"What I want to know is if softbank is going to pull the same crap this time as they did last time with the iPad launch.  Japan was the only country - that I know of - that made you go into the store to order one.  And that was a mess as…"

"Just out of curiosity - why?  What is the difference between the iPad you would buy here and the one you would buy in the US.  Neither are sim locked.  I have not checked out the exact prices yet but I imagine that, after shipping,…"

"Good news indeed. Now my friends/family can call my U.S. SkypeIn number without it having to forward to my cell here @ $0.17/minute."

"I don't see the offer of free iPhone cases as admitting there is a problem. I think that so many people on blogs and apple's own forums had been giving them a hard time about not giving away free cases that they felt they had to to make…"

"I am sure that there will be some differences between individual users' experiences. The problem is complicate so how badly it affects you will vary based on a lot of different factors. No problems myself and I don't personally don't…"

"I guess the impending announcement on Friday has not stopped shipments from going out. Got a call from softbank this morning and was able to pick up my phone in the evening. I am guessing most people should be getting their pre-order phones soon as…"

"Are you sure about this? When I first got a phone from softbank - before they came out with the iphone - it had terrible reception. I tried it for about 2 weeks and it was unusable so I took it back. Canceled my contract, got a full refund and…"

"And yet according to consumer reports it is the best smart phone available at the moment - go figure. http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20100712/consumer-reports-by-the-way-the-iphone-4-is-also-the-best-smartphone-on-the-market/"

"I also have the same problem with the port issue on my iPad. Where I work the VPN can be configured to allow Internet traffic via Safari and most Apps that use either port 80 or 443 but it will not work with the mail program. I was hoping to be able…"

"I don't use redsn0w but I am guessing that it gives you the option to download carrier bundles - but to see the tethering option you will still need to download and install the appropriate carrier bundle - this link is copied from a previous…"

"Not sure if this will help - http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/Enterprise_Deployment_Guide.pdf Cisco IPSec with certificate-based authentication supports VPN on demand for domains you specify during configuration. See “VPN Settings”…"

"That is good news, thanks for the updates. I ordered on the 18th so I am sure I still have a bit of a wait, but at least there is a possibility of getting it sometime this month. I am guessing most people who ordered on the 16th have picked up…"

"If you have the WEP turned on you should be prompted for a password. Not sure why you aren't. If you have the time try this - a bit of a pain but.... Turn off the wifi on your iMac. Open mywi and change the WEP Security to off Change the…"

"I have the wisdom dictionary also - I initially got it because it was one of the few dictionaries that allowed you to jump to the definition for Japanese words as well as English ones. As for the finger versus stylus. The finger is not the problem…"