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GBowen · 05-08-2010, 10:25 AM

With the UK prices out I will plump for an IPad pre-order on Monday if Apple do not mess up the release or availability by then.

My thoughts are that with 16GB at £429 and 32GB at £499 I might as well go for the 32Gb. The 3G version is not, however, a lot more but there would be data transfer fees involved.

So issue one; is it worth stumping for 3G but a lower storage file size? I have a IPod touch 32GB and that is about full although I would probably not need most of the music on the IPad. The big space huggers are films and apps.

I have some other issues that might put me off the whole thing. I am assuming that my bought IPod apps will transfer to the IPad if I sync them through the same computer. I am especially hopeful for Quickoffice. I plan on using the device for the odd app and reading PDFs and comics (cbr/cbz). Many of my PDFs are quarto size, how would these show up on the page? When seen on a Sony Reader most of the images vanish but the text is acceptable.

Lastly how much larger is the viewable screen on the IPad compared to the Sony Reader 505?

05-08-2010, 10:25 AM	#1
GBowen Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: PS550	Which would be the best IPad to buy in the UK With the UK prices out I will plump for an IPad pre-order on Monday if Apple do not mess up the release or availability by then. My thoughts are that with 16GB at £429 and 32GB at £499 I might as well go for the 32Gb. The 3G version is not, however, a lot more but there would be data transfer fees involved. So issue one; is it worth stumping for 3G but a lower storage file size? I have a IPod touch 32GB and that is about full although I would probably not need most of the music on the IPad. The big space huggers are films and apps. I have some other issues that might put me off the whole thing. I am assuming that my bought IPod apps will transfer to the IPad if I sync them through the same computer. I am especially hopeful for Quickoffice. I plan on using the device for the odd app and reading PDFs and comics (cbr/cbz). Many of my PDFs are quarto size, how would these show up on the page? When seen on a Sony Reader most of the images vanish but the text is acceptable. Lastly how much larger is the viewable screen on the IPad compared to the Sony Reader 505?