If you use a Wi-Fi + Cellular version of the iPad, your tablet may come with a SIM card slot tucked into the side. In the United States, the only major carriers that use SIM cards are GSM-type ...

The iPad's Subscriber Identity Module connects the tablet to cellular data when Wi-Fi is unavailable. Unlike the iPad Mini, which uses a nano SIM card, the standard iPad uses a slightly larger micro ...

Switching SIM cards every time you travel abroad or switch carriers can be a real hassle. Apple seems to have come up with a solution to this problem with the iPad Air 2. In the section about the ...

Apple's new SIM cards for the upcoming iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 are designed to allow users to easily switch between different carriers. However, it seems that the feature will not be available for ...

The buzziest feature about Apple's new iPad isn't how thin or fast it is, but a SIM card that lets users swap data plans. Thomas Gryta reports on the News Hub. Photo: Apple. The buzziest feature of ...

Apple didn't just unveil its new iPads on Thursday — it announced a separate, less advertised product that could mean trouble for wireless carriers. With its new iPad Air 2, Apple customers will have ...

Apple wants to make sales of its new iPad Air 2 tablet SIMple. Its newest iteration of the popular tablet — which debuted on Wednesday — will come preloaded with an “Apple SIM” card. The SIM card is ...

Since the cellular model of the iPad isn’t subject to typically two-year contracts, users have always been free to start or end pre-paid cellular data plans at will from the device’s settings. In the ...

iPad toting travelers can now use their Apple SIM card in many more places internationally thanks to GigSky, which announced on Tuesday that it has struck a deal with Apple to provide high-speed ...

Apple's iPad Air 2 and Mini 3 launched with a very, very pleasant surprise: If you splurged on an LTE model, you could choose whether you wanted to jump on Sprint's, T-Mobile's or AT&T's networks ...

It’s not as flashy as a gold patina and not as thrilling as a Retina iMac, but the capabilities of the SIM card in the new iPad Air 2 are every bit as major as Apple’s other announcements on Thursday.

If you’re one of the many folks like Aaron Nelson at Hijinks Inc. who feels like paying over $85 per month for both data and voice service is a little extreme, the idea of paying only $30 per month ...