In iPad Pro, can you download programs into it like on a lap top?

Can you download any programs into the ipad

iPad Pro Wi-Fi + Cellular, iOS 11.0.3

Posted on Feb 19, 2018 2:41 PM

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Posted on Feb 19, 2018 5:35 PM

iPads are not full laptop/desktop computers.

iPads are mobile, companion computing tablets.

iOS is a standalone, simpler OS for Apple mobile devices with more limitations to how things are done through iOS.

You can't use ANY computer applications from Windows or Mac OSes.

You use apps designed for iOS/iDevices from the iOS App Store, the icon of which is on your iDevice, to either download free or purchased apps onto your iPad/iDevice.

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Feb 19, 2018 5:35 PM in response to lisafromflatrock

iPads are not full laptop/desktop computers.

iPads are mobile, companion computing tablets.

iOS is a standalone, simpler OS for Apple mobile devices with more limitations to how things are done through iOS.

You can't use ANY computer applications from Windows or Mac OSes.

You use apps designed for iOS/iDevices from the iOS App Store, the icon of which is on your iDevice, to either download free or purchased apps onto your iPad/iDevice.

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