Traveling to UK from USA - Need 3G in London

We are travelling to the UK from the USA next month.  We will have both our iPad 4th generation with Retina and iPhone5 in London and need unlimited coverage while we are there for both Data on the iPad and Voice on the iPhone.  We read somewhere that there are several Internet carriers in the UK that offer services via a sim card.  We are not sure how this would work, given that our devices are probably locked to AT&T.  We not even sure if there is already a sim card on our devices that covers our AT&T 3G service in the USA, or if it simply means temporarily changing the sim cards.  Could some please advise which is the better carrier for the home counties around London, and where and how do we obtain and install the sim. Thanks

Your iPads should not be carrier locked and all the UK carriers offer PAYG data sims available in their numerous High Street stores
I would consider 3network as they only have a 3G network ,no GPRS and often depending where you are you might only get a GPRS signal with the others
Wifi is available in Coffee shops hotels ,sometimes free sometimes chargeable (hotels)sort of all over
iPhones unless unlocked by AT&T will only work on a roaming basis along with the normal excessive roaming charges .There may be packages for deals on roaming from AT&T

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