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people still use LJ?
Those are things I'd check on my phone (email/facebook/weather).
Yes. Always when I'm traveling. I have ATT for my iphone and Verizon on my ipad so wherever I am, I have a better chance of picking up a good signal on one or the other device.
I use the Verizon iPad as a foil against my T-Mobile phone. There are places where Verizon data is significantly better than T-Mobile so it's good to have the iPad. Also when I had the HTC One I had wifi calling and could use the Verizon LTE hotspot so the T-Mobile phone could make calls where it otherwise would not work.
Now that I have an iPhone wifi calling isn't available but hey who knows it might some day.
So yes, LTE iPad all the way!
Cheers,
Now that I have an iPhone wifi calling isn't available but hey who knows it might some day.
So yes, LTE iPad all the way!
Cheers,
For the last year, I have been conducting an experiment. I ditched my expensive iphone plan. I now only use my iphone for travel photography & video. GREAT travel camera! I have an unlimited AT&T data plan for my ipad mini for under $30. I use my ipad mini to make and recieve calls and to surf the web. I travel around the world, and so far, it's worked perfectly for me.
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I got an iPad with 3G last year - just in case I thought.
So far it happened once. I brought it along to be used in the back seat of the car by a young passenger in a weak moment "you can finish that movie in the car." Of course it didn't work because I never signed up for cellular. Duh! I am not technically inept - I just forgot about it. It's like when you are at the front door and trying to unlock it with your car remote!
What happened after that incident in the car confirmed my belief. Instead of my daughter watching a movie, we had a good conversation as we often did on a long drive.
I think I am going to get an iPad Mini this year, without cellular.
So far it happened once. I brought it along to be used in the back seat of the car by a young passenger in a weak moment "you can finish that movie in the car." Of course it didn't work because I never signed up for cellular. Duh! I am not technically inept - I just forgot about it. It's like when you are at the front door and trying to unlock it with your car remote!
What happened after that incident in the car confirmed my belief. Instead of my daughter watching a movie, we had a good conversation as we often did on a long drive.
I think I am going to get an iPad Mini this year, without cellular.
Sh...t happens, when using mobile devices
I always buy the cellular version. Why should I buy a mobile device crashed by design?
I always buy the cellular version. Why should I buy a mobile device crashed by design?
I'm trying to decide between a wifi Air or LTE mini. I've only had full-size wifi iPads in the past but the retina mini is tempting.
I have an AT&T unlimited iPhone data plan but tethering on that depends on jailbreaking. I know that I won't "need" to use data on the iPad except for emergencies or international trips once a year. T-mobile's free 200MB/month offer would be perfect as a backup in case my iPhone battery dies and I (or someone else) still need to connect.
I'm close to justifying the $129 LTE premium because I want to use the mini as a hotspot on an upcoming trip to the UK. Data is only 10 for 2GB but buying a mifi mobile router is another 50. I'd rather put that money toward the iPad than the mifi.
The biggest question for me is still whether I'll like the mini's size when the Air is so much lighter and thinner than the previous iPad.
I have an AT&T unlimited iPhone data plan but tethering on that depends on jailbreaking. I know that I won't "need" to use data on the iPad except for emergencies or international trips once a year. T-mobile's free 200MB/month offer would be perfect as a backup in case my iPhone battery dies and I (or someone else) still need to connect.
I'm close to justifying the $129 LTE premium because I want to use the mini as a hotspot on an upcoming trip to the UK. Data is only 10 for 2GB but buying a mifi mobile router is another 50. I'd rather put that money toward the iPad than the mifi.
The biggest question for me is still whether I'll like the mini's size when the Air is so much lighter and thinner than the previous iPad.
It seems that quite a few people pays $130 extra for a cellular version just in case. That makes a lot of sense as it's an option one cannot add afterward: $130 for peace of mind. I did exactly that on my last purchase.
