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From: SteveH on 1 Aug 2010 17:18
Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:

> The other thing different is that only the 3G iPad has GPS, which
> might weigh into your decision.

I remain to be convinced that you need GPS in something like the iPad -
it's far too big to be used as satnav in your average car.
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SteveH
From: David Empson on 1 Aug 2010 17:27
Mark Ingle <markinglenospam(a)nospamfastmail.fm> wrote:

> Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > The iPad has a changeable end plug, although that won't help you much as
> > you only get the one. So you would need the other adapter. Check the
> > warantee is worldwide though, as the us has much shorter warantees than
> > we do.
>
> If it's the same one as on the older iPhones (and MacBooks, etc), I've
> got quite a few in stock!

No, it isn't. The iPad includes a 10W power adapter. It looks like the
international one supplied with the iPhone, but the latter is only 5W.

If you plugged the iPad into a 5W adapter it would take a much longer
time to charge the battery.

You can buy a 10W iPad power adapter as a separate accessory from Apple
(and the separately purchased one includes a longer clip-on power cord,
as well as a direct clip-on plug).

The 10W adapter can also be used to charge iPods and iPhones (it says so
in the manual for the adapter).

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David Empson
dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 1 Aug 2010 17:42
On Sun, 1 Aug 2010 22:18:44 +0100, italiancar(a)gmail.com (SteveH)
wrote:

>Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:
>
>> The other thing different is that only the 3G iPad has GPS, which
>> might weigh into your decision.
>
>I remain to be convinced that you need GPS in something like the iPad -
>it's far too big to be used as satnav in your average car.

I was out walking yesterday with Memory Map (OS 1:25000) on the
iPhone, and my co-walkers were all "you should get an iPad, it's too
small on the phone"!

Cheers - Jaimie
--
haiku are easy
all you do is stop at the
seventeenth syllab
From: Kit Powell on 1 Aug 2010 18:09
On Jul 31, 5:38 pm, markinglenos...(a)nospamfastmail.fm (Mark Ingle)
wrote:
> My partner is looking to get an iPad; and a friend of mine is coming to
> visit me from the US (New York state).
>
> Even with the sales taxes, it looks like quite a saving; are there any
> drawbacks apart from it having the wrong plug?
>
> I notice from my iPhone 4 that Apple now seems to have started using a
> country specific adaptor, rather than the previous system of having a
> removable country connector, though I don't know whether this applies to
> the iPad.

Presumably you'll not get 11b/g channels 12 & 13 if it's U.S. spec. I
once had to return a warranty-replaced Airport Express as it had only
the U.S. channels.
From: Mark Ingle on 1 Aug 2010 18:25
David Empson <dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
>
> No, it isn't. The iPad includes a 10W power adapter. It looks like the
> international one supplied with the iPhone, but the latter is only 5W.
>
> If you plugged the iPad into a 5W adapter it would take a much longer
> time to charge the battery.
>
> You can buy a 10W iPad power adapter as a separate accessory from Apple
> (and the separately purchased one includes a longer clip-on power cord,
> as well as a direct clip-on plug).
>
> The 10W adapter can also be used to charge iPods and iPhones (it says so
> in the manual for the adapter).

I don't think I was clear enough; I didn't mean the ac-dc adaptor but
the three pin UK plug bit that slots into the adaptor, that converts it
to the figure of eight connector.
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