Will Matlab and LabView work on IPad?

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Will Matlab and LabView work on IPad?

I found discussion on many forums claiming both: IPad is/is not suitable for scientific programming. Is there anyone who can give a clear answer, whether I should buy IPad for Matlab and Labview or not?

Posted on May 9, 2010 11:50 PM

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May 10, 2010 12:38 AM in response to qadeer62

Are those pc programs?
If so, you can not install either on the iPad. The iPad only allows installs of iPad apps from the app store.
The iPad runs a version of the iPhone os-so Mac or windows programs can not run.

The developer would have to program a specific version for the iPad and put it up for sale on the app store.

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May 10, 2010 12:52 AM in response to Johnathan Burger

Searched app store out of curiosity-they have vlremote which allows control of lab view running on a pc, but it is an iPhone program.

If you meant math lab-a search for it brings up several equation/formula graphing programs.

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May 10, 2010 1:05 AM in response to Johnathan Burger

MATLAB and LABVIEW are PC based programs used for scientific computing.

With your opinion, I think MATLAB and LABVIEW will not work on IPad unless these both PC based softwares have specific versions for IPad.

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May 10, 2010 2:15 PM in response to qadeer62

That is correct.

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May 27, 2010 1:05 PM in response to Johnathan Burger

Regardless of building an app for Matlab or LabVIEW, Apple does not allow for code compiling on the device, so programming on the device is a no-go. Of course, you can develop and app or an i-optimized website and access/control data using web services (at least that's true for LabVIEW, not sure about Matlab).

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