Hi, I bought an ipad about 3 weeks ago through ebay, following a link on the Macworld site. It doesn't seem to have the links to sellers on it now. I bought it from a seller in the US using my verified PayPal account - the name of the seller sounded Asian. It shipped within a couple of days. Its a wireless 16gig version. I have a Telstra USB wireless card, which I use with a Cradlepoint router to access wireless when I don't have other wireless options.
It arrived after about a week. There are quite a few 'universal' apps which act like ipad apps on the ipad and iphone apps on the iphone. I can't download them directly on the ipad as I can't use the special App Store, although I can access music through the iTunes store. They are separate on the ipad. So, in that sense, it is closed. But, I can access ipad Apps on my Mac and transfer them in iTunes. I can't access the iWork apps for the ipad yet, I expect they will become available here at the Australian launch. I use the Kindle app for the ipad to read books using the full sized screen, for example. It syncs with my Kindle app on my Mac to keep my place in the book so I can move from the iphone to the ipad or my Mac and continue reading where I left off. The actual Kindle machine has an international version which allows access to 3g for free in other countries such as Australia. So, you don't need a 3g account to download books over 3g - Amazon must charge a little extra for each book to cover the cost and they must have an arrangement with Telstra to allow the access. If you use an iphone or ipod touch, the experience of using and ipad is very similar - but with a much better sized screen for reading books or watching video. cheers, Susan. On 23/04/2010, at 6:09 PM, Kevin Warner wrote: > > It might also work like the Kindle, you may need to have an iTunes account > based in the US, linked to a US credit card. So you may get an iPad but won't > be able to buy any apps. > > Kevin > > Kevin Warner > www.kcwarner.com > ______________________________ > Press CTRL-ALT-DEL now for an IQ test. > > Why do we want intelligent terminals when there are so many stupid users ? > > Life would be so much easier if we only had the source code. > > There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and > those who don't. > > Microsoft: "You've got questions. We've got dancing paperclips." > > The box said 'Required Windows XP or better'. So, I installed LINUX. > > I had a fortune cookie the other day and it said: 'Outlook not so good'. I > said: 'Sure, but Microsoft ships it anyway'. > > Mac users swear by their Mac... PC users swear at their PC. > > > On 23/04/2010, at 5:57 PM, Shay Telfer wrote: > >> >> On 23/04/2010 5:40 PM, Rod Blitvich wrote: >>> Has anyone used ship2me <http://www.ship2me.com/> >>> to buy an ipad? >>> Any pros/cons? >>> ta >>> Blitto >> >> I wouldn't buy a 3G model from the US as you'll probably find it locked >> to AT&T or somesuch. >> >> Also beware that apparently Apple have been cancelling some redirection >> orders: >> >> http://macworld.com.au/ipad/view/4750/ >> >> Have fun, >> Shay >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >> > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
