Apple's Strategy to Save iPad: Turn It into a PC

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Can you do things like download on the iPad nowadays?

The iPad always felt like a poor (rich)man's laptop when you couldn't do things like download files from webpages.

Puffin Browser integrates with dropbox. It also has a "mouse mode" that lets you drag / drop / flash (if you need it).

Documents.app lets you download to their own app sandbox and move files between iCloud Drive and other cloud services.

Could for ages, since the first one, using iCabMobile for example.

http://www.icab-mobile.de

Check out what else that browser can do. You might be surprised.

That's the tip of the iceberg of the things you can't do on iOS. There's also little stuff like (easily) install your own software, develop anything non-trivial, etc.

iOS is great for most people, but I figure most people on this site are "power" users, and desire more options with the hardware.. I just want OSX on a tablet. kinda like http://www.modbook.com/modbookpro

One thing I've never understood is why there is no mouse or trackpad integration with iOS. It's the one thing that is keeping me from going 100% iPad all day long. I don't like picking my hands up. Is Apple doing this on purpose to force developers to design their software that way?

My theory is that Apple does not want to be seen as trailing behind Microsoft

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