We're making an iOS scouting app

[themitchshow]

This is a really great idea. Our team (27 Team RUSH) created an app last year for use with iPads that we used quite successfully. The one issue that our programmers are working on currently to get ready for the 2013 season is transferring all the data captured from the iPads to somewhere else. We had to tether each of the ipads to a laptop whenever we wanted to transfer data because you can't have open wifi at FRC tournaments. We still haven't found an easier way to transfer data. How did you guys do it?

[JOEL340]

When is the app going to be up and running?

[EricDrost]

Originally Posted by themitchshow

This is a really great idea. Our team (27 Team RUSH) created an app last year for use with iPads that we used quite successfully. The one issue that our programmers are working on currently to get ready for the 2013 season is transferring all the data captured from the iPads to somewhere else. We had to tether each of the ipads to a laptop whenever we wanted to transfer data because you can't have open wifi at FRC tournaments. We still haven't found an easier way to transfer data. How did you guys do it?

It would be very easy to transfer using NFC. You'd have to use the superior mobile operating system to do it though.

[jlmcmchl]

Originally Posted by EricDrost

It would be very easy to transfer using NFC. You'd have to use the superior mobile operating system to do it though.

After doing some research, it looks to be that you can use iPads with Bluetooth PANs. This seems to be the best solutio for an indivial team. But for a community of scouting, the best approach is a single device with cellular data, but I'd still like to know the OP's solution. On another note, NFC won't be the best solution here, because you would have to switch connections constantly, an arduous and unnecessarily manual process.