Thought I would start up this thread in readiness for today's official launch of the Apple iPad in New Zealand. Please share your experience! Where did you get yours? What plan you are on? And of course, initial user impressions and reviews

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timtim: Just wake up and checked at the apple store online but there is no option to order it yet
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psk20: I'm sitting outside MagnumMac on Moorhouse Ave, Christchurch right now (tethered through my iphone on XT 500MB plan). I got here at 6am and was only the second to arrive - the one guy who got here first was here at 5.30. So far, at 6:55, there are only the three of us.
The store has big ads for the iPad on the walls and a display already set up inside with 4 iPads clearly visible through the window. Looks like maybe I could have slept in another hour or two, hehe : )
michaelmurfy: While my iPhone 4 has a smaller screen, and has a call-end button on the side of it, it has 2x the Ram of the iPad.
The iPad has only 256mb of Ram, which puts me right off, they are trying to sell a "Internet Tablet" with very little ram. I don't expect to see Multitasking on the iPhone 4's level, nor do I see it being supported for very long.
In saying that, I am happy with my iPhone 4, I got the thing for free, and even though I am a Android User / Admirer I will be using my iPhone for at least a couple of weeks.
The iPad needs a bit of catching up, while it has a 1GHz CPU and decent Graphics, it's let down by the amount of ram. To be honest I would rather invest this money in a nice Netbook, which is user-upgradeable to a degree and if you so desire can run OSX.
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Stathi: Got mine when I was in the US, haven't had the need to use 3g but will start looking at what the plans are.
jaskarn:timtim: Just wake up and checked at the apple store online but there is no option to order it yet
For some reason Apple is not currently selling them online but there is a link to find iPad Authorised Resellers which include Magnum Mac, DSE, Harvey Norman and JB Hi Fi.
This is quite odd and there's no reference to the wifi only model. The site does say that the iPad is now available for sale.
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