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I've got a large format piece a client wants to see the high res version of. He's on an iPad. It's a pretty simple piece, and is only a 1.7MB PDF. Apparently you can't view PDFs on an iPad. I could send him a JPEG, but then it's an extremely large file that may take him years to download with ATT's slow 3G.
So what format can I send him that wont be huge AND be readable on his iPad?
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He doesn't have an iPad pdf reader app?
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You can view PDF's on the ipad, don't know where you got that piece of misinformation. JPEG's will work as well. Do you have an ipod touch on hand (or know someone that does?)? You can test your file on that type of device first, as the ipad will handle the same files.
If you want your client to be able to carry the pdf/jpeg around with him, it can be done especially easily if he has a dropbox account. on the ipad, you can select the file as a "favorite", and it can always be viewed, even if there's no network connectivity.
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I would go pdf for the time-being. There are free pdf readers for the iPad.
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Goodreader for iPad will also allow connections to Google Docs, or any WebDAV server, and will view PDF's.
I don't recall doing anything but clicking the attachment in iPads mail to read a PDF... but I don't know if that was before, or after, I installed some other apps (like Goodreader, Pages, etc), on my moms iPad.
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The best way to view a pdf as far as I know (and I just tested it to make sure I remembered it correctly) is to use iBooks.
I sent myself a test pdf and viewed my mail with the attachment. You click on the file in Mail. Then up in the right hand corner, it gives you the option to "Open in iBooks".
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Ok, well, I'm not the owner of the iPad so I can't install anything.
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True... but you could suggest to your client that Goodreader, or the already installed iBooks would make sending him proofs easier.
Or you could just email him the PDF and let him figure out that he can open it just fine.
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Can you upload the PDF to a web server? If so, you should be able to use Safari on the iPad to locate the online PDF and open it.
I can do it on my iPhone 3GS, iOS 3.1.3, but maneuvering through the actual document is a little rough on the small screen.
Jeff
