...oh, and you do not get any GPS on the Wifi-only device. Just my four penneth.

No problem, as the location positioning will be picked up enough from the tethered Phones location using ITs GPS :)
Or I could always buy a compass with the £100 I saved not buying the GPS version :)

But it is a fair point if you need GPS that much (I don't)

Think it only tethers to an iPhone? Certainly will not tether to my Blackberry. Given that even my Mercedes car tethers my Blackberry and gives me mobile Internet, this is mean of Apple

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can you tell me what GPS is and wifi-only I am thinking of getting one of these ipads but need to be able to plug it in to use and I only have a mobile that does calls and txts does that matter when your out and about I am not really up on ipads perhaps you can advice me I do have a lap top would just feel like I want this ipad

can you tell me what GPS is and wifi-only I am thinking of getting one of these ipads but need to be able to plug it in to use and I only have a mobile that does calls and txts does that matter when your out and about I am not really up on ipads perhaps you can advice me I do have a lap top would just feel like I want this ipad

I linked the iPad via Wi-Fi to my HTC Andriod phone when it (the phone) was set as a Mobile Hotspot. You could see if the Blackberry has that feature.
I also linked the iPad to an iPhone 3GS using Bluetooth to allow the same (Internet surfing using Phones data service)

Best to get full details on what all these things are by searching on the terms really, but in brief.... GPS is Global Positioning System, and basically if the iPad has GPS, then Apps like the Maps can tell you exactly where you are to within maybe 10 feet. Essential if you want to use the iPad for navigation. If you want to use it like you would a Computer, e.g. Surfing the Internet, checking email, etc, then personally, I don't think GPS is that important (you don't have it on your computer I would be willing be bet)
To get on line, you need a connection to the Internet of course, and with the iPad this is only wireless (cannot plug it in to anything really for that purpose), so the options to get on line are WiFi, like at home , or at Internet Cafes, friends houses, etc, or via the 3G/4G mobile Internet connection for which you need the 3G/GPS option AND a mobile Internet data plan.
Choice is obviously yours and depends on how you want to use it. Note if you do want GPS but don't need mobile Internet, then you would need to buy the 3G/GPS version, but just would not need to bother to buy the data plan as well. It is not something you can add later, so if you are not sure, could be worth spending the extra just in case?
FWIW, I have had my iPad for what? 6 or 7 weeks now and I am finding it REALLY good. I actually went out and bought a second one after a week for the OH and she loves it too. One thing I WOULD do differently possibly is go for the larger memory. The upgrade IS overpriced for sure, but the extra space could be handy if you are going away for a couple of weeks and want to have films, music and books stored (the iPad is a superb tool as a PDF reader)
HTH

SACOM report shows factory worker abuses continue, despite pledges made in March

WASHINGTON, DC - On Friday, Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM), an independent non-profit labor advocacy organization based in Hong Kong, released a report that documents working conditions at Foxconn factories throughout China and provides details into worker abuses that continue despite commitments made by Apple and Foxconn executives.

Apple promised to address working conditions in the Chinese factories that build iPhones, iPods and iPads in March after a Fair Labor Association (FLA) report highlighted ways in which Apple could improve conditions. But since March, little has changed in the day-to-day lives of the hundreds of thousands of workers responsible for production. In fact, take-home pay has gone down for some workers, despite promises in the FLA report to protect pay levels and ensure that all workers get a living wage.

According to Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffmann, Executive Director of SumOfUs.org, "Apple has repeatedly broken promises to stop the abuse of workers in its supply chain. Now, after Apple's most recent promises, we learn that workers have yet to benefit in the slightest -and in fact some are worse off than they were before the report. The most worrying finding of all is that some workers' production targets are being increased beyond reasonable expectations, and then they are forced to work unpaid overtime if they don't meet those targets. This is abuse, plain and simple -and a way of lying to Apple consumers, regulators, and the press about how much overtime workers are actually working."

SACOM researchers conducted investigations around two of Foxconn's production sites, interviewing more than 170 workers. The SACOM report found concerns with freedom of speech and association. During orientation, workers were warned not to speak to journalists or researchers without permission from management, and workers were ordered to sign up for the company-controlled union.

The report found that iPad workers were forced to work excessive overtime, and were barred from taking leave for family reunions during the Chinese New Year. Overtime work for iPad workers remained at 80 hours in April. Management used humiliating disciplinary measures on workers, including forcing workers to write confession letters, cleaning toilets and physical labor. Workers received inadequate work and safety training, and were not informed about the chemicals they were working with, and numerous cases of industrial injuries were documented.

The SACOM report is based off research conducted between March and May of 2012 and finds that many workers are either forced to work illegally excessive overtime, or have their overtime hours slashed, making it hard to make ends meet on the poverty wages workers are paid. According to the report, Apple has failed to come into compliance with overtime laws and increase workers' take-home pay to a basic living wage as promised in its March FLA report, despite the fact that Apple Inc. is the largest company in the world and has the cash on hand, the centralized supply chain and the organizational heft to push the Chinese manufacturing industry to change its practices.

"All the evidence so far suggests that Apple is simply taking us for a ride," Stinebrickner-Kauffman continued. "There's just no reason that the richest company in the history of the world can't figure out how to pay workers a living wage, comply with basic labor laws, and stop these abuses -- unless it's simply not trying."

SumOfUs.org launched the watchdog website www.ethicaliphone.org to monitor the working conditions and changes at Apple's Foxconn factories in China. The battery of an interactive iPhone icon featured on the site is set to die by Apple's self-imposed deadline to fix working conditions at Foxconn. EthicaliPhone.org serves as clearinghouse for information on working conditions at Apple's Chinese manufacturers and a launching pad for change. The project was launched after January's New York Times expose on working conditions in Apple's supply chain. SumOfUs.org ran an intensive campaign with the participation of over 130,000 consumers worldwide pushing Apple to improve conditions. SumOfUs is calling on Apple to: pay workers a living wage; end illegal overtime; eliminate hazardous working conditions; support worker participation in decision making; welcome genuinely independent monitoring; and to end the use of involuntary slave labor.

SumOfUs.org is a global movement of consumers, investors, and workers all around the world, standing together to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new, sustainable and just path for our global economy. http://sumofus.org/about/