"Thanks for the info Doug. Okay i will save my ipad :D and wait if some one have trick :) Regards, ir-one"

"Yes. My SoftBank iPad 3G worked just fine in the U.S. with an AT&T iPad SIM card during my trip this summer, even before I exchanged the iPad because of a dead pixel. AT&T sells the iPad SIM cards for just $5. I slipped it in and it worked…"

"hm... but softbank ipad 3g will work in US or other country? ( ie: at&t sim in us?)"

"I don't think getting an iPad from the US will help anything."

"Just now I did try it again, with various combinations of reset networks then change the APN to smile.world, etc., but nothing helped. doug"

"i get frustated with softbank ipad 3g :( btw .. how much ipad 3g 16gb or 32gb in US? i want to buy ipad 3g from us :) ir-one"

"I'm skeptical because the iPad + 3G I have is actually one I got in the U.S. That is, I bought mine originally in Japan at Apple Store Ginza. But during my summer trip there was a problem, so changed it for one at an Apple Store in Boston. So…"

"http://www2k.biglobe.ne.jp/~t_muto/ipod/howto_iPad_datacard_test.htm"

"didnt find any solution and trick today :("

"not yet...still googling and didnt get anything solution :( http://www.applenoir.com/?p=2004"

"I didn't try that because it's not a new SIM that needed activation. Did you give it a try?"

"everybody...did you try this: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4184"

"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iOLLPTbaT0"

"Find it from youtube: "

"Thanks for the info Doug, if you get info about apn setting pls let me know :D thanks. ir-one."