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Can you activate a 3G iPad without a sim?
- Thread starter GeoffP
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Well, at home yes, but that is not my question.
I want to find out if I need a sim inserted into the iPad on the 3G model when I activate it using iTunes.
As we cannot get any micro-sims to probably the end of May, I want to activate the iPad and use it with WiFi now and THEN drop in a micro-sim when I get a plan later in the month.
OK, not having played with any iPad, do you need to activate the WiFi model with iTunes prior to syncing applications.
Yes it works; someone already did that. All they had to do was change the APN from broadband to phone.
I'm also an aussie importing the 3G model.
I'm simply cutting down a pre-paid Telstra SIM to put into my iPad. There are a number of people who have already proven that you can take a regular SIM card and cut it down to the shape of micro sim. See http://modmyi.com/forums/ipad-news/708414-mod-t-sim-work-ipad-3g.html
I bought a Telstra SIM card really meant for a USB stick to get the best Telstra mobile data pricing
$40 for 1 gig, $50 for 2 gig (for US folk, that is actually not a bad deal in Australian terms). I basically refuse to put my iPad on any other 3G network in Australia - Optus and Vodafone are too oversubscribed / too slow.