Sim card for ipad and iphone?

[becpee]

So, i'm on travelgear.com.au and i'm looking at sim cards.
I need one for the iphone and one for the ipad.
I want the phone mainly for the data, not too worried about calls, I can't do without my mobile internet
Any rec's of which to get and where from? Which carrier?
This is all gibberish to me

 

[Andona]

Becpee, are you happy to have data on the iPad but you don't really need it on the iPhone?

In that case you probably could get away with buying their AT&T iPad sim and just the $1 per day or $2 per day T-Mobile sim. If you;re going to be away for more than 3 weeks and expect to make lots of calls you might be better off with their pre-paid monthly sim.

The sims that I've bought from Travelgear arrived very quickly and with lots o detailed info about using them.

You'll be able to get 2G/Edge speed data on your iPhone with the $2 per day sim, (no data at all on the $1 per day sim) but you'll get 3G data on your AT&T iPad sim.

If you want 3g data on your iPhone you'll have to buy an AT&T sim for it. I've bought one of those from Mobipassport - have just posted the details of our Sim purchases on Shuttergirls PTR thread here - http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=45969186&postcount=51

Andona

 

[becpee]

Becpee, are you happy to have data on the iPad but you don't really need it on the iPhone?

In that case you probably could get away with buying their AT&T iPad sim and just the $1 per day or $2 per day T-Mobile sim. If you;re going to be away for more than 3 weeks and expect to make lots of calls you might be better off with their pre-paid monthly sim.

The sims that I've bought from Travelgear arrived very quickly and with lots o detailed info about using them.

You'll be able to get 2G/Edge speed data on your iPhone with the $2 per day sim, (no data at all on the $1 per day sim) but you'll get 3G data on your AT&T iPad sim.

If you want 3g data on your iPhone you'll have to buy an AT&T sim for it. I've bought one of those from Mobipassport - have just posted the details of our Sim purchases on Shuttergirls PTR thread here - http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=45969186&postcount=51

Andona

Thanks so much! I was trying to remember who had already about sims!

I'm afraid i'm a bit of a phone junkie but mostly use the internet and rarely call, i'll have a look at the mobipassport one as well, I may get fed up if it's too slow

Just had a look at mobipassport, and their AT&T sim is out of stock, so I guess i'm going with the other

 

[Andona]

Pity they're out of stock! FWIW I've heard that the 2G speeds on T-Mobile isn't much worse than AT&T's 3g.

But if you're still keen to get an AT& T sim you see them for sale on Ebay a bit. There's one from an Australian seller here :-http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/AT-T-ATT-Prepaid-SIM-card-Micro-Sim-IPad-2-IPhone-4S-4-/251073897368?pt=AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item3a752ba398#ht_1491wt_1163

The instructions for setting it up will be the same as the ones on the Mobipassport site.

Good Luck!

Andona

 

[becpee]

I got a T-Mobile $2 per day for the phone and i'll have a squiz on ebay now for an ipad one.

What did we do before mobile phone/internet? How did we survive? LOL

 

[battymum]

A little off topic - but I have downloaded an app from Australia Post - you can upload one of your photos and write on it as a post card and they print and deliver it!

I think its pretty cool - its nice to get stuff in your letterbox that is not a bill! We will be sending these to our "old school" parents

Anyway - this is what we did before mobiles and internet! (but we used pens and handwrote on them )

(but you do need internet to use it! )

 

[becpee]

A little off topic - but I have downloaded an app from Australia Post - you can upload one of your photos and write on it as a post card and they print and deliver it!

I think its pretty cool - its nice to get stuff in your letterbox that is not a bill! We will be sending these to our "old school" parents

Anyway - this is what we did before mobiles and internet! (but we used pens and handwrote on them )

(but you do need internet to use it! )

Very cute idea!
My mum would love to get one of those! My sister would be jealous and cry though

 

[Feej]

FWIW I've heard that the 2G speeds on T-Mobile isn't much worse than AT&T's 3g.

FWIW, I used the T-Mobile sim in my WP7 last year, and never felt that the 2G speed was inadequate. I imagine it might be if you wanted to watch YouTube etc, but for normal use it's fine. I'll happily be ordering another one in a week or two for my October trip.

 

[Andona]

A little off topic - but I have downloaded an app from Australia Post - you can upload one of your photos and write on it as a post card and they print and deliver it!

Thanks for the head-up! What a great idea I usually send postcards to my parents, my MIL and a couple of friends who really like to receive snail-mail postcars. I'll definitely get that one.

FWIW, I used the T-Mobile sim in my WP7 last year, and never felt that the 2G speed was inadequate. I imagine it might be if you wanted to watch YouTube etc, but for normal use it's fine. I'll happily be ordering another one in a week or two for my October trip.

That's really good to know! We'll have T-Mobile data on one of our sims so it's good to know we'll have a backup if we're in an AT&T black spot.

Andona