Off to the States in Jan, can anyone you tell me if I buy an Ipad over there are they the same spec same type as those sold in the UK.
I visited an Apple store for the store assistant tell me I should buy it here as they are different but he couldn't tell me why ?
As you can guess not techno minded so any advice would be welcome
Should add I'm buying it as a present
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Friend of mine bought his son an Ipad while on holiday in the States but it wouldn't work properly in NZ where they live. I think they got round it somehow but not sure how.
Sorry, that was no help at all really, lol
I can't see why it would be any different. If you were buying a 3G one, that may be tied to a certain carrier I suppose. It's a USB charger anyway, so just plug the USB into a normal UK USB plug. The only reason why they would tell you not to buy abroad is that they would lose the sale in the store.
Seems the biggest issue is VAT, and whether or not the warranty would be valid in the UK as a secondary issue.
+1 to what Mr W said. Check out what's hot and new. You'll get a great deal over there. Buy two and come back on sell one and you'll make your money back.
*written on his old iPad that won't even let me quote on here, let alone use something as basic as flash*
In the interests of balance, and as an avid Apple fan, why would you buy an imitation / copy when you can buy the real deal?
<scurries off to hide in the corner and see whether this provokes a reaction?>
You'd be fine buying an iPad in the US. And no problems coming back to UK
Universal voltage thing, Just needs the UK charging bit which you can get off eBay cheap or apple shop for 10 quid. You can't just use usb , its too slow.
3g is fine, just needs to get the same network type as here.
Warranty is world wide too.
Likely an iPad 3 in march though.
If I were buying a tablet again I'd go for the Galaxy 10.1. Why? iTunes.
There did use to be an issue with worldwide warranty, where if you brought a device in the US you would have to return it there for any claims. This has however now been corrected to certain degree as you now purchase along with your device from an Apple store a worldwide warranty agreement which allows you to buy a device from one country and have it repaired in another.
As for the power supplies. The power supply adaptor that comes with the iPad is design to have AC input of 110 - 240 volts 50 - 60 Hz allowing the iPad to be charged on any AC supply in the world. All you need is a suitable travel adaptor (or just go and buy a new adaptor).
As for which is better iPad or Samsung, comes down to personnel choice really.
And don't worry about the number of apps that are available. The Android market had 200,000 back in April so you should be able to find anything you need.
Claiming that there are "nowhere near as many apps" for Android may well be true, but so what? How many apps do people really use? Once you're past email, web, Twitter and Angry Birds there's not much else you'd want. If you're going to offer software availability as a reason to choose iPad over Android, talk about quality. Android Market is full of crap, most of it written by Japanese teenagers who just build things containing photos of girls in bikinis. However, keep an eye on Android Police or Android Guys and you'll get a heads-up on the good stuff.
As soon as the Galaxy 10.1 is available, I'll jump ship. I love my Android phone, and whenever I see it alongside iPhone4 I'm further convinced that I'll never switch to iPhone.
Agree with you about weather apps and calendar. I like to see these too.
A few ios 5 apps getting close plus the new status bar
I'm actually in both camps , android phone & iPad plus lots at work... Play book, zoom & Samsung. IPad is by far the simplest and most advanced.
Adobe has cancelled flash on mobile devices.
Anyway.
Mr W most sites are seaming to be moving away from flash. I really don't come across that many these days thar cause me any problems on the iPad. If they do I just go and look at them on my iMac the reason iPads, and the iPhones don't have flash installed comes down to licensing issues, it is installed on iMac, which may mean one day it will be installed on all Apple devices, or it might not.
I do agree though if you just want to buy and use apps, then I feel Apple devices are the way to go, also from a point of ease of use.
there are many reasons but that isn't one of them.
not sure about that. there are plenty of android "apps" out there.
i very much doubt it.
flash is definitely on the way out as far as other mobile devices are concerned.
I think it's particularly ironic that Apple has paired with Nike for the Nike+ gadget, yet you can't use the Nike+ site on iOS devices.
In many respects Flash is growing. Google Maps, for example, ...
If google maps is Flash, and flash doesn't work on Apple mobile devices, how come it works on my iPad and iPhone?
Anyway does it really matter, the point is some people, me for one like Apple products and like what they do. Some people don't......
I do agree about the Nike thing though, what the feck were Apple thinking? Oh, yeah the licensing fees from it.....
fit running cat - I'm really interested that you think there'll be an iPad 3 in March. It's making me think that I'll hold out until then if that's likely to be the case. What info are you basing this on? I've had a little look (not much of a look yet, granted) on the web and haven't seen any rumours about product launches. Would love to read them if there is a website you frequent/can recommend? (I had a look on iLounge.)
http://www.macrumors.com/