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Old Ipad Mini

  • 13-02-2017 03:37PM
    #1
    Donie75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,109 ✭✭✭


    Hi,
    I have an old Ipad Mini 1. I have recently upgraded to a Mini 4. I'm thinking of wiping the old unit and using it as a music player and Netflix viewer. I tend to spend a good bit of time away from wifi during the summer so I want to be able to save Netflix movies and series and watch them offline. This shouldn't be an issue as this feature was added recently. Then I want to save a few Gigabytes of music from Spotify for offline listening. I have a premium account so this shouldn't be an issue.
    The idea is then to use a Bluetooth speaker for playback. Am I likely to have any issues with this?
    I may also pick up a wireless broadband router also to give an option of wifi but I'm not sure it would allow streaming.


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  • #2
    BreadnBuddha
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,311 ✭✭✭BreadnBuddha


    Donie75 wrote: »
    Hi,
    I have an old Ipad Mini 1. I have recently upgraded to a Mini 4. I'm thinking of wiping the old unit and using it as a music player and Netflix viewer. I tend to spend a good bit of time away from wifi during the summer so I want to be able to save Netflix movies and series and watch them offline. This shouldn't be an issue as this feature was added recently. Then I want to save a few Gigabytes of music from Spotify for offline listening. I have a premium account so this shouldn't be an issue.
    The idea is then to use a Bluetooth speaker for playback. Am I likely to have any issues with this?
    I may also pick up a wireless broadband router also to give an option of wifi but I'm not sure it would allow streaming.

    It will allow streaming. I pull 60-100GB's a month watching Netflix and listening to Internet radio or Spotify on a tidy little battery powered Netgear 4G/LTE wireless access point from a number of different Apple devices with absolutely no issues.


  • #3
    Senecio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 970 ✭✭✭Senecio


    Both Netflix and Spotify will require you to check in on Wifi regularly in order to validate your account and synchronise play counts. I think its every 30 days.


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