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Ipad suggestions Please!

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bdonn
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Ok, so my mother got an Ipad for christmas for her work, but its really a "family" Ipad. I am setting it up for her because she is not technology driven at all. She got the Ipad that carries a AT&T 3g Network, and I am having trouble deciding between the 250mb or 2g data plan. I really don't know how much 250mb is or how quickly it could be used up.

Any suggestions would be helpful, thanks!

Merry Christmas

Bdonn
Dec 25 2010 10:17AM
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bdonn
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Also if anybody has some Ipad App's suggestions that are good for work/ play that would be very helpful too!
Dec 25 2010 10:18AM
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matt.s
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if you are downloading anything, 250mb will not be sufficient. if you are only doing a bit of web browsing, then it may cover it but im not sure.
if you are gonna use the internet a lot for streaming videos, buying music off the itunes app, etc. then you may want to go with 2gb.

hope this helps, merry christmas!
Dec 25 2010 10:23AM
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bdonn
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It did help! That's all I needed to persuade my mom to get the 2g haha

Merry Christmas!
Dec 25 2010 10:26AM
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blindside
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if you haven't jailroken it, do so immediately. I think ipad's are still running OS 3.2.2 so use greenpois0n.

Personally, I find my ipad relatively useless. It's fun for some games though..
Dec 25 2010 10:33AM
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PowSkierCO
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Keep in mind that you will only use the 2GB if you are not on a wifi hotspot. So if the ipad does not leave the house at all the 200MB will be good.
Dec 25 2010 11:56AM
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OAKES
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Okay well if anyone has an iphone or itouch they can tell you all their favorite apps and blah blah blah, but with an ipad those apps are just bigger and looks so much  nicer on the big touch screen.
So really most apps are awesome and pretty to look at but these are a few of my favorite ones i have on my ipad...

-Google Earth is awesome
-Pandora (obviously)
-Epicurious (if you want recipes, probably the coolest app I've seen)
- USA TODAY (Most newspaper apps are all the same and really cool, but this one is more simple and has more features like photos of the day, crossword puzzles, weather, etc...)
- Cut the Rope
- Words WIth Friends (scrabble basically)
- Charadium
- Google (really cool on the ipad cause you can press the microphone button and say what you want to search and its incredibly accurate and super fast)
- Accuweather or WeatherBug

hope this list helps!
Merry Christmas!!


Dec 25 2010 12:24PM
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bdonn
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Oakes that was very helpful, thanks!
Dec 25 2010 12:40PM
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123+ski
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ya this is why i have 200 on my iphone. I have wifi at home school and work
Dec 25 2010 1:29PM
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captainEMERICA
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and masturbation
Dec 25 2010 5:03PM
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