They updated iMovie; it now plays on the iPad!!
It’s slow and rather clunky, but I did the hotspot thing and was able to download it to my iPad 1 last week. Version 1.3, I believe. I then pulled some videos I had on the iPad and made a 60 second travelogue with music and themes. Absolutely wonderful.
Now, I am saving for the Mac Mini refurb ($510) then $39 at Amazon to upgrade to 8 GB; that will be my new home desktop. Windows may be moving to Win8; but that train is going to leave without me, I’m stepping over to the Mac side of the street.
Huh. Just checked & tried, no such luck. Insists on a front-facing camera.