3G Version of iPad Now Shipping, Jobs Confirms

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Where did you get you info about having to upgrade to unlimited if you go over your first 250MB? The Apple page - http://www.apple.com/ipad/3g/ - clearly states that "When you need more data, you can add another 250MB or upgrade to the Unlimited Data plan." The AT&T info sheet - http://www.att.com/Common/about_us/files/pdf/emerging_devices/iPad_fact_sheet.pdf - just says "you can choose to add more data or wait and do it later. If you do exceed the amount of data in your plan, your plan will expire, but it’s easy to add another one."
 
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I placed my pre-order on Apr 3 at 3:03 pm. And as you can see, it still hasn't shipped. Its just sitting there showing "Prepared for Shipment" - this is as of 8:45 pm EST 4-29-10


Apr 3, 2010 at 03:03 PM PDT - Order number W6926XXXX
Prepared for Shipment
Product Qty. 1
IPAD WI-FI + 3G 64GB-USA
Ships: Late April
 

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What a dick move.

"Hey, let's release a brand new product that we know people will buy because our entire marketing budget goes into brainwashing people, and then release another version immediately after sales start to fall with all the features that we didn't include on the first one!"

One of many reasons I hate Apple.
 

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rofl who didnt see that coming? genius marketing strategy. these fucks are all about money and nothing about honesty, they produce shit products you dont need buy you will buy anyway.
 
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apple announced at the first ipad intro that the 3g model would be out later. yes, we all saw it coming.
 
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Hmmmm. I buy the IPad 3GS 64 gig early on at Apple's online store - way before the April 19 date - and then I end up getting the thing shipped to me days after it arrives in Best Buy for everybody else? Here it is, April 28, 19:44 hours in Washington state, and I have no shipping notice from Apple. I DO have every fucking accessory for the thing - just no IPad 3GS. I can't tell you how pissed off I am going to be if the thing is at Best Buy and not on my doorstep. But, from what I can tell right now, that is how it is going to play out. SIMMMERING in Washington.
 

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[citation][nom]wonspur[/nom]rofl who didnt see that coming? genius marketing strategy. these fucks are all about money and nothing about honesty, they produce shit products you dont need buy you will buy anyway.[/citation]

this quote along with all you other morons out there: It was announced at IPAD launch and earlier that the first release will not have 3G but would soon be followed by one that does... this is NOT new news. As "well now" stated, we ALL saw this coming. Except those of you that have a blind hatred for apple.

"these fucks are all about money and nothing about honesty, they produce shit products you dont need buy you will buy anyway"

If you have this opinion about apple, I would love to hear what you think about Windows. Remember Windows Vista?
 

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[citation][nom]Pyroflea[/nom]What a dick move. "Hey, let's release a brand new product that we know people will buy because our entire marketing budget goes into brainwashing people, and then release another version immediately after sales start to fall with all the features that we didn't include on the first one!"One of many reasons I hate Apple.[/citation]

It was common knowledge since the iPad was announced that the 3G model was coming about a month later. There was no secret. The deal here is that it's shipping two days late
 

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[citation][nom]Pyroflea[/nom]What a dick move. "Hey, let's release a brand new product that we know people will buy because our entire marketing budget goes into brainwashing people, and then release another version immediately after sales start to fall with all the features that we didn't include on the first one!"One of many reasons I hate Apple.[/citation]
Ignorance. Apple announced the iPad and the iPad 3G at the same time. People who bought the original knew very well of a 3G model coming late April.
 

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Still, what's the point of announcing a product and essentially saying "You have to wait a month until you can get what you actually want". It just seems stupid to me.
 

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I read that all preorders will be received on April 30th and that Apple has an arrangement to make this happen with FedEx. I also heard that this is exactly how it went down with iPhone preorders.my guess is that we see a track number by tomorrow eve and receive our ipads on Friday April 30th, while others wait in long lines to try to buy one after 5pm. Most stores will nit be shipped enough to meet demands and allot of folks will have to wait til the next wave around May 7th or later. Just give it to the 30th before jumping to conclusions....
 

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[citation][nom]Pyroflea[/nom]What a dick move. "Hey, let's release a brand new product that we know people will buy because our entire marketing budget goes into brainwashing people, and then release another version immediately after sales start to fall with all the features that we didn't include on the first one!"One of many reasons I hate Apple.[/citation]

And the MS fanboy morons come out of the wood works to continue talking out of their asses. It was announced when they announced the device back in January that the iPad Wifi would ship about a month earlier than the 3G+Wifi models so they could work out the 3G kinks. This isn't a surprise. It's expected. And do you really think Apple is brainwashing people? Have you ever watched an Apple advertisement? It's usually someone dancing to music holding their iPod touch. If you classify that as "brainwashing" you are a weak minded individual. But, judging by this idiotic comment I think I can already come to that conclusion.
 

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I read that all preorders will be received on April 30th and that Apple has an arrangement to make this happen with FedEx. I also heard that this is exactly how it went down with iPhone preorders.my guess is that we see a track number by tomorrow eve and receive our ipads on Friday April 30th, while others wait in long lines to try to buy one after 5pm. Most stores will nit be shipped enough to meet demands and allot of folks will have to wait til the next wave around May 7th or later. Just give it to the 30th before jumping to conclusions....
 

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[citation][nom]tayb[/nom]And the MS fanboy morons come out of the wood works to continue talking out of their asses. It was announced when they announced the device back in January that the iPad Wifi would ship about a month earlier than the 3G+Wifi models so they could work out the 3G kinks. This isn't a surprise. It's expected. [/citation]

First off, I'm in no way an M$ fanboy as you claim, and only use Windows out of necessity. Don't you think they should work all the kinks out of a product before releasing it rather than just having 2 separate release dates with 2 separate models a month apart? It just seems like a ridiculous scheme to me, but I obviously don't know anything.

[citation][nom]tayb[/nom]And do you really think Apple is brainwashing people? Have you ever watched an Apple advertisement? It's usually someone dancing to music holding their iPod touch. If you classify that as "brainwashing" you are a weak minded individual. But, judging by this idiotic comment I think I can already come to that conclusion.[/citation]

That's funny, all I've seen in their commercials for the last few years are "Here are all the supposed problems that 1% of MS users suffer from, and for these reasons our computers are vastly superior in every way."
 

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I have been a windows developer for years and switched to mac several years ago. I would never go back to a slow bogged down windows PC. I have to partition my mac(unfortunately) with vm fusion and now using parallels as alot of my software investments are windows only, but it is just a matter of time that I do 100% on Mac and use my pcs as simply extra test boxes.
 

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The iPhone is also the most advanced mobile phone you can buy. All of the other phone providers cannot even come close and have been scrambling to find a competitor, and haven't been able to produce on. Whether you like how they launch their products or not, they are in a class all by themselves with the most advanced products that are ahead of their time. I fo not work for apple but am definately a fan and will wait to get the ipad patiently, because it will ne one of a kind and the slate when launched will not come close.
 
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