Are Orange UK supplied iPads sim locked?

Basically, as the subject says, I am looking to get an iPad from Orange UK on contract, but I want to know if they are sim locked?
I have asked in the store and they don't seem to know, can anyone enlighten me?
Cheers

I don't know if Orange contract iPads are locked or not, but I would like to know as well. I don't know whether to get my iPad from Orange on a contract, or to buy it outright and get a cheaper data plan.
I did ask at the 3 Store about their contract iPads. I was told that their iPads are locked to 3 within the UK and won't accept other UK networks' SIM cards, but that they will accept foreign SIM cards when used abroad. I thought that sounded strange, but the store manager got their training manual out and that's the info they were given. Is that even possible?

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Thanks for the replies so far,
It's really grinding me down as I have just moved countries from the UK and recieved the e-mail from EE nearly 30 days ago so I would have thought the process would have been complete by now.
My internet connection is not great and I cannot ring orange/EE due to SIM still not working.
Really starting to annoy me, I will defo not be returning to Orange upon my eventual return to the UK!
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Ok, I'm not a specialist on this subject, it is all rather confusing, but after some digging, this is what I have ascertained.
The US Best Buy version of the Nokia Booklet appears to come with an Option GTM382W, which as listed by the sites covers: Built-in 3G modem (data calls only): WCDMA 850/1900/2100
The UK version, based upon the Nokia's website and band coverage, appears to be an Option GTM382E, which covers: WCDMA 900/2100 or 800-850/900/2100? (Unless the UK version has a completely different manufacturers card installed) Any UK nokia Booklet owners, we would appreciate your input if you can look in Device manager at your 3G modem card.
The details of the different Option GTM382 cards is as follows:
Specifications
. Multi-bands variants (bands with Rx diversity are underlined)
› GTM382W (MO 0402): 850 / 1900 / 2100 MHz
› GTM382E (MO 0401): 900 / 2100 MHz
. Power Class 3 (+24 dBm)
. HSUPA mode: 2 Mbps: category 5,
(upgradeable to 5.76Mbps: Category 6)
. HSDPA modes:
› HSDPA 1.8: Categories 1-4, 11 and 12
› HSDPA 3.6: Categories 5 and 6
› HSDPA 7.2: Category 7 and 8
. Equalization and Rx Diversity at the same time
. UMTS: 384 Kbps operation in downlink, 384 Kbps in uplink
HSUPA / HSDPA / UMTSAWS (MO 0407): 850 / 1900 / 2100 / AWS MHz
. Circuit-switched data: 64, 14.4 and 9.6 Kbps
. 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
. GSM Power Class 4 (2W) for 850 / 900 bands, GSM
. Power Class 1 (1W) for 1800 / 1900 bands
. EDGE class E2 (+27 dBm in 850 / 900 bands, +26 dBm in
1800 / 1900 bands)
. GPRS / EDGE Multislot Class 12 (4 slots Rx, 4 slots Tx)
. GPRS / EDGE Class B Type 1 MT
. GPRS CS1-CS4; EDGE MCS1-MCS9
. Circuit-switched data: 14.4 and 9.6 Kbps
Upon further investigation on the Ofcom website, UK phone providers transmit on the following frequencies:
UK CELLULAR FREQUENCY RANGES
GSM 900 Frequency Range:
Mobile transmit (BTx) 880 - 915 MHz
Base transmit (MTx) 925 - 960 MHz
GSM 1800 Frequency Range:
Mobile transmit (BTx) 1710 - 1785 MHz
Base transmit (MTx) 1805 - 1880 MHz
Third-Generation (3G) Frequency Range:
Base transmit (BTx) 2110 - 2170 MHz
Mobile transmit (MTx) 1920 - 1980 MHz
BTx / MTx In TDD (Time Division Duplex) 1900 - 1920 MHz
The bottom line is that all 3G frequency ranges in the UK are within the 1900 and 2100 range, both of which are covered by the US version of the Nokia Booklet, and importantly all the GTM 382 cards, regardless of models, cover all the slower GPRS/EDGE bands.
If you look at the spec on the Option GTM382W card, which is in the US version of the Booklet, it quotes "And thanks to triple-band 3G and quad-band 2G support, the GTM382 can be used anywhere in the world."
Here is the link: http://www.option.com/en/products/products/modules/gtm382w/
And to confirm that the US version has a GTM382W, if you open the AT&T Connection Manager
and click on Tools, Diagnostics, Mobile Info..it lists the modem model as GTM382W.
You are probably now as confused as I am, if not more - but to reiterate, I've got no probs with 3G on Vodafone UK, and have also tried my daughters Orange SIM, which works perfectly also. Bear in mind I have unlocked the modem and enabled all bands with dc-unlocker.

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