The iPad’s file sharing capability is nice, but it requires iTunes, so it’s really only good for the machine the iPad is synced to. To share files with other machines I can use iWork.com or email, but a direct read/write approach would be more useful.
I think that should begin with iDisk. The iPhone’s iDisk app has been around a while. You see all the files, but it’s a read-only gig. That’s fine for the iPhone, where editing documents is not very practical (sorry, Documents To Go, it’s true). The iPad changes that. I want iDisk for iPad to list every installed app that can share files (like iTunes does). When I tap one, show me the app’s files on the iPad, and let me copy them to the iDisk. Likewise, I want to copy files from the iDisk to the app’s iPad directory. C’mon Apple, make this happen. You haven’t released iDisk for iPad yet; I hope this is what you’re working on.
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