Compile PureBasic Apps for IPad ? ? ?

[Randy Walker]

Please pardon my ignorance. I figure the Mac OS community are best people to ask this question. I searched the forum (and entire site) but found no comment about the practice or possibility. I just know IPad and Mac are both Apple so (in my ignorance) I thought maybeeeee...

Has anyone successfully compiled a PureBasic app on a Mac, loaded onto an IPad (if that is even possible) and got it to work on the IPad?

[wilbert]

That's impossible.
A recent Mac, has a processor that uses the Intel architecture (x86/x64) and OS X .
An iPad has a processor that uses the ARM architecture and iOS.
They are completely different.

[Randy Walker]

IPad is the undisputed leader in the tablet market:
http://www.redmondpie.com/how-can-compe ... d-in-2012/

IPad will have over 100 Million users by this time next year:
http://talkingnewmedia.blogspot.com/201 ... es-55.html

Tablets are taking the computing world by storm:
http://tablets-review.toptenreviews.com/index.html

Given the above, and increasing availability and reliability in wireless technology, I think PC's (desktops, towers, etc) will soon be a thing of the past (same as landline telephones, made all but obsolete by the mobile phone industry). If IPad alone will have 100 Million units in play by this time next year, add to that all the competitor units sold, it would be more reassuring to me to know our PB apps have a place in this transition to mobile techology.

Personally, I think Apple is making the same stupid mistake with the IPad as so many others have done in the past with their proprietary design. All those other competitors taking up the Android alternative and leaving the door open to 3rd party enhancement. Seem to me IPad is destined to fall from the lead. Hopefully PureBasic compiled on Linux can migrate to the Android platforms.

[wilbert]

iOS does have some advantages over Android.

- There's more malware for Android compared to iOS.

- If you buy an iPad, you can be sure you will receive operating system upgrades for a few years.
If you buy an Android device, you will just have to wait if the manufacturer will release an Android upgrade for your particular device or not.

[P-J]

I think PC's (desktops, towers, etc) will soon be a thing of the past

Nonsense. Tens of thousands of businesses rely on PCs in their current form to operate. Games developers will code directly onto the iPad? Bank staff will use iPads at the window? Factory machinery will be controlled by iPad? Recording studios will use iPad?

Look past anecdotal situations and you'll realise there are tens of millions of PCs out there that could not be replaced. They just couldn't.

[Randy Walker]

I think PC's (desktops, towers, etc) will soon be a thing of the past

Nonsense. ... there are tens of millions of PCs out there that could not be replaced. They just couldn't.

Oh really? Guess you haven't been around long enough to see the dramatic leaps in technology.

Maybe this will open your eyes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDsAExVKpdg

... and no, I don't think the iPad is going to replace all the laptops and desktops, per se. I was inquiring about the iPad in particular because it seems to be the leader on the market. Well, it was for a matter of weeks I guess. Market is pretty much saturated now with lots of ''me too'' variations of the same thing.

... and yes, I do think desktops and laptops per se will become a thing of the past for the greater part. Size and convenience wins every time and it will not be long before devices comparable in size to an iPad will overpower the market and satisfy most every need. Bluetooth and other wireless solutions are opening doors. Verbal input algorythnms are improving. Consider too, the percentage of computer users that only use it to play games, do email and waste time with facebook. I'm talking percentages and ''the greater part''. PCs will of course get so much more capable, I suppose plenty will continue on that path for some time to come, but I think it unlikely they will be pecking at their keyboards in the foreseeable future nearly as much as they do now... percentage-wise. If the computer is smarter than you are, why should you have to type? For the exercise???

In case you missed it the first time... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDsAExVKpdg

[J. Baker]

Games developers will code directly onto the iPad?

Development is done with Xcode and the iOS sdk on a Mac.

[Tenaja]

I think PC's (desktops, towers, etc) will soon be a thing of the past

Nonsense. Tens of thousands of businesses rely on PCs in their current form to operate. Games developers will code directly onto the iPad? Bank staff will use iPads at the window? Factory machinery will be controlled by iPad? Recording studios will use iPad?

Look past anecdotal situations and you'll realise there are tens of millions of PCs out there that could not be replaced. They just couldn't.

Very few bank staff need nothing more than a dumb terminal--a very small task for an ARM device connected to a monitor.

In fact, a very small percentage of people need more than a dumb terminal. The evidence is first in the boom of netbook sales, then ipads. What cpu-intensive tasks are done at work? Aside from image/video processing and engineering analysis, very little.

[Fangbeast]

Whatever happened to the smart tv computer? I seem to remember the promise of a tv in the lounge which was a fully fledged computer and to which all devices could connect?

The article was at least 8 years ago so I have no idea where I read it.