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Originally Posted by brk-lnt
I'll have my 3G iPad at the lake this weekend, but since it runs on AT&T the coverage will be exactly the same as my iPhone (spotty, but workable).
If you have an iPhone... I cut down my iPhone SIM card to fit in the iPad, then made an adapter out of an old hotel room key so that the modified micro-SIM fits back in the iPhone. This lets me swap my SIM between the iPhone and iPad and get 3G coverage on either device. You also have to change the APN on the iPad to "phone" from "broadband" for this to work. Since the iPad are unlocked by default though this is just a simple change in the Settings.
People keep talking about the iPhone coming to Verizon, but that is NOT happening. There are no FCC filings indicating that Apple is working on a CDMA version of the iPhone, so I wouldn't wait around for that to happen. What you can do though is go to Verizon and get a Mifi or EVDO card and Cradlepoint router (or similar, but the Cradlepoints are cheap and work very well) so that you can create a wifi hotspot on the Verizon wireless broadband network. It's $60/mo, but gives you a good Internet connection for any device anyplace there is Verizon coverage.
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I'm responding to this post while riding down Interstate 40 in Tenn. The wife is driving and I'm using our new Verizon MiFi which is in my pocket. A battery powered hot spot. It works better then our Rev. A aircard. By the way, the wife has a crackberry Storm that has been replaced 3 times. They are now mailing her a storm 2. One of the possible solutions we found on the internet for it's problem was to remove the sim cards. It's not needed on the storm. It's only used if you go pverseas and need to operate from European GSM bands.