Photo Downres to iPad?

[swwack91]

I'm trying to decide what size iPad 2 to get at the end of the week. I have a sizable iPhoto library (25 GB) and would like to sync all of my photos to my iPad. I currently sync all my photos to my iPod and it downresses them quite a bit.

Do photos get downressed when sync'ed to an iPad? If so, can anyone attest to the ratio of saved space?

Thanks!

 

[rspeaker]

Yes they do, and if I'm not mistaken, they get resized same as on the iPhone: about 700KB. My iPhoto library is 4.5GB (~1200 3-4MB photos) and ends up being about 1.5GB on the iPhone.

Edit (March 14): Looked at masters folder within iPhoto library; it's 5.8GB. Synced to iPhone, still takes about 1.5GB, but on new iPad, it's 3.2GB. Seems they are compressed, but maybe not nearly as much as they are for the iPhone.