“This means no employees are allowed to book this day off. If that’s the case, then it would make sense that this indeed would be the launch date for the iPad in Canada,” iPadinCanada.ca reports. “Anytime there’s a ‘black out period’ you know it’s for something big.”
iPadinCanada.ca reports, “My prediction is that Canada will be able to pre-order the iPad on Friday, April 2nd–the day before the US launch.”
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With FREE 3G iPhone tethering too unlike the USA!
Let’s hope this sale date includes Future Shop/Best Buy, and London Drug stores.
Likely that April 2nd is NOT the day for pre-orders as that falls on Good Friday
@iMaki
The iPhone OS doesn’t support iPhone to iPhone tethering, so unless the iPad’s OS has additional functionality in the networking stack, don’t count on tethering working between an iPhone and iPad. I think I read that Steve Jobs had said ‘no’ in one of his famous email responses to customers. Let’s hope this changes with the next iPhone OS update.
@iMaki
Nothing is free…
Likely that April 2nd is NOT the day for pre-orders as that falls on Good Friday
Canada, unlike the U.S., is not a theocracy.
I believe that @iMaki’s comment:
With FREE 3G iPhone tethering too unlike the USA!
Is an attempt to point out that since iPhoneOS v3 USB/Bluetooth tethering IS ALREADY SUPPORTED by carriers other than ATnT !!!
Hence, the wifi iPad should already be able to tether/connect in Canada!!!
@ @medelegant,
“Canada, unlike the U.S., is not a theocracy.”
No, we are a Multicultural, Multireligious, Multiparty, patchwork quilt of a country that celebrates all religious holidays except the Christian holidays because celebrating Christian holidays would offend our ethnic brothers and sisters.
Sometimes the Lunatic Liberal Left pisses me off.
Doesn’t matter what day, I don’t want to order the pre anyway…
@iMaki
As a fellow Canadian, I say grow up.
@madgunde, yes you are right, Steve Jobs did send an email saying “no”, in response to a question about iPad-iPhone tethering. But like you said I too hope this changes with the next OS update!
iPad Canada Order
Personally, a better surprise for me is not tethering but a front facing camera. Here’s hoping that Apple will surprise us with a “one more thing…” at launch (though I highly doubt it).
Assuming that April 24th is the approximate date for a Canadian launch … notice how neither Rogers or Bell have hinted at data pricing for the 3G version? This does not bode well.
I’m in a running debate on another forum and concede that there is a (slim) chance that our monopolistic price-gougers maye, infact, provide decent pricing, maybe something like $15/mo/250MB and $30/mo/5GB.
But I still maintain the likelihood of Bell or Rogers offering the *most important* part of AT&Ts;plan, a no-contract data plan that can be turned on and off at will, is no more likely than the Maple Leafs winning a Stanley Cup. There is no way that’s gonna happen … Rogers and Bell are terrified of no-contracts and it’s not going to happen. Canadians who think they will are deluding themselves.
This is Canada, folks. The CRTC is nothing more than the lapdog of bell and Rogers. No contract data from either? I can barely stop laughing long enough to write this.
It’s one reason we’re not seeing any hint of their data pricing yet. They’re afraid of the backlash and outrage from the tech-savvy and future-looking users who understand what they should be offering.
You just wait. You’ll see soon enough.