I am going to purchace a iPad but i am not sure which to get, (wifi only or 3g)..
Can i use the wifi only version and use my iPhone as a router to use the wifi when i dont have a free wifi signel.

Originally Posted by disneylover1977

I am going to purchace a iPad but i am not sure which to get, (wifi only or 3g)..
Can i use the wifi only version and use my iPhone as a router to use the wifi when i dont have a free wifi signel.

Yes you can, contact your carrier for pricing

But it needs to be an iPhone4. Other iPhones that are not jail broken don't support WiFi hotspots.

Tim

I have an iphone 3gs and can tether it to my ipad2 successfully. I did have trouble at first but eventually Apple was able to sort it out for me:0)
Its very easy now to connect using bluetooth and use my ipones 3g.

Originally Posted by disneylover1977

I am going to purchace a iPad but i am not sure which to get, (wifi only or 3g)..
Can i use the wifi only version and use my iPhone as a router to use the wifi when i dont have a free wifi signel.

It is very expensive to tether your cell phone to iPad as a modem, about $45 per month for 2gb. Better off with a wifi iPad or jailbreak your iPhone and use mywifi. With that it's free after paying $25 for the mywifi app. Make sure you use AT&T because Verizon is painfully slow

Whether it's expensive or not depends on your plan doesn't it...

I have unlimited data on my phone at a flat rate whether I use it or not, with no bandwidth throttling. It's free for me to use my phone to connect my iPad to the Internet.

That said, I bought a 3G anyway and a data plan just because I don't like how fast the phone battery goes flat while providing Internet access to my iPad...

-t

No it's not free for you to tether your iPad to your iphone. Carriers charge a monthly fee. Yes you can do it with a jailbroken iPhone...however AT&T has been notifying customers that are using jailbroken phones to tether, that they have the choice of stop tethering, voluntarily come in and get the monthly $45 plan to use the iphone as a hotspot or they will involuntarily change the plan to the $45 monthly plan when they detect that you are using a jailbroken iPhone for free tethering.

Originally Posted by thewitt

Whether it's expensive or not depends on your plan doesn't it...

I have unlimited data on my phone at a flat rate whether I use it or not, with no bandwidth throttling. It's free for me to use my phone to connect my iPad to the Internet.

That said, I bought a 3G anyway and a data plan just because I don't like how fast the phone battery goes flat while providing Internet access to my iPad...

-t

In NZ I have a plan that allows me 3gb per month. My work pays $70nz per month which gives e about 120 free mins, 1000 free txts etc and as tethering is free- I just need to keep an eye on usage but because I use wireless at home and at work I use very little of the 3gb, but can access my in the cloud docs and database at all my clients that I am visiting. It is fantastic and well worth persevering with to get it. BTW I would never consider jailbreaking my phone or ipad, i value my warranty and apple support too much

Originally Posted by m3incorp

No it's not free for you to tether your iPad to your iphone. Carriers charge a monthly fee. Yes you can do it with a jailbroken iPhone...however AT&T has been notifying customers that are using jailbroken phones to tether, that they have the choice of stop tethering, voluntarily come in and get the monthly $45 plan to use the iphone as a hotspot or they will involuntarily change the plan to the $45 monthly plan when they detect that you are using a jailbroken iPhone for free tethering.

It depends on your provider. With Rogers, tethering is free with a data plan above 1gb/month...

VicoPad addict!

Originally Posted by m3incorp

....however AT&T has been notifying customers...

I am not in the US and don't use AT&T

I have unlimited data with free tethering for a flat rate whether I use it or not.

It's going to depend on your carrier and your plan.

-t