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From: nospam on 8 Feb 2010 18:22 In article <michelle-871271.15415308022010(a)nothing.attdns.com>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > > You are right about using it but you also would need a computer to > > install operating system and security updates. Also to back up and > > restore. I have had to restore my iphone twice. > > It might be possible to install updates on the iPad directly over the WiFi > connection. that's *very* unlikely. the potential to brick it is very high if an update is done wirelessly, especially with updates weighing in at 200-300 meg (for the ipod, and the ipad is probably similar, if not bigger). > It may be that O'Leary is right, and you will need a computer; we don't > know yet. that's true, we don't, but if it's like an ipod, a computer is not required past the initial activation.
From: nospam on 8 Feb 2010 19:09 In article <michelle-04B082.16585508022010(a)nothing.attdns.com>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > Jobs said, in his presentation, that you can activate the iPad directly > over the air, without having to connect it to a computer. That's the > reason I believe that there's a very good chance that a computer won't be > needed at all. i think that referred to the data plan, not the device itself, but again, nobody outside of apple knows until it ships.
From: Jim Gibson on 8 Feb 2010 19:32 In article <080220101305464692%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>, nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > even the older ipods do not require a computer, other than a one time > setup. after that, they don't need anything but a charging cable. How do you get content onto an iPod without using a computer (except perhaps for the iPod touch with WiFi)? -- Jim Gibson
From: nospam on 8 Feb 2010 20:06 In article <080220101632166997%jimsgibson(a)gmail.com>, Jim Gibson <jimsgibson(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > even the older ipods do not require a computer, other than a one time > > setup. after that, they don't need anything but a charging cable. > > How do you get content onto an iPod without using a computer (except > perhaps for the iPod touch with WiFi)? did you miss the part about a one time setup? load it up with music or movies and you're done. get a big enough ipod and there will be plenty of variety. i was in an apple store a year or two ago where someone was asking about an ipod he had loaded up with music and mailed it to his grandfather. something happened with the ipod so grandpa mailed it back to him to take to apple to be fixed. i assume that after it was fixed, he was going to fill it up with music again and send it back to his grandfather.
From: Wes Groleau on 8 Feb 2010 22:02
Michelle Steiner wrote: > The only "evidence" you have listed is that a computer is necessary for the > iPods and iPhones; in other words, "That's the way it's been done before." Moreover, since it isn't true, it isn't evidence. -- Wes Groleau Don't get even -- get odd! |