FREE iPAD 3G WITH 2-YEAR DATA CONTRACT

Since the iPad has emerged we have gotten use to seeing them discounted by mobile carriers provided you sign up for a data plan for a number of years. Now, Japanese carrier SoftBank has heavily discounted the Apple tablet all the way down to zero. If you sign up for a 2-year data plan, you get the 16GB iPad for free. Want the 32GB unit, it will costs you $115 and the 64GB will set you back $230, both still well under buying the unit outright.

Of course, Apple could care less. SoftBank still buys the iPad for the same price and Apple still makes money off every app sold. Apple probably really likes this since it will help to get more and more iPads out in the market.

The offer from SoftBank only lasts until February so if you are in Japan and want/need an iPad, head on over and snatch one up. Wonder if AT&T or Verizon are watching this promotion?