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 <[email protected]> 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>
