Re: OT: Stupid iPad Question

2016-04-18 Thread Paul
Definitely get as much memory as you can afford. I don't think you'll be disappointed in the Air 2 but if the 128 gig is within your reach, go for it. Sooner or later you'll wish you had. As for data transfer, there are a multitude of cloud services to which iPad apps will connect - Box,

Re: OT: Stupid iPad Question

2016-04-18 Thread Bill
I ended up ordering the Ipad Pro, as the Air 2 just barely met the specification I needed to run my quadcopter. I went with the middle memory package, which is 128gb. It's more memory than I will ever need on the thing, I expect the 32 GB one would have been fine. bill On 4/18/2016 9:06 AM,

Re: OT: Stupid iPad Question

2016-04-18 Thread Bruce Walker
I bought a 9.7" iPad Air last fall primarily for tethering to my camera during shooting. I also use it for browsing the web and social services at home or coffee shops via WiFi. I chose the base 16 Gig unit as I didn't (and don't) plan on storing anything on it. I don't try to use it for

Re: OT: Stupid iPad Question

2016-04-18 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
The biggest mistake made when buying iPad devices is to buy too little storage memory. I would consider 32 G an absolute minimum... 64 or 128 G are better. Yes, you can read from SD cards with the Lightning SD card connector. You need an app to write to an external file system like a disk

Re: OT: Stupid iPad Question

2016-04-18 Thread David J Brooks
directly, no mine does not. But you can but an adaptor to plug into the lightning port. I bought an iBridge unit, works well but sucks ther battery Dave On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 11:55 PM, Bill wrote: > I find myself in a situation where an iPad is the best tool for

OT: Stupid iPad Question

2016-04-17 Thread Bill
I find myself in a situation where an iPad is the best tool for the job. I am thinking the 9.7 inch ipad pro as the best compromise of cost, future proofing and usability. Can these things take an SD card as well? I'm thinking 32 gigs might be a little light, but I don't want to spend extra if