A further review of the iPad

Well I have had my iPad for a while now. So here are a few observations:

>it takes a month of Sundays to charge unless you use the supplied charger. This is a pain because I like to use my computer for charging as it means I have the comfort of knowing it has been backed up

>the keyboard is pretty good. One finger typing is great. Multiple-finger typing causes some issues.

>the screen and sound are awesome.

>I can't work out why you would get the 3G model if you already own an iPhone.

I would fully recommend for someone who already has a laptop. It is not a laptop replacement. It would also be good for people who are technologically challenged. It is pretty hard to see how grandma could break this.


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Location:Kandy Crescent,Wellington,New Zealand

Getting 2 degrees going on an iPad 3G

There is a lot of mis-information around about how to get an iPad 3G going on the 2 degrees network. My iPad is working beautifully on the 2 degrees network so I thought I would write down how to do this.

1. Buy a 2 degrees micro-SIM. These come with $20 credit on and cost $20.
2. Put it in your iPad.
3. Go to Settings/Cellular Data/SIM Applications/Send a txt and use your $20 credit to buy a data pack. You do this by txting 'buy 512mb' to 233.

That's it. Simple.

if you ring 2 degrees they will tell you that you need to activate the micro-SIM in an iPhone 4. Its rubbish.

If you talk to DSE, they will tell you there are micro-SIMs for iPhones which are different than the ones for iPads (and they don't have any iPad one left). Its rubbish.

It just works. And at least in Wellington the coverage seems good and strong.

The only criticism is the txt interface is awful. I mean truly utterly awful. But if that is the only issue, then its pretty good.

First impressions of an iPad

I like my iPad. It is very fast. The screen is lovely. And if you already have a laptop in the family it is perfect.

The bits it don't like are applications that are meant for iPhones that just blow up bigger. They go chunky and in some cases are unreadable.

That aside, you can't fault it. The keyboard is great. The web browser is just ridiculously fast. The video playback is just beautiful. And reading stuff on the screen is just lovely.

There are some really cool apps for it. And lots of the good iPhone apps have been updated to work properly on it. The BIG exceptions are facebook and Skype. These guys need to sort there stuff out.

While I have a 3G iPad I have yet to decide if I will connect it that way. Probably not. But the fact that you can is pretty cool.

So... Give me a few weeks and I'll do a full review. But it is looking good so far.


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A quick test blog from new iPad

No chickens were hurt in the making of this picture.


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Location:Rosalind St,,New Zealand