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Griffin Jumper for iPad
6With the iPad due to land at Fruit Bytes HQ in just 3 days, I have been wanting to find a suitable sleeve to carry it in. I first turned my attention to the official iPad case from Apple, but after hearing about it’s tight fit and inability to sit in the iPad Dock while in it’s case, I started to look around for alternatives.
Because I wanted a sleeve to easily pop my iPad in and out of between using, I started my search online a couple of weeks ago for something that not only does the job but looks good aswell. One of my first stops was Griffin Technology, knowing how they make great accessories for Apple hardware. I found the perfect sleeve: Jumper for iPad.
I ordered the Jumper on Monday 17th May and it was shipped on Tuesday 18th May. Despite the estimated delivery time of 2-3 weeks it arrived today, just 7 days after shipping! That’s super speedy delivery.
I am absolutely thrilled with it. The material is a soft stretchy neoprene on the outside with a beautiful soft material inside which will really offer great protection against dust and dirt.
Griffin also have fantastic support, from the speedy and friendly response I got when asking for stock estimation, to the despatch and delivery of it. Jumper for iPad is just $29.99 which is a fantastic price for such a good quality and well made sleeve.
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UK iPad Shipping begins
89Today my 32GB iPad was shipped, 7 days exactly before the official UK release date of Friday 28th May. I was a little surprised as I wasn’t anticipating shipping until early next week.
Yesterday ‘cancel order’ was greyed out on my iPad order page which made me suspect something was happening, but didn’t expect it to have started to make it’s way to me. As yet it’s not giving me any details of carrier other than Fast Ship (EMEA) and there’s no estimated delivery date available. I imagine that info will become available soon and a ‘item despatched’ email to follow.
If you’re in the UK or other countries expecting the iPad on May 28th, has yours shipped yet?
UK iPad Pricing details released
5With just a few days left before the UK can finally pre-order the Apple iPad, the pricing and availability details were announced not only for UK but also Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain and Switzerland.
The pricing structure is as follows…
WiFi
16GB: £429
32GB: £499
64GB: £599
WiFi + 3G
16GB: £529
32GB: £599
64GB: £699
There’s no doubt that UK iPad fans knew that we were going to pay more than our friends across the pond, but I’m personally a little disappointed in the price of the 64GB WiFi model as I was hoping for a £529-£549 pricetag. An extra £100 between the 32GB and 64GB has killed the deal for me and I’ll be settling for the 32GB WiFi model. The largest capacity would have been preferred, but since I’m someone who always has 4GB free on her 8GB iPhone then I think it’s a safe bet that I won’t be going anywhere near filling up 32GB, let alone 64GB. I plan on buying the official case and Camera Connection kit so the £100 I save will be used for the accessories.
Pre-ordering begins Monday 10th May and will be available on Friday 28th May.
What capacity are you going for?
The Apple iPad
For weeks the rumour mill has been in full swing with regards to a tablet device on it’s way from Apple. While excited to officially hear about the new creation, I was unusually tired of the speculation and delusion from many big unofficial Apple news sites, giving us random bits of detail from non-reliable sources – all of which, predictably, ended up being untrue.
So, after shutting down NewsFire RSS for days, I decided to leave it until the big man himself, Steve Jobs, got up on stage yesterday and unveiled this magical new product: the iPad. I didn’t have any huge expectations about what it would do but for me the iPad is the perfect bridge between the iPhone and iMac. No question.
For the longest time I have wanted something with a bigger screen that I could use for sofa and bed browsing and the ability to watch TV shows and Movies that I have purchased/rented through iTunes. With the absence of an AppleTV which I’m still not entirely sold on, I never do get around to watching the media I have bought. The idea of watching on the iPhone’s 3.5 inch screen is a nice one, but really not practical for doing so comfortably. The 10inches of the iPad = perfection.
I’ve been asked by various people today what I am going to use the iPad for…
- Browsing the internet/sending e-mails from the sofa and bed
- Buying and reading books from the Apple iBookstore
- The beautiful Classics app which will be so much more comfortable to read on a 10 inch screen
- Watching TV shows and Movies purchased through iTunes
- Showing personal photos to friends/family on a comfortable size screen when visiting them
- Games. Oh, the games!
- Arty drawing and painting apps such as Brushes
and the fabulous Charadium
- Apps in general, bigger screen, beauty.
- Goodness knows what else!
My PowerBook did a good job of bridging the gap between my iPhone and iMac for a while, but never gets booted up thesedays and needs to be connected to the mains permanently as battery lasts approximately 3 minutes. I have zero interest in buying a laptop as it’s overkill for my needs (see above). I know the iPad isn’t for everyone’s needs, but there’ll be a big market for this I’m sure 
The iPad prices have not yet been announced on the Apple UK site, but Macworld UK have estimated the prices as follows…
iPad WiFi
16GB – £388
32GB – £510
64GB – £591
iPad WiFi + 3G
16GB – £490
32GB – £612
64GB – £693
Many of those don’t sound like Apple-ish prices to me, but again are just an estimate. I would take a guess at the 16GB WiFi starting at £379, with the 32GB coming in at £479. But, we’ll have to wait and see when Apple release the prices in GBP. I’ll update this post with the correct pricing when it’s been announced.
I have decided to go for the iPad 32GB WiFi model, at $599. I simply don’t need 3G as I have my iPhone for that. I actually saved up twice the US asking price as I’d heard that the tablet was expected to cost around $1k. So, I can now happily afford the little accessories such as case and dock! Roll on 60 days time. I’ll have a little review up for you when I get my hands on it.
See the indepth spec review of the iPad over at my friends blog, techese.
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