| After nearly ten years of rumors and tons of | | | | opportunity to get a free ipad as a scam. But some |
| speculation, Apple has finally revealed the new iPad | | | | companies really do send out free iPads. Most of |
| and created a lot of interest and anticipation. Is it | | | | the offers you will find require that you sign up for |
| possible that supplies will run out before the demand? | | | | something in order to get a chance to win. After |
| The iPad is expected to revolutionize the way people | | | | you sign up, you will get many, many offers for |
| work on the go. The machine is a mere half-inch | | | | other products, a lot of spam and maybe even |
| thick and weighs in at 1.5 pounds. It comes with a | | | | phone calls from telemarketers. |
| 9.7 inch touch screen LCD display and uses a custom | | | | If you really want to get a free iPad here's what I |
| "A4" chip that runs at 1GHz. The battery is | | | | recommend you do. (You will get lots of spam and a |
| expected to last ten hours with a month of standby | | | | bunch of telephone calls from telemarketers, so |
| capacity | | | | here's why you need to do the following.) |
| Other features of the iPad include: | | | | 1. Make a new email account on a service like yahoo |
| - A 30-pin Dock connector | | | | or hotmail and use that to participate in the offer. |
| - A speaker, | | | | 2. Get a cheap prepaid cellphone and use that as |
| - A microphone, | | | | your number on the offer. |
| - Bluetooth, | | | | 3. Get a prepaid credit card and use that as your |
| - 802.11n WiFi and optional 3G capability, | | | | credit card information. |
| - An accelerometer and | | | | 4. Create an Excel file with the offers you join and |
| - A compass. | | | | keep track of cancellation dates so that you can |
| - A keyboard dock, (that connects underneath in the | | | | cancel before you get billed. |
| portrait orientation) | | | | 5. Enjoy your free iPad. |
| - Support for up to 1024x768 VGA out and 480p | | | | Research and my experience indicate that it is |
| composite out through new dock adapter cables, | | | | possible to get free stuff. However, you have |
| - A camera attachment kit that lets you import | | | | choose which trials to sign up for carefully and be |
| photos from your camera over USB or directly | | | | careful to follow the rules. You might have to buy |
| through an SD reader. | | | | $100 – $200 worth of stuff you don't need and |
| The iPad is managed by iTunes, just like your iPhone | | | | you will have to cancel memberships. |
| and it can run the iPhone apps you are already | | | | Most companies offering free iPads hope that the |
| using. The 3G version of the iPad runs on | | | | inconvenience of qualifying is enough so that most |
| AT&T and comes with two new data plans that | | | | people give up after they have already given their |
| are contract free. | | | | personal information away. But, it might be worth it |
| A search for free ipad returns more than 38 million | | | | to get a $700 device for around $150 plus a couple |
| results and many people will immediately pass on an | | | | hours of time. |