Well it’s been a few days since I received my iPad, my initial thoughts when opening the box was wow it really is a giant iPhone, it is also heavier than I expected as well.
I’m struggling to find a day to day use for the iPad, it’s great for using whilst in front of the TV or in Bed in the morning to check emails / browse the internet but apart from that I have not used it much yet.
Maybe it’s just that there are not many good iPad applications out there at the moment, I have downloaded the WordPress iPad application but it seems rather limited, there is also no Facebook application, calculator or clock application.
How is everyone else getting on with the iPad in the UK?
Yesterday I struggled for ages trying to get my iPad on the O2 3G Network, first of all you should install the micro sim into your iPad then sync with iTunes, this downloads new mobile carrier details to enable 3G. However in my case the APN Details were incomplete and it took me ages to work out what to do.
Under Settings – Cellular Data – APN you need to have the following entered:
APN: ibrowse.o2.co.uk
Username: browse
Password: password
I also found that you could only register your micro sim on the iPad, which is also very confusing at first I disabled WiFi and launched Safari, a pop up appeared and mentioned that I was not registered for 3G Network and would I like to register, when I clicked Now i got an error not found message.
To register i enabled WiFi Network then went to settings Cellular Data and clicked a register button in this screen, this took me through a wizard which let me choose my data plan and then pay via credit / debit card.
It’s a shame the iPad / O2 does not make this more simple It would be great if you was not registered and only on 3G that the Safari popup asking you to register actually worked and allowed you to register, as it seems a shame for WiFi to be a requirement for registering for 3G.