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Worth jailbreaking for MyWi at least and SBSettings.
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Dunno if you lot have seen it yet, but PvP has a review-ish of the ipad:

http://www.pvponline.com/2010/04/05/ipa ... pressions/
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Nice balanced review. I like the last paragraph :)

From what I've been reading the main gripe by far (which is mentioned EVERY time) is weight. This thing must be REALLY heavy.
The other thing is people using it heavily as a browser and finding that with so many tabs open it runs out of RAM and has to reload pages when switching back to them.

Everything else is apparently fantastic, especially the battery life, which makes a pleasant change!
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3/4 of a bag of sugar - heavy to some I spose. 1/4 the weight of a 15" MacBook Pro.
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Deckard wrote:3/4 of a bag of sugar - heavy to some I spose. 1/4 the weight of a 15" MacBook Pro.
Side effects of a glass screen and a battery that can power a large screen for 11 hours of video I guess.

Also not sure what people are comparing it with. How much does it weigh compared with other devices with 10" screens? Obviously it's going to weigh more than an ipod touch or iphone.
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If you want one from a UK company then this place will have some in a couple of days.

Bit pricey though!

http://www.xomobo.com/apple-ipad-16gb-w ... -2865.html
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Aye it is a bit when there are some on Ebay now from reputable sellers for just over 450 quid (postage included,16 gig though)
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Let's not forget customs charges, too.
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Give it till Thursday and Apple will preview v4 and give a worldwide/european release date for the iPad.
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matt wrote:Let's not forget customs charges, too.
Yeah, I reckon around £100 import duty, VAT and the couriers/Royal mail's fee on that.

Sadly customs aren't missing much these days either.
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Yes I used to get away with being "caught" about one in five but not lately :(
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Nice port but bring on some proper joysticks http://gizmodo.com/5510488/supernes-on-ipad
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Deckard wrote:Yes I used to get away with being "caught" about one in five but not lately :(
Takes all the fun out of international shopping!
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What's the deal with the storage? If I buy a 16gig model am I stuck with 16gigs forever, or is there some upgrade path/SD slot/USB solution?
Because fucking marketing cunts would never call a spade anything other than a Deluxe Easi-Shift Earth Movement Solution.
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An upgrade path on an Apple device? :lol: :(

ifixit seem to think it may be possible to do an unofficial upgrade by hauling the thing apart some time in the future, but the general answer is No.
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