iPad, Quick Review and things to know if buying from the US. (now with pics)

Apapaia wrote: »

is it a data only sim card? just wondering because you said it works in all iphones. you couldn't use it as a regular sim card could you?

You could of course use it as a normal SIM card, but you'd be stark staring. It offers 3Gb of data for 5€. Anything else is extra and, unless you're in a relationship with an Italian who wishes to call you all the live-long day for free, may I direct you to the nearest Irish phone shop? :-)

Apapaia wrote: »

was just wondering if it came with more options than the 3gb for €5. I guess that would be too perfect

Sounds cool though. A friend of mine from italy is going back over soon so I might see if he can get me one.

If you finish the 3gb can you just spend another €5 and refresh it or do you have to wait for the next month? also, do you have to pay for the card itself? is it called superinternet or something like that? is there a webpage for more info on it?

sorry for all the questions

It's my first month too, so I don't know all the answers apart from the obvious but:

I don't think you can add an extra 3Gb.
I think you have to wait until rollover.
The card costs both 13€ and 15€ -3/5€ it seems for the SIM, first month is free, then 10€ for the following 2 months. Then top up. 5€ will be automatically debited from outstanding balance.
I have two, at those two distinct prices. One is called super web and the other power web. I don't know the difference but super web appears to include 600 Skype minutes.

http://www.tre.it/public/scheda_offerta.php?ido=82&idOF=767&fil=82_1

OK so 2 months after i won a comp on twitter i have now in my hands my new iPad 16gb wifi. so cool and i am stoked, forget working for the rest of the day.

Also cool that my Palm Treo Pro acts as an access point and i can now surf the ipad through the phone on my new 2gb data plan ;-)

happy bloddy days

For Ipad owners,

Does fact that it doenst have flash not completely turn you off? I watch literally everything on my PC (TV/Movies/Documentarys/RTE Player/4OD) i mean i relish the idea of having the ipad in my lap as i watch things sitting on my bed or other streaming needs but simply i cant, there is no flash so i will probably never get one unless that changes.

I actually got a work around for the iPhone which allows me to use Megavideo (iMobileCinema) on the iPhone which is great, wonder if that works with the iPad?

lol well i can see how that sounds haha! No i just meant in general that would be the ultimate appeal to me, being able to watch tv shows / movies etc.

MarkJD wrote: »

For Ipad owners,

Does fact that it doenst have flash not completely turn you off? I watch literally everything on my PC (TV/Movies/Documentarys/RTE Player/4OD) i mean i relish the idea of having the ipad in my lap as i watch things sitting on my bed or other streaming needs but simply i cant, there is no flash so i will probably never get one unless that changes.

I actually got a work around for the iPhone which allows me to use Megavideo (iMobileCinema) on the iPhone which is great, wonder if that works with the iPad?

Not in the least. The idea of watching a movie on a laptop seems so antiquated nowadays. I stream movies from my iMac through my son's xbox and onto our TV. From time to time I'll watch one on my iMac if the TV's in use. My poor iBook's been gathering dust since I bought an iPad. Having said that I did watch Shutter Island on my iPad last night, but that's another day's work.

OK so WOW is the word in my head,
So first imression was "large iPod"
Now a few hours later it is so much more. I have purchased PureVPN for US and UK. Downloaded ABC, HULU & BBC iPlayer beta. stunning when the vpn is set up. games are great, some great aps for the kids... loads of fun ahead

Signed up with BlackVpn at the weekend. Loving the BBC iplayer, watched a great movie with a great title, Anvil - The Story of Anvil, and a few comedies on it. Great picture quality, far better than ABC and the Hulu preview thing. Would that be because of the blackvpn servers or at their end?

Anyways if anyone wants two months free when they sign up they can use the code QSDUMBY I used a random code from this thread when I signed up.

what does vpn allow you to do?

basquille wrote: »

You can just disconnect the US plug connection from the iPad charger, and use a Macbook / iPhone wall charger.

I was an eejit and left the iPad charger behind on the assumption I could use my iPod / iPhone charger, but was unaware the iPad charges at 5V, 2A as opposed to the iPhone / iPod's 5V, 1A. Hence it being slower..!

I lost my MacBook wall charger I'm using the extension cable it came with to charge my macbook and my iPhone charger takes ages to charge it.

moz wrote: »

I just signed up to Black VPN for 3 months using a code from boards.
I received 2 emails, one with instructions and the other included a PDF invoice which should have included a Username and password.
But I cannot see a Username and password anywhere am I missing something?

Topic discussed here

Well after signing up for both the UK and US blackvpn a few weeks ago and posting my promotion codes on here, I got an email from them today with a PDF showing my free weeks after my three months is up. I got an extra six months on both:eek:

Thanks to everyone who used my codes.

Branoic wrote: »

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used this code

mine is QMEKMPG

ok im an idiot im sorted now

iplayer aside is there any other uk tv channels i can watch? tvcatchup maybe?

Just signed up to black vpn , two months free!

Anyone else signing up, this code will give 2 months free:
TCJQJGD

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