Monthly Archive for September, 2010

iPad 3G + USA = US Credit Card Only

PB Visa Gold Credit Card
Image by liewcf via Flickr

Just a quick follow up for those who care, if you have an iPad with 3G and you want to use it in the US with an AT&T SIM, you will have a bit of a problem.

I happen to have an AT&T Micro SIM that came with the iPad, but I think those are easy to get. The problem is that in order to pay for a plan, you’ll need to enter your credit card information with a US billing address on the iPad itself. You cannot ask AT&T to add credit in any other way, it must be directly on the iPad.

I had thought of a few ways around this problem, but none seemed to work. You can only have a US billing address, that’s it. Just a heads up!

Found this out the hard way? Found an answer? Is this true in other countries?