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From: Wes Groleau on 8 Feb 2010 22:03 nospam wrote: > other than initial activation (which can be done in a store), there is > no need for a computer in order to use an ipod or iphone. For that matter, I did not need any kind of "activation" to start using my iPod. -- Wes Groleau He that complies against his will is of the same opinion still. -- Samuel Butler, 1612-1680
From: Wes Groleau on 8 Feb 2010 22:07 Jim Gibson wrote: > How do you get content onto an iPod without using a computer (except > perhaps for the iPod touch with WiFi)? iPhone and iPad have WiFi, too. So I would expect them to be able to get songs and apps without a computer just as my iPod did. -- Wes Groleau Small class size and its opponents http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/barrett?itemid=992
From: Wes Groleau on 8 Feb 2010 22:09 nospam wrote: > Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: >> 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 Makes sense, but if a Mac or PC install screws up, the computer is not permanently hosed. You just start over. -- Wes Groleau Opaqueness vs opacity - derivational confusion http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/barrett?itemid=1017
From: nospam on 9 Feb 2010 01:44 In article <hkqjau$p0m$2(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: > > other than initial activation (which can be done in a store), there is > > no need for a computer in order to use an ipod or iphone. > > For that matter, I did not need any kind of "activation" > to start using my iPod. regular ipods don't. ipod touch & iphone (and presumably the ipad) do.
From: Doc O'Leary on 9 Feb 2010 12:53
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 still have the podcast of the presentation. Do you have a the time he makes that statement so that I can more easily review it? -- My personal UDP list: 127.0.0.1, localhost, googlegroups.com, ono.com, and probably your server, too. |