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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 at fi