If, like me, you own a Wi-Fi only iPad you may feel constricted at times as to what you can view online with that gloriously large screen. It is a problem for me sometimes when I am away from home with work and want to read a long web article on the iPad. Wi-Fi is either non-existent or costs too much in a hotel so I tend to read the articles on my iPhone. Not any more though.
Blue Route 3g Web Share is a clever solution that needs to be installed on an iPhone and an iPad (you only pay once though) and one which allows you to use the iPhone data connection to view web pages on an iPad. It doesn’t currently do this in real time, but uses a fetching method; load a web page up on your iPhone and Blue Route will automatically move it to the iPad. This is especially useful for long web articles that benefit from the bigger screen and so far I have not had a single problem with the setup.
Connecting the two devices (effectively creating a mini server) takes a matter of seconds; turn on Bluetooth on both devices and follow the instructions to get them talking to each other. When you load up a web page in Blue Route it automatically starts fetching the content on the iPad and this can be done for as many pages as you like. This present dual advantages in that not only do you get a constant form of web access on your iPad, but also offline viewing in a similar way to InstaPaper.
There is nothing more frustrating that having an iPad and no web connectivity and Blue Route is a good start at removing some of the barriers. It displays the web pages perfectly and is one of those apps that just sits there waiting to be used when the time is right. Once you start it may be difficult to stop because it is very easy to build up a large repository of offline viewing on your iPad when it would have been impossible before.
The fact that I can find little to write about Blue Route is the biggest compliment I can offer it. For anyone who owns a Wi-Fi only iPad and an iPhone Blue Route is a must have app that will come in handy time and time again.
Available from iTunes for £3.99.
I’m thinking an iPhone and an iPad maybe be somewhat excessive. I am now pondering a phone watch and an iPad – Ha ha!
I think you’re better off paying a little extra and to get a 3G one with all the goodies. This sounds like something that will soon tire.