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As the iPad exists today, it's impossible to use without a laptop/desktop. If one day it evolves to the point of being a standalone device, I imagine that it ma
by jstevens85 17y ago
As the iPad exists today, it's impossible to use without a laptop/desktop. If one day it evolves to the point of being a standalone device, I imagine that it may also be capable of running its own dev tools.
- prospero 17y agoWhy is it impossible to use by itself? You can browse the internet, you can buy media off of iTunes, you can edit documents, and you can send email. The point is that the iPad is sufficient for the average user, but it prevents the graduation to power user by poking around and learning how things work. I very much doubt self-hosted development will ever be made available.
- jstevens85 17y agoI'm guessing that you'll need to sync it to iTunes first before you can use it, but I may be wrong.
- grhino 17y agoWith the iPhone, you need an iTunes account. I don't know if you can set that up on your iPhone. You can go without ever syncing to your desktop. You might need to sync to the desktop to update the iPhone OS, though. Of course, since your iPhone/iPod/iTouch data isn't in the cloud, you will need to sync to the desktop to backup. Not sure what happens if you sign up for MobileMe.