We told you about it earlier this month, and the day has finally arrived: The iPad is now available for sale at both Verizon Wireless (coupled with a MiFi 2200) and AT&T (where it uses the native 3G data plan).
Engadget is reporting that Thursday, October 28 has finally arrived, and with it, Apple’s iPad is wrapping up a pretty big month for the device retail-wise. After landing in both Target and Wal-mart (not to mention all of the Best Buy stores that didn’t already have it), the tablet is now available for sale at wireless carriers Verizon and AT&T.
Verizon Wireless announced earlier this month that they were taking on the iPad, but in an interesting twist, they’re selling the Wi-Fi only model bundled with one of their MiFi 2200 mobile hotspots. Verizon pricing is $629 for the 16GB model, $729 for the 32GB model and $829 for the 64GB model, and their no-contract data plans are pretty fair at $20 for 1GB, $35 for 3GB or $50 for 5GB. Unfortunately, you can’t get that data plan pricing by buying the MiFi alone -- it’s a special deal for iPad buyers only.
Of course, if you don’t want an extra device to carry around (even though the MiFi is impossibly small to begin with) and are looking for the “real deal” 3G-equipped model, head over to one of the AT&T retail stores and be prepared to drop the same dough for the all-in-one model.
AT&T’s U.S. data plans are the same -- $15 per month for 250MB or $25 for 2GB. The telco is also offering international data plans for the iPad, but truthfully we don’t see them getting used by anyone with at least a modicum of common sense, especially when the four plans start at $25 for a mere 20MB and don’t get much better when they top out at a whopping $200 for 200MB. Not to mention the fact that there are so many free hotspots all around the world now. You have been warned!
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