Vodafone, Three fall under 'magical' iPad 2 spell
Operators issue identical pledges of loyalty
Three and Vodafone have joined Orange and T-Mobile - though these two are now essentially one and the same - to sign up to sell the iPad 2 when it arrives in the UK.
Whenever that may be.
Apple is sticking to the previously announced 25 March release date, but the widespread failure of many queueing Mac fans to leave US Apple Stores with second-generation fondleslabs makes us wonder how realistic an international release on that date really is.
Last year, Apple delayed the iPad's UK introduction to ensure its US fans got first dibs.
Perhaps aware of this, Vodafone would simply say it will offer the iPad 2 3G "in the coming weeks".
So did Three.
In fact, both cellcos used the same - Apple supplied? - boilerplate:
"Three UK today announced it will offer iPad 2 with Wi-Fi + 3G and also dedicated data plans for iPad 2 in the coming weeks. iPad 2 is the next generation of Apple’s magical device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, reading ebooks and much more. The amazing new iPad 2 improves on the original iPad by being thinner, lighter and faster, all while maintaining the same incredible 10 hours of battery life."
Cut and paste 'Vodafone' for 'Three' and you have that carrier's announcement:
"Vodafone UK today announced it will offer iPad 2 with Wi-Fi + 3G and also dedicated data plans for iPad 2 in the coming weeks. iPad 2 is the next generation of Apple’s magical device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, reading ebooks and much more. The amazing new iPad 2 improves on the original iPad by being thinner, lighter and faster, all while maintaining the same incredible 10 hours of battery life."
You can do the same for 'Orange' and 'T-Mobile'. ®
COMMENTS
"Apple’s magical device"
Seriously? That's the approach these days? No it's not technology inside it's magic and pixie dust.
"Pay no attention to that Jobs behind the curtain!"
"Any sufficiently advanced technology"
Blah, blah, blah...
I wonder if this is laziness on the part of the telcos or legal requirements by Apple? "If you want to sell iPads (and you do, or else...) then you /will/ use our marketing blurb. Any deviation from the Word of Jobs(TM) will be deemed heresy and elminate any right you have to our products, may your crops wither and die and your testicles shrivel due to a strange tropical disease..."
Oh? Oh!
Can't blame them really. There must be a reason for it
Emptying the cupboards?
I see Three (or 3) are selling iPad1 16Gb version for £99 + £20 over 24 months with a 15GB per month data feed.
Still not interested.
Hasn't it been released already?
I mean, surely, what with the endless stories, I thought it had already been released?
It's hard to tell actual news from vaporware when Apple stories are concerned.
