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"This sort of size is necessary to support a tablet which isn't hopelessly tethered to a PC." Are you implying that iPad is hopelessly tethered to a PC? Have y
by cmelbye 14y ago
"This sort of size is necessary to support a tablet which isn't hopelessly tethered to a PC."
Are you implying that iPad is hopelessly tethered to a PC? Have you used an iPad?
As of iOS 5, there are very few reasons that one would need to be "hopelessly tethered to a PC" in order to use their device. Backups, music and app purchases, and contact and calendar syncing are all completely untethered.
As for restoring firmware, in reality that's something something that an average user does extremely rarely, if at all. iOS has a "Reset All Content and Settings" feature which deletes everything off the device and reboots it into a completely fresh state. If somehow, an average computing user like my grandmother has managed to get her iPad to the point where it truly needs a restore, any Apple Store would be more than happy to assist her. In that scenario, what sense does it make to carry around a copy of the iOS 6 firmware on the tablet?
- alanctgardner2 14y agoThe only problem is, going to an apple store isn't an option for a lot of people where I live (Canada). When I travel, I bring my tablet, which does support USB host mode, but doesn't run iTunes. I know its a rare case, but its also incredibly frustrating when the answer to a problem is to drive three hours or mail your primary computing device away for a week. Frankly storage is cheap, and Apple has made a business of overcharging for it. They advertise their lowest capacity at a reasonable price, but the upgrades are extortionate. If apple charged more reasonably, maybe we wouldn't be so afraid of using that storage to handle reasonable edge cases like this.