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andym · 10-29-2007, 01:23 PM

At the moment it's got to be a great big 'maybe'. All the basics are there - a pdf reader, Safari and access to the webkit rendering engine, as well as the pdfs in iTunes. The final piece of the jigsaw - an easy way to get documents on to the machine other than by downloading online or emailing to yourself or hacking the machine - doesn't seem to be there yet (because of security issues?). I'm sure the elements will come together but wouldn't bet any money on when.

10-29-2007, 01:23 PM	#27
andym Groupie Posts: 189 Karma: 793 Join Date: Oct 2006	At the moment it's got to be a great big 'maybe'. All the basics are there - a pdf reader, Safari and access to the webkit rendering engine, as well as the pdfs in iTunes. The final piece of the jigsaw - an easy way to get documents on to the machine other than by downloading online or emailing to yourself or hacking the machine - doesn't seem to be there yet (because of security issues?). I'm sure the elements will come together but wouldn't bet any money on when. Last edited by andym; 10-29-2007 at 01:26 PM.