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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
Not sure I understand; I was under the impression that the iPad, like the iPhone, could only interface with a computer through iTunes, which needed to be registered to the particular device, so you can't use a friend's computer to get new MP3s on your iPod(/iPhone/iTouch). Is the iPad different?
Can you download from the web directly into the iPad? Like, browse Mobileread on its browser, pick a free ebook, and download & start reading it?
Can it connect to any computer and transfer non-DRM'd ebooks?
I move between two home computers, home laptop & work computer. One of the home computers isn't web-accessible at all, and can't do DRM'd anything because it's not connected to the internet. Could an iPad deal with files from any of those four sources? (While I wouldn't *need* to transfer files directly from those sources to the iPad, being able to use it at home or work--where my ability to install software is sharply limited--would be useful.)
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I think you are right that for physical connections, you must use iTunes to transfer things onto the iPad. But what gives me a little pause about that is that you can use a camera/flash disk reader to upload pictures. My hunch is that there's more I just don't know about.
With one exception I'm aware of, the only way to download files into the iPad from the internet is in the specific app to which the files relate. The exception seems to be pdfs, which someone said can be transferred to Pages from email, but I might have read that wrong. I'm also not sure if the email feature for Kindle works with the Kindle app. If it does, that might work for pdfs and maybe for nonDRM mobi files.