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Closet Racist stopped drinking long enough to mumble
 I checked out the iPad at BestBuy today. Like a big iPhone. Wonder if they'd let me transfer my phone service to it...? |
Nope. You have to get a separate monthly data plan from AT & T, either a 250 MB one for $15 per month or an unlimited one for $30 per month. You're not locked into a contract, though; you can purchase and cancel data plans as you need, on a monthly basis.
(I wish one could tether an iPhone's 3G connection to the iPad, though, or get a reduced package rate for both iPhone and iPad.)
I've tried out some iPads as well. I wouldn't call them just big iPhones; the screen real estate makes a difference, IMO. Whereas the iPhone sucks for reading long texts, for example, I could see the iPad serving that need admirably -- and that's entirely because of screen size.