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iPad 2 UK Thread

I sort of know you might not wanna hear but I got mine yesterday from the US. The point is, you won't regret the hassle it's great. Had the first iPad and loved it, this is even better. Faster def lighter and in white somehow looks and feels smaller. Gonna wipe out the Kindle now I think.

Good luck to all of you
 
Having read about MiFi i am now unsure whether or not to get the wifi or the wifi + 3G ipad. I want to have the flexibility of using the ipad for browsing anywhere, but to save £100 and get a MiFi device is tempting.

Any suggestions as to which would be best? Is MiFi good.

So 16GB wifi or 16GB 3G?!
 
Anyone seen confirmation of what time the big london stores will be closing? Will it still be 9pm as per any other day? If so, that's only 4 hours to sell thousands of iPads.

Also, with the 3g models requiring credit checks etc, do you think there will be two lines? one for people getting wifi (much quicker), and one for slow-coach 3g'ers?
 
Petoz said:
Having read about MiFi i am now unsure whether or not to get the wifi or the wifi + 3G ipad. I want to have the flexibility of using the ipad for browsing anywhere, but to save £100 and get a MiFi device is tempting.

Any suggestions as to which would be best? Is MiFi good.

So 16GB wifi or 16GB 3G?!
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Honest if you can manage it go with 3G . I had wifi with the 3 Mifi and it works great, fast speeds but it's another item you need to carry and keep charged. The 3G iPad is in my opinion the way to go, I know u connect another 4 devices to the mifi but the ability to just quickly access the net when you are out and about without having to turn another bit of kit on is fantastic.
I used the sim out of the mifi unit in my iPad 3G as it was just a case of pushing out of the bigger sim, I was paying £15 per month for 5gb but when I spoke to 3 they wanted to keep me so I get it for £7.50 a month for 5gb data which I think is a great deal and 3 for me is very fast and miles better than o2 on my iPhone 4
Hope that helps
 
Petoz said:
Having read about MiFi i am now unsure whether or not to get the wifi or the wifi + 3G ipad. I want to have the flexibility of using the ipad for browsing anywhere, but to save £100 and get a MiFi device is tempting.

Any suggestions as to which would be best? Is MiFi good.

So 16GB wifi or 16GB 3G?!
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Good Mifi devices are about £50 anyway, and remember the resale value of a 3G model.

You can also use the iPad as a Mifi anyway, with personal Hotspot.
 
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Elbulus said:
The Jambo said:
Good Mifi devices are about £50 anyway, and remember the resale value of a 3G model.

You can also use the iPad as a Mifi anyway, with personal Hotspot.
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Correct me if i'm wrong but pretty sure Personal Hotspot is an iPhone 4 Only feature.
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Correct.
 
@ Toonbay - thanks. I was thinking along the same lines, as it being great to just be able to browse wherever. Also good to hear Three are better than o2 coverage-wise. I've not heard great things if you try to leave. But i guess £7.50/month on a rolling monthly contract isn't too bad. Do you know if Three give you any grief if you try to end the monthly contract? Even if just for a month and re-start it again a month later?

@ The Jambo - Do 3G devices really command a better resale value? I was worried it may be a one off £100 that is not really recoverable. WiFi only seem to be much more popular.

Thanks both.
 
To 3G or not to 3G - that is the question!

iPad 1 I went with 3G and Three. I live in Wales and whereas my orange iPhone 3G coverage is patchy the Three is way, way better. I initially signed up to the Three £15 a month for 3GB then dropped to £7.50 for 1 GB when I realized that on the ipad a gig goes quite a long way. Then realized that some months I need a touch more than a gig so called three to say i was leaving at which point they offered to give me 3GB a month for £7.50!

I would always recommend 3G connection in my bit of wales or most rural places as there is no wifi out in the big bad world other than at McDonalds and maybe one 'with it' coffee shop lol. Have been very happy with Three and will pop this sim into my iPad 2 assuming I can lay my hands on one! I nearly sold mine 10 days ago and am so glad I didn't - I don't think I'd enjoy any time without an iPad now!
 
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with my phone though i can set it as a wifi 'hotspot' and connect the ipad through that (im assuming it works, its worked with other devices) and it will use my unlimited databundle i have my my phone contract, so i guess its down to the GPS feature, but if i change to an iphone i will be able to tether it with that for the GPS.....decisions....descisions....

Rob
 
Work has called me in on Friday, was hoping to go line up! :( Looks like I will have to order online and wait...just hope they have the iPads somewhere here in the UK and would ship them from here...i doubt :/
 
Petoz said:
@ Toonbay - thanks. I was thinking along the same lines, as it being great to just be able to browse wherever. Also good to hear Three are better than o2 coverage-wise. I've not heard great things if you try to leave. But i guess £7.50/month on a rolling monthly contract isn't too bad. Do you know if Three give you any grief if you try to end the monthly contract? Even if just for a month and re-start it again a month later?

@ The Jambo - Do 3G devices really command a better resale value? I was worried it may be a one off £100 that is not really recoverable. WiFi only seem to be much more popular.

Thanks both.
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Petoz

I heard nightmare sign up stories regarding the call centres and have heard it's hard if you want to leave but my sign up was done in about 10 minutes.

