I was intending to wait till April to get a 3G iPad, so I could use my 3 Mobile data plan with it.

However, in reading the latest tech news I made a discovery about the type of sim card the iPad will be using.  Instead of the sim card we're currently accustomed to, the iPad will be using a micro-sim.

I'd say a collective shudder just occurred around Australia.

In the States, it looks like AT&T will be the only telco with such a sim ready.  Therefore even American iPad users will find their 3G options limited.

In serious terms, we can't even use our iPhone sims and their attendant data plans unless we want to chop our normal-sized sims down to the micro size.  While we could keep the outer part of the original sim as an adapter, you can imagine what our sims will be like in such a condition. That's not so bad with some mobile phones, but it might be a real pain returning a chopped sim to the iPhone sim holder.

Not fun at all, eh?

Oh well, guess I'll be looking at the wifi-only model and just using it around the house.