iPad Plans from DiGi & Maxis

If you are planning to get an Apple iPad, two of Malaysia's major telcos are giving out the following plans for those intending to have data/internet access on their iPads:

For DiGi customers, you have 6 choices:

1. DiGi Easy Prepaid (10sen/10kb, maximum RM3/day) Check it out here.
2. DiGi Prepaid (10sen/10kb, maximum RM5/day) Check it out here. 
3. Prepaid Internet (RM2/day) Check it out here.
4. DiGi Broadband Discover Day Plan (RM38/month for 3GB quota). This is the best option for iPad. Only RM33/month when you sign up for autobilling. Full speed from 7am to 7pm (limited to 128kbps from 7pm to 7am, when you’re most likely to be on your home WiFi network).  Check it out here.
5. DiGi MiFi (RM360 up front purchase for MiFi device, RM128/month for 16GB quota with rebates). This is the best option if you purchase the plain vanilla iPad with WiFi. You’ll be able to share access to DiGi Broadband with up to 5 devices, including your brand new iPad. Check it out here.

Note :

• Existing customers can switch to an iPad-compatible microSIM for a one-time payment of RM20 from these outlets.
• DiGi Prepaid, DiGi Easy Prepaid and Prepaid Internet microSIM are available for purchase at the DiGi Online Store. 

And as for Maxis customers, here's a better graphical detail for you since they already released the plans.

The Maxis iPad Prepaid plan

The Maxis iPad Postpaid plan

Choose your plans wisely.  One thing good to note is that Maxis has better coverage, but when DiGi says they are giving UNLIMITED DATA.. they really mean it, which is so unlike Maxis which has an unlimited cap on their data plans.  Both telcos have yet to say when they are actually going to sell the ipads, but we think it will be very soon.

3G iPad Starts to Sell

Apple has finally released the Apple 3G iPad which is the more expensive and better equip version of the tablet. Regardless of the release, the iPad is not expected to be available in Malaysia anytime soon as shipment to worldwide destinations has been delayed for a few weeks due to the so called 'huge demand' from the US itself.

Regardless of that, many Apple fans are excited about the iPad, and many have also suggested that it is the best replacement for their laptops.  The unofficial price of the iPad for the Malaysian market at the moment stands RM2012. For more information on the iPad, do visit Apple's official website.

Apple Delays Ipad's Shipment Worldwide

Apple announced that it will be delaying shipment of it's iPad to worldwide consumers to a later date due to huge demands in the US.  According to reports online, Apple will only release the pricing in May, and will continue to receive pre-bookings from customers. Apple said that the demand of the iPad was beyond expectations in the US, and this has resulted in not enough iPads being made available for the world wide market.

The delay in worldwide release of this new gadget however was received with sceptically by many users as they cited that this is Apple's marketing ploy to push sales figure of the iPad higher by making worldwide users believe of its huge success in the US.

HP unveils HP Slate

Hewlett-Packard has released a Youtube Video revealing it's latest offering which is a tablet touchscreen PC similar to Apple's iPad. The tablet pc named HP Slate is said to have better offerings if compared to the iPad although no price details have been revealed.

According to reports, the HP Slate boast a camera, a USB port and supports Adobe Flash. The Operating System for the HP Slate is said to be the new Windows 7 by Mircrosoft. Apple iPads do not support Adobe Flash due to Apple's so called 'dispute' over Adobe's Flash.

Last Saturday, Apple released that 300,000 iPads have been sold in the US since it's release and they have announced that the iPad will be available in 7 other countries at the end of this month.