Apple’s 3G iPad went on sale this Friday, April 30, but for those of you who already have an iPhone, my suggestion is to get the Wi-Fi only model instead. You already pay $30 for unlimited data on your iPhone, so you might as well use that 3G connection instead of paying an additional $30. There is an app for jailbroken iPhones called MyWi which lets you turn your iPhone into a Wi-Fi access point. MyWi gives you the ability to use your iPhone’s 3G connection with your iPad or any computer with Wi-Fi. It also enables Internet tethering over USB and Bluetooth, but these options won’t work on the iPad.
Update: Some video apps on the 3G iPad either don’t work at all or have extremely low quality video when playing over 3G. This is not because of limitations of AT&T’s 3G, Apple and AT&T have set these restrictions most likely to lower the use of 3G. Using MyWi on your iPhone and connecting to it with your iPad on Wi-Fi will solve this problem. YouTube, Netflix and ABC Player look perfect when using the iPhone’s 3G connection over Wi-Fi.
“Tether your iPhone to your iPad”
