why isn't there a file system?

I have no problem getting files from one app to another. Try using better apps or thinking outside the box. You're trying to do traditional tasks on a non-traditional device and actually have the nerve to blame Apple for not handing you a system that works like every computer you've owned in the past?

The ipad is built for media consumption, not for media creation. With that said, enterprise adoption is rapidly increasing given the greater security of the ios ecosystem vs android. With enterprise implementations, local storage of documents is frowned upon and presents a security risk. Why need a local filesystem when u can access your company cloud storage system?

Essentially, the way it works now, each iOS application has it's own restricted directory which only that application can access. Personal information should be stored there, securely.

What that user was suggesting is that the iOS file system have openly accessible directories in addition to that. Places within the file system where you can store images, documents, and other files that you would want to allow access to.

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Good.

Goodbye. It's been fun.

"Goodbye iPad, hello Android - I'm done."

Thank goodness!

One less whiner we will have to put up with.

There is freeware available for the Mac &amp; pc called iexplorer allows access to the file system. Can side load stuff without jail breaking - nice help for getting around apple closed Eco system - when needed

GA_ipad wrote:

Once you go beyond using it for just browsing the web or sending email, and try to use it for professional productivity, you'll see just how bad the limitation of having a kindergarten-based file system really is.

If the iPad doesn't meet your requirements, you should buy a product that does.

So you're not leaving yet?

:(

Chris CA wrote:

So you're not leaving yet?

:(

😁

GA_ipad wrote:

Exactly. Unfortunantly, it appears the iPad will only meet the requirements of those needing to use it for games and light web browsing/email. They are missing a huge market of professional users who need to see a file system in order to use it for any serious productivity.

Apple has a plan, and you have to admit, their decision to miss "a huge market of professional users" has somehow resulted in a veritable lock on the tablet market. You also have to admit that every other company that has tried this, from Microsoft in the last ten years to Android, have somehow completely and utterly failed to get any traction in the tablet market despite that fact that they are not "missing a huge market of professional users."

I'm not saying you're wrong...you definitely should buy only the device that really does what you want, even if it isn't an iPad. All I'm saying is, the file system issue has simultaneously not hurt Apple and not helped any other tablet maker. At all. The "huge market" that there is, has apparently voted to go Apple. With their dollars. And enterprise use of the iPad is actually growing.

(I don't actually own an iPad yet, can't justify it.)

Would you rather have a virused app that ruins your whole iPad experiance entirely (just like what happend to my ****** droid) or would you rather have a safe device that won't get fkd. Even my jailbroken iPad 5.0.1 is safer than an android. Whiner.