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US vs. Ireland iPad Questions

  • 24-12-2012 11:09pm
    #1
    ocsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41 ✭


    Hi - hoping for a bit of help.

    We're Americans who very recently moved to Ireland. I bought my wife a new iPad for Christmas. She'll mostly use it for browsing the web, and our daughters will want to install a lot of apps, etc. One thing my wife will want to do is read books on the iPad - likely using iBooks and Kindle. We still have US credit/debit cards and a valid billing address in the US. Would we be limited if we registered with our Irish address/debit card, or should we register it to our US address?

    Thanks!


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  • #2
    whiterebel
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,109 Mod ✭✭✭✭whiterebel


    ocsfan wrote: »
    Hi - hoping for a bit of help.

    We're Americans who very recently moved to Ireland. I bought my wife a new iPad for Christmas. She'll mostly use it for browsing the web, and our daughters will want to install a lot of apps, etc. One thing my wife will want to do is read books on the iPad - likely using iBooks and Kindle. We still have US credit/debit cards and a valid billing address in the US. Would we be limited if we registered with our Irish address/debit card, or should we register it to our US address?

    Thanks!

    Do both, best of both worlds.


  • #3
    GoodisonPark
    Closed Accounts Posts: 372 ✭✭GoodisonPark


    You may need a Proxy US IP address to access some Apps from the US iTunes Store that are not available here.


  • #4
    ocsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41 ✭ocsfan


    I'm not real sure how iBooks or Kindle work, so I guess the same question applies to Kindle as well - should/can I register with US address?

    Thanks!


  • #5
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,693 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    GoodisonPark wrote: »
    You may need a Proxy US IP address to access some Apps from the US iTunes Store that are not available here.

    No he won't. He can use a US account just fine over here without worrying about IPs.

    Content is much better on US store, OP, so I'd say set up a US account. Most Irish users would do the same if they had the choice. If you find that you need an Irish account for something that's only on the Irish store you can always set up a separate account for that use at a later date.


  • #6
    davork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 197 ✭✭davork


    Here is what I have found - and more importantly use daily...

    - All our kindles, imacs, macbooks, itouchs and ipads are American - all work fine with the US stores and seem happy enough over here - they run off the US stores as frankly they seem better value (MOST not ALL of the time(!))
    - Amazon Prime video's don't (you have to use a proxy) - same as playback for most of the US networks (e.g. HBO NBC etc)
    - Nook needs a proxy to buy too

    Tom

    P.S. Digressing... Vonage and Ooma work fine on our eircom DSL too... ;) (as does my T-Mobile Wifi calling(!))


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