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Using the CloudFTP or iUSBport

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The CloudFTP wireless device for iPad – now called iUSBport https://www.hypershop.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=210 This can be used for iPhone and Android devices too This device can be used to download files directly on to an iPad or on to a hard drive. It does this by generating its own wifi network. I bought it as I am going to South America for a month, with a Nikon D800e (file sizes 47mb) and do not have enough memory cards to last the whole trip. I did not want to take a laptop with me. It cost me £80 from Misco. It retails from Amazon for around £100. In retrospect it might have been easier to buy a secondhand netbook through eBay, but I do use the iPad for reading, browsing etc. When you first receive your CloudFTP,  (it measures 7.5x6x2cm) you can charge it up using the lead provided inserted in to a USB plug like the one with the iPad. The device can be used while it is charging. On to your iPad download GoodReader. Good Reader is used to look a...