In article om, AlanD
writes

I bought an iPad about 6 months ago for similar reasons. (Family, kids etc!)
I have used android tablets and (on the type I used at least) found them
slow and clunky to use. I assume more recent ones are better in this
respect.

I bought the 32GB 3G ipad as I figured the built-in mobile and GPS
reciever would be useful.

6 months on the kids love it, wife uses it a lot for everything from
Facebook to recipies in the kitchen to watching the F1 in bed!
I use it for quick surfing and email mainly, but I have found it very
useful when out-and-about with a cheap PAYG sim in it, and with
navigation software such as 'NavFree'. It has made my netbook redundant.
I bought a French Orange PAYG sim in the summer for 3 weeks in France,
which came in handy many times.

V useful info, thanks (currently in similar posn). Who do you use for
the UK PAYG data and how much do you find you use?
--
fred
it's a ba-na-na . . . .