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Se7ven · 9 May 2010 at 09:42

Oh if they made a poker software app like Full Tilt Poker for the iPad it would almost make it worth buying

i could play poker in work at last

Cavallino · 9 May 2010 at 09:48

I am willing to be corrected on this folks, but am I right in assuming that some people are still considering buying these from the US? If so why? Just wait for the UK release?
(Am I missing something here?)

Neodite · 9 May 2010 at 10:04

Se7ven said:
Oh if they made a poker software app like Full Tilt Poker for the iPad it would almost make it worth buying i could play poker in work at last

Would be great but it wont happen

Aint Apple anti-betting?

ElliorR · 9 May 2010 at 10:05

Since the UK prices are not as bad as I thought they'd be, the 32gb WiFi being around £30 more, after VAT added, than the US non state tax price, I shall be buying a UK one.

Also this potential warranty issue, which I hope isn't true, puts me off.

I've waited this long and 28th May is payday for me and I did 44 hours o/t last month so that can pay for it.

Raider · 9 May 2010 at 10:38

This might be a dumb question, but if you have a 3G iPad, and the area you're in doesn't have 3G, can it use Edge or GPRS to get data? Or is it strictly 3G only?

DELETED_63174 · 9 May 2010 at 11:52

EDGE too.

Raymond Lin · 9 May 2010 at 11:56

£599 for a 32G 3G one....jesus.

That is almost into Macbook money.

Cavallino · 9 May 2010 at 12:05

Raymond Lin said:
£599 for a 32G 3G one....jesus.

That is almost into Macbook money.

Cavallino said:
(Dont get me wrong folks I would love one of these, but... £700 ... eek.
I may as well add a two tons and go for a macbook air or something :|

BoomAM · 9 May 2010 at 13:03

caris_2007 said:
I spoke to Apple today and they told me the warranties are region based so I would hold out.

That cant be right. :confused:

Apple warrenties have always been worldwide ones.
My old Touch 32Gb which i bought in Amsterdam, was accepted for repair over here perfectly fine...?

I definatelly want to get an iPad, preferably a 64Gb 3g one, but i want to see what tariffs the other networks offer for it.
I'd happily sign up to a 18-24 month contract on one if it was like £5 a month for 3Gb or something similar,
But Oranges proposed tariffs are frankly rubbish at the moment.

Talbs13 · 9 May 2010 at 13:25

iPad warranty is world wide has been confirmed so many times. Obviously some people make up stuff. Steve Jobs even confirmed it via email. I think.

Westyfield2 · 9 May 2010 at 15:29

Argh the warranty Q

Raymond Lin said:
£599 for a 32G 3G one....jesus.

That is almost into Macbook money.

Yeah someone pointed that out to me today...

I'm of the opinion that if I were to get one it would have to be the 64GB 3G... and £699 is too much.
In the USA a 64GB 3G including Sales Tax is £600 (was £590 mid-week before the election screwed up our country)... and I'd have no issues going for the green 'nothing to declare' line at customs

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BoomAM said:
Apple warrenties have always been worldwide ones.

Wrong.
The iPhone warranty is for the country it was purchased in only. So even though the iPhone 3GS is sold by Apple in the UK, a USA purchased iPhone 3GS will not be covered in the UK.

As far as I understand Apple's warranty stance it's if the device is portable (able to be operated without a power cord) then the warranty is international as long as the product is available in the country you're requesting service. The iPhone was an exception to this.

The question is whether the iPad is going to be like the MacBooks or like the iPhones....

Talbs13 said:
iPad warranty is world wide has been confirmed so many times. Obviously some people make up stuff. Steve Jobs even confirmed it via email. I think.

Got a link to this?

Both here and MacRumors it keeps coming up and it's literally six of one half dozen of the other, with no concrete evidence either way.

I've personally spoken to an Apple employee who's told me it's not international (genius at Bath store) but there's people here who've been told it is international..... it needs something in writing from Apple themselves clarifying it tbh!

ElliorR · 9 May 2010 at 15:55

Normally when I decide to buy something I don't need, I spend ages in conflict with myself over if I should buy it or not. This is one of the few unnecessary items where I've not changed my mind even with the extended wait. If I had known of a definitely safe source off ebay, or a friend could have got one for me when he was in the US, I'd have had one by now.

Now all I need to do is order one from Apple tomorrow and hope it's delivered on the 28th May.

TONY · 9 May 2010 at 16:37

Does anyone have any idea what time Apple will start taking pre-orders tomorrow?

Some people have to go to work tomorrow and may not have internet access

ElliorR · 9 May 2010 at 16:52

I have access to the net at work but since I am so paranoid about entering my card details on anything but my own PC, I am probably going to ring them up and give them my card number over the phone :eek:

Cobertizo · 9 May 2010 at 17:04

Westyfield2 said:
I've personally spoken to an Apple employee who's told me it's not international (genius at Bath store) but there's people here who've been told it is international..... it needs something in writing from Apple themselves clarifying it tbh!

This is beautifully ambiguous on the topic:

Apple Support said:
Apple may restrict service to the original country of purchase.

Similarly, the iPad warranty says this:

iPad warranty said:
Apple may restrict service to the country where Apple or its Authorized Distributors originally sold the hardware product.

No wonder you are getting mixed messages. Sounds like one of those that may depend on who exactly you talk to, and how they are feeling, when you run into issues...

Bald-Eagle22 · 9 May 2010 at 17:28

ElliorR said:
Since the UK prices are not as bad as I thought they'd be, the 32gb WiFi being around £30 more, after VAT added, than the US non state tax price, I shall be buying a UK one.

Also this potential warranty issue, which I hope isn't true, puts me off.

I've waited this long and 28th May is payday for me and I did 44 hours o/t last month so that can pay for it.

Where are these prices then ?

ElliorR · 9 May 2010 at 17:31

http://www.apple.com/uk/pr/library/2010/05/07ipad.html

^187 · 9 May 2010 at 18:26

If its available for pre-order on the 10th, what is Apple's history on pre-orders, will it be from midnight tonight, or sometime tomorrow?

I have a feeling that you'll need to be in pretty quick to get one.

ElliorR · 9 May 2010 at 18:28

I think I'll check when I get up at 0500 in the morning.

N00bie · 9 May 2010 at 19:21

i used one of these few weeks ago, had training from Apple...was awesome best thing ive used in a while

Its just so different u cant compare it with anything currently around.....the games and the videos just look amazing.

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