Wondering if perhaps having a laptop with you, transfer the pics to it, then sync iTunes (it adds new photos automatically now), then with ipad. Of course you can do this without the pad, but having something more portable to hold in your hand while shooting would be even better, and the screen on my HP TouchSmart is not the best outside because of the touch technology. I love the contrast of my Touch, but not always the size, though I do fall asleep with it under my pillow while I listen to a talking book.

If I am waiting and bored, I will use some of the photo apps to see what looks good on a photo that I have yet to edit, or just have some fun with special effects or frames. The ones I use the most are “Photo Studio”, “DXP” for trying out textures, “Slideshow”, “Color Splash” “Collage” and “Light”. It would be great to do these on the iPad, but not a deal breaker.

I can’t even read phone numbers inb “Contacts” unless I go into editing mode where they are made larger, but I can use the keyboard and write an email, or look through my or my contacts photos using “Darkslide”.

I hope the do develop the technology to upload ohotos straight to the iPAd, I would then have a great reason to buy it, and that’s all I need