Apple iPad and related items
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Crispy
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Thinking of getting an iPad for Xmas,can I Bluetooth stuff from my HTC desire onto it or dos it only accept data from other apple products
No you can't Bluetooth stuff onto it. Have to go via a comupter
Throbbing Angel
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some sort of sale on at apple store online today
http://store.apple.com/uk
Macs, ipads, ipods all appear to be discounted (a bit)
http://store.apple.com/uk
Macs, ipads, ipods all appear to be discounted (a bit)
GarfieldLeChat
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Kid_Eternity
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So basically you pay about 80 quid more for the finance option...
FridgeMagnet
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Well, yes, that's how network deals always work isn't it? But I don't think it will make so much difference here, because the iPad isn't being introduced into a marketplace where people automatically expect that sort of "cheap now but get screwed over two years" deal.
Kid_Eternity
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Sure, wasn't a criticism more just thinking out loud, 80 quid to spread the payment isn't that bad really, that's what 10% which is less than some finance deals...
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Speaking of the iPad...what do people think about the lates rumours of the iPad 2? The USB one seems to be the biggest eyebrow raiser, retina screen would be nice too.
FridgeMagnet
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Technically perhaps - but two year data deals are always a bad idea IME, on any product. The cost of data subscriptions keeps going down, even within the same company.
Kid_Eternity
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Thinking in strictly financial terms but yeah you're right about the data deals likely to get better...reckon and iPad should easily last two years though in terms of wear and tear...
FridgeMagnet
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That sort of solid-state, consumer-durable hardware should last almost indefinitely unless you actively break it. There are plenty of people who still have first-gen iPhones around - they abandon them because of the availability of new software, not because the original units stop working.
That Bill Ray doesn't half write some bollocks:
"The iPhone was originally sold without a network subsidy, which is why it didn't have 3G or MMS."
Eh?
GarfieldLeChat
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either way for £250 you can have a 32 gig ipad which I think's actually a good deal even when you look at the two year instalment plan...
sim667
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Well its not really £250 is it....... if you have to have a £28 a month contract for 2 years.........
GarfieldLeChat
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£27 and no but it's money down the repayments aren't that much 4 packs of fags a month, in effect...
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Kid_Eternity
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A little earlier than this year...good time too, that month is the first month most people are financially recovered from the Christmas splurge...
sim667
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Well it works out at £848 in total as opposed to £599 for just buying one......So you end up paying £10.38 a month for 1GB on peak and 1GB off peak GB of data, which you can hardly claim is a bargain considering you can get 3 3 mobile micro sims on prepay with 10GB of data for £15, and considering it doesnt have a phone number assigned to the sim, you can just order a new one when ever it runs out...... essentially on top of the cost of the ipad you'd get 48 gigs of data over 2 years costing you £249, where as with 3 prepay sims from 3 for a comparitive amount (50 GB is the nearest) it would cost you £75..... bearing in mind 1 GB of data each month is restricted to off peak, the orange deal is actually complete dogshite.
If you really want an ipad over xmas, and were considering the orange deal, the cheapest way to do it is to go to cancom, take out their £0 depostit 0% interest offer over ten months and use the prepay sims from 3...... on the basis of the orange deal that you'd use 2 gb a month for 2 years then doing it this way would cost you £62.15 for the first 10 months, then £3.13 for the next 14 months, making a grand total of £664.82, in other words £184 cheaper than the orange plan.
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3g data sims with 10GB preloaded
Cancom offer
Kid_Eternity
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Links? An SD slot would be very nice but a USB port would be great!
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http://www.appleinsider.com/article...d_cases_suggest_rear_camera_sd_card_slot.html
USB port is very unlikely, given Apple's desire to present an it-just-works device. They don't want people calling the helpline asking why their $30 USB wingwang-mi-doodle doesn't work with their new computer. Don't expect the SD slot to be open-access either. My guess is that it'll be no more than an internal version of the Camera Connection kit, allowing transfer of photos/videos from cameras, but no more.
USB port is very unlikely, given Apple's desire to present an it-just-works device. They don't want people calling the helpline asking why their $30 USB wingwang-mi-doodle doesn't work with their new computer. Don't expect the SD slot to be open-access either. My guess is that it'll be no more than an internal version of the Camera Connection kit, allowing transfer of photos/videos from cameras, but no more.
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Without a built-in USB and SD card slot, a tablet seems hopelessly crippled to me. With all those great iPad editing apps, it would be handy to slam in a camera's SD card or hook up a USB drive/storage device, but it seems that Apple wants people to pay out twice and lug even more losable peripherals around.
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Yeah, and the latest iOS update broke it, restricting the power available through the dock connector from 100mA to 20mA
Kid_Eternity
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Things like Dropbox are going to kill USB drives.
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