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iOS5 will also bring the ability to backup automatically to Apple's cloud every time the device is plugged in to charge, as well. While you can look at Apple's page: http://www.apple.com/ios/ios5/features.html I actually find the Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_version_history to be easier to digest. I know Wikipedia is usually frowned on as a trusted reference, but I've used this page since before iOS 3, and their information seems to be spot on. If you look hard enough, you can probably find all the same stuff on Apple's web site, I just don't have the time to dig through all the pretty pictures, sunshine, roses and bunnies to find it... Ryan M. Finn Network Administrator Michigan State University -----Original Message----- From: Troy Murray [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 5:32 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Tablet as an email / web browsing device Depending on her location, and the iPad she choose, she could use the AT&T 3G or Verizon 3G data network instead of a modem connected to the iPad. The current iOS version 4.x does require you to connect the iPad to the PC/Mac for the iOS updates, however in the fall (presumably September) the iOS 5.x will update over-the-air (OTA), so no PC/Mac for iOS updates anymore. -t On Jul 26, 2011, at 5:10 PM, Vivek Joshi wrote: > I love using an iPad as an away from home computer. The battery life > is just great. You could get around typing on the screen with one of > the Bluetooth keyboard cases. The likely issues could be backups of > data on the iPad (Keep all docs in google docs/dropbox etc/sync to > laptop occasionally), or if she would want to view pictures from a > digital cameras etc (accessory available for this). And, I'm not > really sure if you can update the iPad OS without tethering it to a > computer. Modem is a good question, havn't seen one for iPad or > others. Most people end up tethering to their phones, which prob won't work for her. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry McAllister [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 4:51 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Tablet as an email / web browsing device > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 04:08:18PM -0400, John Valenti wrote: > >> Pardon me for my dinosaur-ways, but I don't know anyone that is using >> a > tablet as their primary computer... >> >> I'm trying to advise an MSU retiree. Her XP laptop is getting creaky, >> she is trying to decide how to replace it and wondering if a tablet >> might work. It would basically be used for MSU email and web browsing. >> (reserving the old laptop for word processing) >> >> Are there people that are using tablets as their main system, and >> what > limitations does that involve? > > The main limitation for me is I hate to type anything of more than a > few charaters length on them. > > ////jerry > > >> >> I think she is drawn to the tablet due to the light weight and ease >> of > carrying around town. >> >> She spends some time in the UP, it is still a dialup world there ... > anyway to connect a modem to an iPad? >> >> thanks for any comments!