It will still be a 'picture frame that ran apps' unless Apple seriously supports common productivity tasks such as:
- File system access to backup and restore user created content.
- File system access to allow simple transfer of files between devices.
- User control over installed app versions - i.e. if an app updates and no longer works, or breaks something critical to my business, unless I can role back I can no longer work!
Using iCloud to back up thousands of 50 MB camera RAW files isn't realistic and having a single backup in one location is never a good choice. Getting those files on to my iPad also turned out to be a nightmare, with IOS photo's crashing every time I tried to transfer a shoot considered of more than 1 frame a second. Once on the iPad they had to be imported into the photo editing application literally doubling their file size - very efficient!! Then getting the processed images off the iPad was also awkward. The iPad's not close to being productivity ready, wishing I'd bought a decent laptop instead.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
