Downloading and Using I-Tunes

[Geoff Shang]

Hi,

I've not had to deal with iPhones specifically, but we have an iPod Touch 
4 here that we've had for a couple of weeks.

Regarding activation, if you mean activating Voiceover, if you have access 
to a person who can see then you can activate it on the phone itself 
without needing iTunes.

I don't know of a way to download apps, purchase music from the iTunes 
Store or upgrade the device firmware under Linux, though I admit I've not 
looked into it much either.  You can purchase apps and (probably) music 
directly on the iPhone itself, but again I'm not aware of a way of 
upgrading to a newer version of iOS without using iTunes.

Geoff.