Remember early June? Summer nights, trendy flip flops, drinks on restaurant patios, etc.? June 10th shattered all those fuzzy feelings with news of a massive security breach affecting iPad 3G owners. “Shattered” might be a bit overdramatic, but let’s just go with it in the interest of moving the story along.
Take the phone off the hook, send the kids to Grandma’s, and light some aromatherapy candles as you prepare to hunker down for a weekend of iPad modding. If you want to stuff a Verizon 3G connection into your iPad, that is.
Gawker is reporting that a recent vulnerability on AT&T’s network exposed the e-mail addresses associated with what they believe to be 114,000 iPad 3G owners’ user accounts.
The newly-available 3G iPad is nearly identical to the standard iPad except for a $130 price premium and the ability to connect to AT&T’s cellular data network. Monthly plans range from $15 for 250 megabytes of data to $30 for unlimited data with no long-term contract. So is the 3G iPad worth the extra $130 [...]
Just a quick note for those of you who pre-ordered the iPad 3G in the US, we now have a confirmed release date of April 30. Those of you who didn’t pre-order can purchase a 3G model starting at 5PM on the same day.
