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by camus2 3204 days ago
> Starting from scratch you load a book, music, or video onto an iPad by connecting them to another computer. In that context your just cashing information from another system.

And that's true for any desktop or laptop as well. It doesn't make them dumb terminals either.
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Retric 3204 days ago
You can still buy CDs / DVDs and load them on a PC.

It's possible you could jury-rig something up for a tablet, but it's also clear the intended use is as a networked device.

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camus2 3204 days ago
> You can still buy CDs / DVDs and load them on a PC.

Because phones and tablets don't have SD slots? or data transfer from blue tooth or NAS drives isn't a thing?

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Retric 3203 days ago
Gamestop does not sell games on SD cards for those tablets. So, somewhere between 99.99% and 100% of the time that's not what happens.

PS: iPhones and iPads don't have SD slots so for millions of these devices that do qualify as phones and tables it's really not an option.

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