I have had no grief at all and when I did ring up they reduced my payment to £7.50 for 5gb.
I do really think the network is very fast, I started with o2 but the speeds were terrible.
I sold my iPad yesterday but we have 3 in the house so I'm not without using one but can't wait to get hold of the iPad 2
 
RobBrum said:
with my phone though i can set it as a wifi 'hotspot' and connect the ipad through that (im assuming it works, its worked with other devices) and it will use my unlimited databundle i have my my phone contract, so i guess its down to the GPS feature, but if i change to an iphone i will be able to tether it with that for the GPS.....decisions....descisions....

Rob
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You can? How?
 
Elbulus said:
Correct me if i'm wrong but pretty sure Personal Hotspot is an iPhone 4 Only feature.
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Think this feature might make it to iPad? That'd sell me on the 3G once and for all.

Last time, I was all like, mifi makes a lot more sense, who needs to drop £100 extra?

But actually I use the mifi mainly with the iPad - and it annoys me when my phone and iPod pick up the signal more than it's useful - and when I forget to charge it, or leave it running and sink the 5-hour battery, or leave it at home, it's a drag.

Plus I do appreciate knowing where I am in maps - and this often goes tits up when using a mifi, since the hotspot gets linked to some random location, and then the iPad thinks you're always there unless it finds enough other signals!

GPS might be the tipping point that's worth the extra - especially since all the prices are cheaper than iPad 1 anyway.

How'm I doing justifying this to myself?
 
Petoz said:
Having read about MiFi i am now unsure whether or not to get the wifi or the wifi + 3G ipad. I want to have the flexibility of using the ipad for browsing anywhere, but to save £100 and get a MiFi device is tempting.
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I have a MiFi; I've also got both Wifi and WiFi+3G iPads.

Using MiFi:
- pull out MiFi
- turn it on, wait for it to acquire a signal (5-10 seconds).
- push button on MiFi to tell it to connect (another 5-10 seconds).
- wait for iPad to detect the MiFi's network & connect (another few seconds)
- use internet.

Using 3G iPad:
- unlock iPad
- use internet.

You just can't beat the sheer convenience of the 3G model - unless you're a very occasional 3G user, it's easily worth the extra £100 and data plan.

(Disclaimer: my MiFi's an older model bought around 18 months ago. I'm told the current model that 3 are selling is much quicker to connect with, but still a lot of fooling around compared to "Unlock iPad, Use Internet".)
 
I think a Three MiFi is probably a better bet - cheaper than the £100 3G tax, you can use it with anything, plus it's a cost you can possibly defer altogether. I'm getting the iPad first, and then if I think I need 3G, then I get the MiFi. I may not need it.

Also all this noise about the "hassle" of a separate device to operate and charge - whatever. We're living in the future anyway, the extra ten seconds this thing will cost you? Negligible.
 
maehara said:
I have a MiFi; I've also got both Wifi and WiFi+3G iPads.

Using MiFi:
- pull out MiFi
- turn it on, wait for it to acquire a signal (5-10 seconds).
- push button on MiFi to tell it to connect (another 5-10 seconds).
- wait for iPad to detect the MiFi's network & connect (another few seconds)
- use internet.

Using 3G iPad:
- unlock iPad
- use internet.

You just can't beat the sheer convenience of the 3G model - unless you're a very occasional 3G user, it's easily worth the extra £100 and data plan.

(Disclaimer: my MiFi's an older model bought around 18 months ago. I'm told the current model that 3 are selling is much quicker to connect with, but still a lot of fooling around compared to "Unlock iPad, Use Internet".)
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Great post and exactly what I'm saying, I had the new small black mifi, they are good but too much messing about, go 3G if you can afford
 
Was thinking of getting the 3g model but just seen a Three MiFi + 3GB on eBay £33

Saves me some money to put towards a case/hdmi adaptor. Have they said how much the HDMIcharger adaptor is yet?
 
Petoz said:
@ The Jambo - Do 3G devices really command a better resale value? I was worried it may be a one off £100 that is not really recoverable. WiFi only seem to be much more popular.
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If you paid £100 more for the 3G, and so did hundreds of thousands of others, why wouldn't someone do the same in the future?
 
Anyone have any info about iPad 2s in Lowestoft?. All the shops here are really small, I have a bad feeling they will have very little stock, if any at all. :confused:
 
Kaulitz said:
If anyone is going to Solihul Touchwood centre and would like to buddy up Pm me, I will be getting there for around 1pm.
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I'm in two minds; either here or Cribbs Causeway. I can't make up my mind which is more likely to have larger stock. If I do decide to go to Touchwood I'll pm u tomorrow as not having any toilet breaks sounds like cruel and unusual punishment!
 
stewart1988 said:
Was thinking of getting the 3g model but just seen a Three MiFi + 3GB on eBay £33

Saves me some money to put towards a case/hdmi adaptor. Have they said how much the HDMIcharger adaptor is yet?
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Interested in this too. I'm guessing about ~£30, it would be a bit lame for Apple to charge anything more (not that £30 isn't expensive for what it is...)
 
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