iPad UK price and release date announced

13. oops sorry wrong comment on wrong article. my apologies

12. hey, the prices released by Apply seem different to those mentioned here.. http://www.apple.com/uk/pr/library/2011/03/22ipad.html

They will be starting with £399 for 16GB wifi; unless they got it wrong?

11. To the poster below about Flash....

None ... and I mean absolutely none of the websites I need to visit rely on Flash.

So an iPad is just great for me... plus it means I also miss out on all those crappy flash ad's too :-)

10. I don't know how yet again another blog post got off track onto the same old "it's not got flash" tantrums, but all I can say (from truthful experience too), I have been using the iPad for a month now and I have not come across a single website where-by I felt I was missing out from some flash only based content!

In fact truthfully, I can't remember the last time I saw a obvious sign that there was a flash module obviously missing and I have done a significant amount of surfing on this device. That's not to say another persons habits would be completely different.

However since Steve Jobs brought this whole flash argument to the forefront, all the big names have made statements about html5's future and it's looking rosy, so if any website like the watch example below wants to stubbornly ignore the future, then more fool them!

I certainly wont be losing any sleep over not being able to access that or any other website that is prepared to alienate it's potential customer base by not supporting all new web technologies.

9. @ratty98 I didn't forget, I know the US price doesn't have tax applied due to local variations. I was converting directly and showing where it was from, not agreeing it was the right price ;)

8. If flash is so bad why does he not ban it from macs and it's cause xyz number of crashes

I think we know the answer he would not sell be selling macs anymore and he could not make as much money from the app store

I was a little hacked off when i tried to look at the watch site mentioned below on my iphone and could not display it

Ipad potential buyers beware want to show your mates a nice website oops can't it's got flash won't you look a right twit my new device can't display it

Just a nice prompt saying download flash :-)

7. Take a look at this website when you get your shiny new ipad

http://www2.fortis-watches.com/sf2010/en/

Some really nice watches to see

Oh hang on you can't it uses flash

I rest my case spend less get more

6. @dyonas & cheysuli you are both forgetting vat at 17.5% the $499 price is before tax.

5. @bunwellian I imagine the same place as I just got the same result - XE.com or by using Google with "499 usd in gbp" showing £337 and £339 respectively.

4. Where does cheysuli get his pricing from? In the U.S. the basic iPad is @$499 before sales tax. In the UK it will be roughly £429 / 1.175 = £365 or roughly $539. That is a difference of $40 or about £27.

3. i think i'd actually be embarassed to be seen using one in public....

2. Why buy somthing more expensive than most netbooks and some laptops that does less than either? I won't be wasting my money on an iPad!

1. Since the basic iPad is $500 (roughly £340) what do WE get for the extra £90 other than a raw deal?