Noob q.: Can you download & save files in Safari?

[anotherone]

So - not yet bought an iPad, but planning to. It's going to be mostly about playing / consuming, usual sort of thing.

But also, if I want to do part of my job on an ipad, I need to be able to go to websites, and download pdf or word docs, and save them. I'm happy to transfer them to itunes at a later point if i can save them in the first place.

Can the iPad save docs, or is there an app that does the job?

Thanks

 

[LiloThePleo]

Not in Safari, but you can in iCab. Goodreader and Dropbox will also be must haves for you.

 

[rezatayebi]

Safari can't. But if you use Terra Browser, which is free, you can download files and save web pages. Also Filer is a great app for downloading.

 

[Night Spring]

There's also File Browser. You can download files from Safari, and save them on the iPad or onto a shared folder in your wifi network.

 

[anotherone]

Thanks

Easy decision now - and lots of choice. It will go nicely with my new MBP 13 inch i'll be getting at the same time

(I travel a lot - portability and battery are everything to me - not graphics)

 

[camelsnot]

Easy decision now - and lots of choice. It will go nicely with my new MBP 13 inch i'll be getting at the same time

(I travel a lot - portability and battery are everything to me - not graphics)

then an air would've been better for travel versus a mbp.

 

[war eagle]

Safari can if you jailbreak and download Safari Download Manager Plug in. Love it.

 

[anotherone]

it's an old debate but...

then an air would've been better for travel versus a mbp.

For my purposes, I think an air is underpowered. I'm computer programmer, and regularly have Eclipse, tomcat, mysql, apache, firefox, skype & thunderbird open at the same time. Not including putty (on windows), irc chat program etc