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[swany]

Buying ipad 2 before i come to Phuket in dec not really up with all the gadgets can i buy asian sim card for it at phuket airport? If not where can i buy one. As dont want to pay international roaming charges

[snick]

ipad 2 is not a phone
If you have the 3G model of ipad2 you can get a sim card from 7-11 for True-3g DATA access

Edited by snick, 17 November 2011 - 09:51 PM.

[pied]

You are absolutely right. The iPad2 was never intended to be a phone. My iPad2 is only WiFi. I installed the app whistle and it will work as a phone. It is free with some restrictions. You can pay a fee for a premium service. Will it work in Thailand???? I have an iPhone4s which is supposed to be compatible with the Thailand phone system. Still when I go I am thinking I will buy a cheap phone when I get there. I will use my iPad in the room. Unless someone can convince me otherwise.
Have a nice day All
Pied

[Swedeman007]

You can always download the Skype application from iTunes and use that to make calls from your iPad.
As they say, "there is an app for that!"
-Swedeman007
http://itunes.apple....d304878510?mt=8

[Swedeman007]

snick, on 17 November 2011 - 09:50 PM, said:

ipad 2 is not a phone
If you have the 3G model of ipad2 you can get a sim card from 7-11 for True-3g DATA access

You will need to make sure you purchase the micro sim as the regular sized sim will not work in an iPad.-Swedeman007
http://www.truemove....Micro-SIM.rails

[diamonddog]

ipad for loom only for me, mine is currently in shipping due tomorrow then maybe my mac book pro will become redundant. I went for just wifi and not 3g as it mean another contract and my iphone4 does all the roaming i need. A word of obvious warning, i forgot to switch off thr roaming a few time when in Pattaya and came hone to a bill of nearly 300pounds!

So, lesson learnt for me old phone when out and about and the ipad when on wifi only

[robw]

pied, on 18 November 2011 - 12:56 AM, said:

You are absolutely right. The iPad2 was never intended to be a phone. My iPad2 is only WiFi. I installed the app whistle and it will work as a phone. It is free with some restrictions. You can pay a fee for a premium service. Will it work in Thailand???? I have an iPhone4s which is supposed to be compatible with the Thailand phone system. Still when I go I am thinking I will buy a cheap phone when I get there. I will use my iPad in the room. Unless someone can convince me otherwise.
Have a nice day All
Pied

you're better off getting cheap phone and Thai sim card,it works out much cheaper.

[swany]

Thanks for your replies but i dont want to use it as a phone as i have a thai phone but was told would still be charged international roaming for connection to internet via 3g even if room has wi-fi is this true or am i being told bullshit

[snick]

mostly bullshit
I guess it is possible to do 3G roaming for a data plan...but to do that intentionally is idiotic.
If you disable the 3G and use wifi there is no chance of roaming charges.

I would suggest an Ipad2 wifi only model, the 3G model is $130 more and only useful under limited circumstances. Personally I have an Iphone and an iPad and I use tethering (aka Personal Hotspot) so that the iPad uses the iPhone's 3G connection; but I enable that rarely. 99% of the time I use the iPad with normal wifi.

Get a hotel room with free wifi and you should be fine.

[sjsharks]

snick, on 18 November 2011 - 01:21 PM, said:

mostly bullshit
I guess it is possible to do 3G roaming for a data plan...but to do that intentionally is idiotic.
If you disable the 3G and use wifi there is no chance of roaming charges.

I would suggest an Ipad2 wifi only model, the 3G model is $130 more and only useful under limited circumstances. Personally I have an Iphone and an iPad and I use tethering (aka Personal Hotspot) so that the iPad uses the iPhone's 3G connection; but I enable that rarely. 99% of the time I use the iPad with normal wifi.

Get a hotel room with free wifi and you should be fine.

Not that I know anything about Apple products but I agree

[rock49286]

diamonddog, on 18 November 2011 - 03:40 AM, said:

ipad for loom only for me, mine is currently in shipping due tomorrow then maybe my mac book pro will become redundant. I went for just wifi and not 3g as it mean another contract and my iphone4 does all the roaming i need. A word of obvious warning, i forgot to switch off thr roaming a few time when in Pattaya and came hone to a bill of nearly 300pounds!

So, lesson learnt for me old phone when out and about and the ipad when on wifi only

I got an iPad last year, an I use it alot but I still like to have my laptop/desktop computer around for some stuff. Now when I travel I take both with me. With the VPN I got on my last trip to Japan I have the added bonus of being able to watch Hulu and Netflix which makes being here that much more enjoyable.

I also disable the Cellular Data on my iPad and iPhone when I travel and go WiFi only. Since everything is so expensive here it doesn't really make sense to get them. Even if I am here for 5 months like I am this time, and going to Thailand for a month........... forget it definetly NOT worth it. If I need to call home thats what Skype is for. If a girl needs to call me............... That's what the phone in the room is for.

Rock

[diamonddog]

anyone reading any of this just remember one thing…turn 3g off if you have a european phone/pad whatever, nice info Rock, bt for me i will only take the ipad next time, just cous it's so light and i dont have the 3g model so it's either free wifi on the loom or nothing, based on my last trip, i will be £300 uk pounds better off than my last trip where i used my iphone when out and about

[Botafogo]

As many of you have probably discovered, the ipad has it limitations with uploading photos to the forums.

[diamonddog]

havent found that as yet as i have not tried, but what is the App for the site i cant find that anymore, used to have it on my iphone

[vp25975]

The iPad is a nice toy - but nothing more

[Botafogo]

vp25975, on 15 December 2011 - 11:03 PM, said:

The iPad is a nice toy - but nothing more

Yep, I would go along way towards agreeing with that statement. Only yesterday I found myself on the Kings X to P'boro train playing connect 4 on my iPad (4 in a row for the yanks) with an unknown suited city gent........I promise you that is true

[ohioguy]

I can't seem to figure out a way to upload photos from my Ipad 2 to the forum. Does anybody know how to do this? Thanks.

[Dbow]

ohioguy, on 20 February 2012 - 02:07 AM, said:

I can't seem to figure out a way to upload photos from my Ipad 2 to the forum. Does anybody know how to do this? Thanks.

It did not work for me.
I tried different browsers but that not helped. I was with my ipad2 for 30 days in LOS so I needed that for my trip reports.
The problem is that the forum engine (and many other sites) rewrites the default scripts for uploading a file. There are some sites that dont. Like Flickr. I used that to upload pictures there and post the link here. That is not the best solution but one workaround.
If you do it that way there is a problem though. The forum engine tries to embed the link but it doesnt work really. So if you want the URL to appear as an URL you have to put it between "URL".

If anybody has better workarounds... would be nice to know.

db

[Up2You]

I take the added precaution of removing the SIM card from my ipad so that there is no chance of roaming charges. It would not be necessary if I was the only one using it but I often let the LB's play games on it or check their email and I don't want them accidentally turning it on. I also do a lot of other things to keep prying LB eyes from seeing anything I don't want them to.

[Albert Steptoe]

I have had a ipad 2 now since the day they came out in UK, as someone says they are a nice toy but I find I have to either take my laptop with me when I go on a trip as there is no way to upload photos to this site with my ipad, if anyone knows an app that will do this I would be over the moon if you could tell me.
I like some others have a wifi only version which I tether to my iphone4 which I have a thai micro sim from true move if and when I require to use it ,but with so much free wifi around not much point in having the 3G version of the Pad.
One bright point though they have just brought out a new photo app for the pad called iphoto £2.99 ,its not bad for such a low priced app and converts pics lovely for blogging.