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Figure 10.24
Keynote's
presenter mode
The iPad envisions a future where people don't need to worry about file
management. Using the Finder under Mac OS X, or Windows Explorer on
a PC, leads to all sorts of gunk under the hood:
Where are my documents?
If the desktop is right there behind my windows, why is it also a folder?
Why can't I find the file I just saved?
We've coped with it for years because
that was just the way it was. According to Apple's view of the world, an
iPad owner shouldn't be exposed to all that. You create something. It's
just there. End of story.
But we're not quite there yet. Like it or not, we still have to deal with files,
and right now the process of getting them on and off the iPad is a bit of
a mess.
There are currently three ways of transferring files that can be opened
by applications on the iPad: send them via email, use iTunes as the gate-
way, or use a network service such as Apple's iWork.com, Dropbox, or
SugarSync.