On the other hand, look a the alternative. Not having cellular option means there are rare moment in your life when you cannot get connected, like what life used to be 10 years ago. You are lost, you have to talk to a stranger, more interaction with the real world which may not be a bad thing.
As a matter of fact, I do think that life is a lot more interesting if I am lost from time to time.
On the other hand, look a the alternative. Not having cellular option means there are rare moment in your life when you cannot get connected, like what life used to be 10 years ago. You are lost, you have to talk to a stranger, more interaction with the real world which may not be a bad thing.
As a matter of fact, I do think that life is a lot more interesting if I am lost from time to time.
The magic of an iPad only exists if it is always connected
So every iPad I've owned has been the cellular version. My office does not have public wifi and has a "locked down" internet. I use my iPad all day long to check email, twitter, and web surfing. It would be useless to me without cellular.
So every iPad I've owned has been the cellular version. My office does not have public wifi and has a "locked down" internet. I use my iPad all day long to check email, twitter, and web surfing. It would be useless to me without cellular.
no not at all. I tether from iphone if i'm using it outside and thanks to the council we pretty much have wifi covered across the city
Did you mean to say "I" instead of "you?" Because I take mine out of the house all of the time and tethering works just fine for me. It's not inconvenient (I'd have my phone on me regardless of whether I have my iPad) and it doesn't kill my battery that bad, mostly because I only use it a little at a time, and turn it off when I don't.
And I use GPS on my iPhone.
But hey, thank you for correcting me on how wrong I am, I guess.
My wife and I are likely going to wifi only iPads for the same reason - our iPhones (with free tethering from Verizon) are always with us and we decided to pick up a portable battery or two to have in situations where a charger was not available for the iPhones. I save $130 per iPad as well as the $10/mo charge per device from Verizon to add them to my data pool. I'm not too concerned about GPS on the tablet, either.
My first iPad was wifi only and there were a few occasions in which I wish that I had cellular. When I upgraded to the iPad 2, I got the 3g model. I have had that since release and only activated the cellular on it 3 times. I was planning on upgrading again with this release and was thinking about going back to wifi since $130 is a lot to spend when I only go on a handful of vacations. But...I think that what T-Mobile is offering with the 200MB of free data a month is too good to pass up. There are times where I don't have access to wifi, such as my doctor's office. Currently, I just use my phone at these times because I can't justify paying for data on my iPad when I already have it on my phone (I don't have tethering and am not paying more for it). I would rather an iPad though so the T-Mobile offering seems really good to me.
With the no data while you're on the phone restrictions on Verizon iPhones that would make it impossible to share data while talking on the phone and trying to look something up on the iPad. Unless something has changed that's a deal breaker for me.
Cheers,
Do you have to hae the WIFI + Cellular version of the device to teather with Verizon's hot spot that comes free with the Share plans?
Yes, it must have Verizon's data service in order to tether Verizon data service. Assuming you mean using the iPad as a hotspot, which I do on a regular basis.
Cheers,
Same here.
And the $130 more for cellular is offset by the $100 discount AT&T gives me to put my iPad on a 2 year contract.
And the cellular data only costs $10 more a month on my family share plan.
So worth it to not tether.
I meant connecting on my phone and then using that as a hotspot to access internet on my ipad
You could just not get ANY devices and have MORE good conversations.
I am a realist. I am not going to go back to the stone age, or the time before printed book for that matter.
I believe in moderation, and for me that means not so concern about a few times a year not being able to connect to the internet on my iPad. It's different if I am obligated to stay connected all the time, but fortunately I am not that important.
I love gadgets. I am probably among the first 1000 people who purchased the original Palm Pilot. But I have not desire to be connected 100% of the time. I am sure there are a lot of people like me.
I am not saying that my way is the right way. I just want to raise a point that do you really think that you need to be connected all the time, or may it be that there are times when it's good to be offline?
I'm still trying to decide between the two. I've had both, didn't use cellular often, but when I did it was much better than tethering.
