Re: ipad sim in europe
I am currently in the UK with my iPad. If unable to make use of free WiFi or relatives' wireless systems. I purchase time from BTFon. Easy to arrange on line with credit card.There are various options but I find the £15 for five days unlimited use works well for me and also used the same system a couple of years ago. I see the cost as well worth while to keep me sane. After a bad experience last year with a French IPad SIM I would not go down that path again. I have two weeks coming up in France but deliberately chose accommodation (apartment) that includes unlimited broadband access. In my experience, most French hotels also offer free WiFi. Regards to all Laura Sent from my iPad On 27/04/2012, at 12:46 AM, hugh griffiths hgr...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi my parents are traveling in Europe and my mum has taken her ipad with her, she purchased a local sim but has been told she cant activate it without connection to a computer and itunes, I thought it was possible to do this manually, but a quick search using google doesn't shed enough light on it for me to advise them, as I don't want to steer them the wrong way and for them to purchase another sim that doesn't work. They will be mainly in the UK and then Spain, then France and finally Italy ( but they wont need a sim in italy, I don't think, as they are staying with friends who are sure to have wifi). Does anyone have experience with setting up ipad2 with latest OS and new sim purchased in UK and or Spain and or France? Best Regards Hugh -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: ipad sim in europe
Hi Hugh, I have had no direct experience with this as when I travelled with my iPad I relied on wifi at the hotel, but here is a forum post I found. I called into our apple store yesterday and asked how to activate a sim card in Europe and was advised that most of the major providers will allow you to contact them using the ipad and their sim card to activate it even though it will not connect to any other site until activated. It was also suggested that Vodaphone has a very good coverage in Europe and many store outlets. Here is a link to that page http://slowtalk.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/280109402/m/766008154001 Cheers, Carlo On 27/04/2012, at 7:46 , hugh griffiths wrote: Hi my parents are traveling in Europe and my mum has taken her ipad with her, she purchased a local sim but has been told she cant activate it without connection to a computer and itunes, I thought it was possible to do this manually, but a quick search using google doesn't shed enough light on it for me to advise them, as I don't want to steer them the wrong way and for them to purchase another sim that doesn't work. They will be mainly in the UK and then Spain, then France and finally Italy ( but they wont need a sim in italy, I don't think, as they are staying with friends who are sure to have wifi). Does anyone have experience with setting up ipad2 with latest OS and new sim purchased in UK and or Spain and or France? Best Regards Hugh -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: ipad sim in europe
Hi Hugh I used my iPad on a visit to the UK last year. I called in at an O2 store (their equivalent of Telstra) and purchased a pay as you go data sim for the iPad. The sim was activated via the iPad with no connection to computer required. The staff at the store were very helpful and the process was simple. The O2 account was wholly managed via the iPad. O2 coverage was excellent throughout the UK. Unfortunately I don't have any experience of iPad data sim usage in other parts of Europe. Cheers Jane On 27/04/2012, at 7:46 AM, hugh griffiths hgr...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi my parents are traveling in Europe and my mum has taken her ipad with her, she purchased a local sim but has been told she cant activate it without connection to a computer and itunes, I thought it was possible to do this manually, but a quick search using google doesn't shed enough light on it for me to advise them, as I don't want to steer them the wrong way and for them to purchase another sim that doesn't work. They will be mainly in the UK and then Spain, then France and finally Italy ( but they wont need a sim in italy, I don't think, as they are staying with friends who are sure to have wifi). Does anyone have experience with setting up ipad2 with latest OS and new sim purchased in UK and or Spain and or France? Best Regards Hugh -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: ipad sim in europe
Be aware that data is very expensive in Europe. Foreigners have trouble buying a SIM in Europe. I got a local friend to buy me an Orange SIM in France. I added €40 and it had gone by the morning. !! The big difference is that data is charged by time and a flag fall applies. The iPhone does various checks frequently and each time the flag fall chewed up my €40 overnight. Eeek I ended up turning on airport mode and relying on hostel wifi. Some cities, such as Geneva, have free city wide wifi. Tim Sent from my iPhone On 27/04/2012, at 1:12 PM, Jane Griffiths jjgr...@mac.com wrote: Hi Hugh I used my iPad on a visit to the UK last year. I called in at an O2 store (their equivalent of Telstra) and purchased a pay as you go data sim for the iPad. The sim was activated via the iPad with no connection to computer required. The staff at the store were very helpful and the process was simple. The O2 account was wholly managed via the iPad. O2 coverage was excellent throughout the UK. Unfortunately I don't have any experience of iPad data sim usage in other parts of Europe. Cheers Jane On 27/04/2012, at 7:46 AM, hugh griffiths hgr...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi my parents are traveling in Europe and my mum has taken her ipad with her, she purchased a local sim but has been told she cant activate it without connection to a computer and itunes, I thought it was possible to do this manually, but a quick search using google doesn't shed enough light on it for me to advise them, as I don't want to steer them the wrong way and for them to purchase another sim that doesn't work. They will be mainly in the UK and then Spain, then France and finally Italy ( but they wont need a sim in italy, I don't think, as they are staying with friends who are sure to have wifi). Does anyone have experience with setting up ipad2 with latest OS and new sim purchased in UK and or Spain and or France? Best Regards Hugh -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- 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 Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
