Got the shiny brand-new 3G gadget with a microSIM container, though no carriers in your country peaceful to give you the little SIM to put in it? We have great headlines: Brit iPad owner John Benson took the internal (and normal-sized) Vodafone SIM and cut it down to distance regulating zero though the span of scissors, a outrageous Japanese chef’s knife and the full of health clarity of journey.

It turns out which the customary SIM is internally no dissimilar afterwards a new micro versions. The additional distance is only cosmetic, as well as if you cut divided a right tools you’re left with the fully-functional, iPad-compatible label.

John usually used the blade to press scoring lines into a label to have his scissoring easier as well as some-more correct. He used an existent microSIM as the template (and if you do import an iPad, you’ll get an AT&T microSIM with it). The rather tidy result is what you see above.

And if you were wondering only how easy it competence be to get a iPad operative with the non-AT&T comment, a answer is “very”. John accessed a network settings, submit a scold Vodafone APN (in a UK it is only “internet”) and he was off. It looks similar to John was using the pre-activated 3G comment, as his really reduced how-to doesn’t show a sign-up process, but still. It functions, and we’re mightily tender.

How To Convert a SIM to the MicroSIM with the Meat Cleaver! [John Benson via Engadget]