatever carrier your iPhone is stuck with. In my case O2 which is quite frankly, crap where I am.
this is exactly why ive jb'd my iphone once, had a mare with it, and i know its behind the times but i like to be able to keep it all updated
This is different. It is possible for them to detect if you are using a hacked iPhone to use official tethering via Bluetooth or USB (through uploading a special mobileconfig file). This method has been closed in 3.1+ anyway, but still works on 3.0. If you are using MyWi I really can't see how they can charge you. Plus, there is no way I will pay for official tethering considering I had phones five years ago that could do it for free (and most phones released still are free except iPhone).
By the way; on O2 3G I have done some speed tests, and the downstream speeds range anywhere from 100-400kbps. Not really that bad considering I'll only be using it for email, casual browsing etc.
This is different. It is possible for them to detect if you are using a hacked iPhone to use official tethering via Bluetooth or USB (through uploading a special mobileconfig file). This method has been closed in 3.1+ anyway, but still works on 3.0. If you are using MyWi I really can't see how they can charge you. Plus, there is no way I will pay for official tethering considering I had phones five years ago that could do it for free (and most phones released still are free except iPhone).
By the way; on O2 3G I have done some speed tests, and the downstream speeds range anywhere from 100-400kbps. Not really that bad considering I'll only be using it for email, casual browsing etc.
In my area best I can get with O2 is Edge which is poor. Voda is 2G only. Only 3G I get is with Three of all people.
I take your point about the tethering, I didn't know how things had changed since I last looked.
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