Starting the iPad out of the box

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Starting the iPad out of the box

I am headed to the US and my family is shipping me my iPad (I bought it in the US a few weeks ago and it was delivered to my family who lives in the US). While in the US, I will only have my work computer that does not have iTunes. I am hoping I can use the non-iTunes features on the iPad without doing the initial sync (our Mac is staying in Europe). Can this be done?
Also, if it could start, would I be able to go to the internet and go to my mobile me account and download a movie that was uploaded to it via our iTunes account?
Thank you for the help, I am hoping i get to play with the iPad on the many hours I will be spending in the airports and plane trips.

iPad, Other OS

Posted on Jun 12, 2010 4:53 AM

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Jun 12, 2010 5:15 AM in response to jaxjmu

The iPad has to be hookup to a computer to be able to work. You can take your iPad to an Apple store and ask them to hook it up to one of their computer. Better to call them first. (I've heard of people doing this.) I can't why you couldn't download that movie.

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StevePug2

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Jun 14, 2010 10:16 PM in response to jaxjmu

What kind of computer is your work computer? If it's a Windows machine with XP (SP 2) or later, you can easily download iTunes over the web. Macs, ironically, are a little more fussy. You can also use anyone else's computer that can download and run the latest iTunes to set up your iPad. Once it's initially set up, you don't need a computer to use it (you need a computer to sync stuff to it, though, but there are other ways to get stuff onto it that don't use a computer).

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