Sending Email Attachments in iOS
April 15, 2011
The bottom line is it’s not possible. At least natively.
I discovered this unfortunate circumstance this morning as I was trying to reply to an email with a screenshot from my iPad. I could have sent it from Photos, but that would have required me to write a new email and the recipients weren’t in my address book. I would also prefer to keep the screenshot associated with the original email for context. No such luck, though.
What about sending non-photo attachments (like a document)? Also, not possible. There is an app called GoodReader that (among other things) will allow you to send files as email attachments, but no such functionality is built into iOS. Do I really want another app to enable such a simple process? And for $4.99?
I love my iPad for 101 reasons, but how can we really call the iPad a “go between” device or “laptop killer” if it can’t natively do something as simple as send an email attachment. I think this discovery just reinforces for me even further that the iPad is a consumption device and isn’t suited for creation/productivity.