no it is not. no shell/root access other than ssh into a different server, which is just silly. I use an iPad for some things, some times and have tried to get

no it is not. no shell/root access other than ssh into a different server, which is just silly. I use an iPad for some things, some times and have tried to get a dev environment set up on it and it is just not where it needs to be at all. an iPhone is equally as *capable as an iPad for a local dev env