iOS 5 is a big step in the end of the “PC”. Up until now, if you had an iPhone, you needed a Mac or PC to activate the phone and do the software installation. iOS 5 breaks that connection. Now if you have a wireless connection, iOS can “sync to the cloud” instead of syncing to a disk drive on your PC\/MAC. (At least I think so)<\/p>\n
If I wasn’t doing software development, it would be really tempting to just power down the PC and buy an iPad and live in the cloud. HP is getting out of the PC business for a reason. 97.62% of all home users can do everything they need to do without needing a PC, according to a study conducted by the Internet Society for Dubious Fabricated Statistics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
iOS 5 is a big step in the end of the “PC”. Up until now, if you had an iPhone, you needed a Mac or PC to activate the phone and do the software installation. iOS 5 breaks that connection. … Continue reading