Can you replace a laptop with the ipad2? Several related questions.

Hi
I want to buy an ipad2 to replace my laptop (I pretty much only use it for email, reading website, online gaming, Facebook etc, and don't really feel the need to have one for anything else. Rarely write documents etc.)
Questions:
Can I use the itunes on the ipad to update and sync my iphone instead of with the laptop or do I still need some kind of pc to maintain this?
Are banking websites compatible with the ipad? I know apple doesn't support flash so am a little concerned about some webistes not working on the ipad. Wondering what kind of problems other might have had with this kind of thing.
Does the ipad work with Microsoft documents and spreadsheets (the few that I do use I would like to be able to do on there?
Are there any other areas that I might have trouble with?
Thanks in advance

Alexh7 wrote:
Hi
I want to buy an ipad2 to replace my laptop (I pretty much only use it for email, reading website, online gaming, Facebook etc, and don't really feel the need to have one for anything else. Rarely write documents etc.)
Questions:
Can I use the itunes on the ipad to update and sync my iphone instead of with the laptop or do I still need some kind of pc to maintain this?
Are banking websites compatible with the ipad? I know apple doesn't support flash so am a little concerned about some webistes not working on the ipad. Wondering what kind of problems other might have had with this kind of thing.
Does the ipad work with Microsoft documents and spreadsheets (the few that I do use I would like to be able to do on there?
Are there any other areas that I might have trouble with?
Thanks in advance
1) ios5 devices no longer need to be synced with a computer, though they can be. You can't sync your iphone to your iPad, but you can treat each independently.
2) I've never had a problem with my bank's site. Adobe themselves have abandoned Flash for mobile devices, so in time this issue will become less and less significant. In fact even now it's rarely an issue.
3) MS office doesn't run on iPad, but Apples iworks suite does. You can open MS office files and even export them back into MS Office formats. In truth it's so simple and straightforward that you quickly forget that they're entirely separate formats. There is also the option of 3rd party Apps, Freeware, that can handle MS Office files.
4) I found the key is not to expect the iPad to be a laptop with a few differences. It's an entirely separate product needing entirely different inputs. If your use is as you describe, mostly web-based, email etc, then iPad suits perfectly. Where it doesn't suit so well is where lots of keyboard input is required. Good though the ios software keyboards are, they are not the same thing as a physical keyboard. Fedback is entirely different etc.  For that reason, iPad would not be ideally suited if there is lots of that type of input required.
Go for it. I'm sure you'll love it.
Good luck
Max

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