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iPad 2 - need a computer?
I've just bought my parents an iPad 2. Can they totally skip iTunes on a computer or this is still necessary for updates (they're unlikely to be transferring music or videos).
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I've just bought my parents an iPad 2. Can they totally skip iTunes on a computer or this is still necessary for updates (they're unlikely to be transferring music or videos).
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If the iPad 2 is new, surely it would already have the latest iOS, and not need a computer...
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If the iPad 2 is new, surely it would already have the latest iOS, and not need a computer...
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There is a little palace in the Icloud.
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All new iPad 2s will have iOS5, infact the new ones come with upgraded processors (32nm) that gives 15-20% better battery life.
As mentioned it will work fine without a computer. The limitation is you won't be able to transfer music to it (well unless it's stuff you previously bought on iTunes). |
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All new iPad 2s will have iOS5, infact the new ones come with upgraded processors (32nm) that gives 15-20% better battery life.
As mentioned it will work fine without a computer. The limitation is you won't be able to transfer music to it (well unless it's stuff you previously bought on iTunes).
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Or if you're an iTunes Match subscriber - then even your own stuff not bought from iTunes is available to stream/download without a computer. Assuming you've used a computer in the past to upload to the cloud in the first place of course
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All new iPad 2s will have iOS5, infact the new ones come with upgraded processors (32nm) that gives 15-20% better battery life.
Depends where the op buys it from ?A mate of mine bought one only last week from John Lewis and that had ios 4 He didn't have a pc so went to the apple store and they plugged it in for him and updated |
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I have never used iTunes Match, is it good?
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Depends where the op buys it from ?
A mate of mine bought one only last week from John Lewis and that had ios 4 He didn't have a pc so went to the apple store and they plugged it in for him and updated |
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Yeah places like John Lewis probably have loads of old stock sitting in a warehouse. I meant new as in ones built in the last few months. Ofcoarse there is no way to guarantee this, your best bet is probably to buy directly from Apple.
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I have never used iTunes Match, is it good?
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Depends where the op buys it from ?
A mate of mine bought one only last week from John Lewis and that had ios 4 He didn't have a pc so went to the apple store and they plugged it in for him and updated
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You can't update wirelessly until you get ios 5
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I find it very useful personally and have been using it since Christmas. I had about 5000 music tracks from a variety of sources. It found about 4500 of them already existing on the iTunes store so only needed to upload the 500 it couldn't identify. I then deleted my entire music library from my computers and devices, and download clean, high bitrate versions of my songs as required. Naturally better to download over WiFi, to avoid data charges.
The thing that put me off before was that I (incorrectly) assumed that Matches were DRM protected, so if you stopped subscribing you lost them... Once I learnt that was not true, and that everything is DRM free just like normal purchased stuff I signed up... Now all my CD rips are 256kbps AAC, instead of the varying formats and bitrates I ripped them in over the years. Everything that was Matched, I deleted and re-downloaded like you. Everything that didn't get Matched, and got Uploaded instead, I've been working my way through re-ripping as 256kbps AACs. Great having all my music accessible online, instead of just purchased music. iTunes Match also means I can access it all via my Apple TV
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