Telecoms

  • iPad 3G micro SIMs

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    O2 seems to have made a curious omission and one which potentially could cost it the business of a lot of early iPad owners. While rival networks Orange, Vodafone and 3 are all offering customers the chance to pre-order the Micro SIMs need to use the iPad’s £G capabilities, O2’s website seems to have no…

  • Fourth UK network to offer iPad data plan

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    Three has become the fourth UK mobile network to announce dedicated data plans for 3G capable models of Apple’s iPad. A press release on Three’s media centre reveals that users can buy 1GB of bandwidth for £7.50 per month and 10GB for £15.00. Both plans are available on a rolling contract basis with users able…

  • Vodafone and O2 iPad data plans revealed

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    Apple’s pre-order form for their much awaited iPad 3G has revealed details of the data plans offered by Vodafone and O2. Orange, the third network to be offering dedicated plans for the device, announced their data plans last week. O2 are offering 500MB for £2 per day, the next nearest rival offer is Orange’s 200MB…

  • Pre-registration opens for Orange's iPad micro-sims

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    UK Mobile network Orange has opened pre-registration for the micro-sim cards needed to use the iPad 3G’s mobile broadband connection. The network is promising £10 of free credit to those connecting and are promising the SIMs will be with customers by the time their iPad arrives.

  • UK iPad prices and 3G tariffs confirmed

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    So after all the rumour, questions and angst we know that iPads in the UK are going to get you back at last £429, with the 64GB 3G model coming in at a whopping £699. The full price list is: 16GB, wifi only – £429 inc vat 32GB, wifi only – £499 inc vat 64GB,…

  • Three UK's MiFi – a viable alternative to an iPad data plan?

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    But what if I bought the WiFi only version of the iPad and then used some of the saving between that and the 3G model to buy a MiFi ‘dongle’ (currently as low as £49.99 on Pay As You Go)?