Ipad 2 for school

[Gab3]

Hi guys. Ipad noob here. Trying to do 3 things with my ipad in relation to gradschool work:

1. Upload word, excel, ppt files to a blackboard-esque site. Have concluded that i need to jailbreak my ipad (somehow) and then get iFile app and Safari Upload Enabler app. Anything else i need?
2. View podcasts that can be downloaded from my school site. Files are of .jar extention which apparently is a Java Archive file. Any ideas on how this can work on ipads? I assume i need to jailbreak my ipad to be able to download and find the file, but then how do i open it? With what app? Can safari open it?
3. View Java Web Start File that are downloaded from my school site. Files are of .jnlp extention which apparently is a Java Network Launching Protocol file formatted in XML (whatever that means). Again, i assume i need to jailbreak to be able to download the file, but how do i open it? With what app? Can safari open it?

Will do jailbreaking activities this weekend and will consult the forum topics on jailbreaking process before i do. Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[dynax]

You should get a laptop/ultrabook.

 

[Gab3]

Yeah i got one but its so cumbersome. I have this cool, compact, light ipad that SHOULD b able to do all of the above (right?), but im unsure how...

 

[dynax]

Nope. Steve Job doesn't think java is worth supporting on the iDevices.

 

[xIkx]

If you are not on iOs 4.3.3 you won't do much jailbreaking untill the new jailbreak is released. Although it should be soon, there is no telling in excactly when.

 

[Gab3]

I thought jailbreak for 5.0.1 was out. Hmm...well i guess im waiting then...thanks for the heads up.