The Apple iPad finally was launched in the UK on Friday 28th May, with it’s highly anticipated arrival comes many people wanting to get their hands on one and making the most of all it’s functionality, including using mobile broadband.
The Apple iPad comes with a slot for a micro sim card, which means that putting a standard mobile phone sim into it will not work, as such iPad users need to get a special iPad mobile broadband deal which inclused the micro sim card.
Below is a brief run down of what each of the mobile broadband providers currently have on offer for iPad users to connect to mobile broadband on their websites.
3 Mobile (http://threestore.three.co.uk)
Both deals are on one month rolling contracts
- 1GB data
£7.50 per month
- 10GB data
£15 per month
Vodafone (vodafone.co.uk/ipad)
All3 deals are on one month rolling contracts
- 1GB data
£10 per month
- 3GB data
£15 per month
- 5GB data
£25 per month
Orange (www.orange.co.uk/ipad)
- iPad plan
5p per MB capped at £40 per month
- iPad Daily
200MB data valid for 1 day
£2
- iPad Weekly
1GB data valid for 7 days
£7.50
- iPad monthly 15
3GB data and unlimited BT Openzone WiFi
£15 per month
- iPad monthly 25
10GB data and unlimited BT Openzone WiFi
£25 per month
What we anticipate is that with the launch of the Apple iPad we will see the take up of mobile broadband become even more popular as users want to realise the full potential of their iPads.
For any lucky owners of the iPad then the links and iPad mobile broadband tariffs above are your best options for connecting your iPad to the internet at the moment.