[X4U] iPad news

[Zane H. Healy]

At 12:16 PM -0800 1/28/10, zapcat wrote:
>On Jan 28, 2010, at 12:12 PM, Jesse Leo wrote:
>
>>But wait, I think I'm missing one important point - doesn't the 
>>iPad need to be "married" to (and sync with) a Mac in the same way 
>>that an iPhone or iPod does? So it really could never replace a 
>>Mac, just compliment one - correct?
>
>
>that's an outstanding point. I'm sure that Mr. Jobs wants windows 
>and linux users to drop change on iPads, too..
>
>They didn't sell 250 Million iPods by being Mac-only.
>
>If unable to "sync," perhaps an iPad can share files in the sense of 
>producing files which other platforms can use?  Perhaps you beam 
>things up to the mothership using the iPad's WIFI connection, 
>download them later on your platform of choice.
>
>...or, maybe wifi-less iPads can sneakernet their files by way of 
>flash drives.

According to what I looked at on the Apple website yesterday, it 
supports both Windows and Mac OS X.  In fact Windows users are 
*BETTER SUPPORTED* than Mac users, as the minimum requirements are 
Windows XP Home Edition, while they claim Mac OS X 10.5.8 is the 
minimum required on the Mac side.  It looks like the real requirement 
is iTunes 9.

I'm sure the Linux community will figure out a way to support it 
themselves.  Probably just need the same software as the iPhone.

There doesn't appear to be a USB port, so no way to attach a flash drive.

Honestly, these look interesting, but way to limited to be of any use to me.

Zane



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