IPad – data transfer for iPad app

I am assuming this process will work out to be the same as the current situation with iPhones:

1. Backup your iPad using iTunes.
2. Plug new iPad into same computer.
3. Restore new iPad from old iPad backup.

When this is done with an iPhone, the new iPhone will be configured exactly as the old one - save games, email apps, photos, everything is transfered.

What happens is actually that the backup contains all app data + configuration. The rest is basically a list of stuff that should be synced from your computer to the device (e.g. music, photos, apps).

Since PhotoStream doesn't work for videos, your best bet is probably a 3rd party app.

If you're worried about your pictures being stored on the Internet, you might want to try an app such as PhotoSync ($2) or Photo Transfer App ($3). The former seems like it uses your Bluetooth or Wi-Fi connection to transfer between the two devices rather than uploading the pictures to a webserver and then downloading them on the other device.

I believe that any 3rd party app that deals with photos will need to be granted access to location information. The app isn't necessarily using the location information, it's just that that information is embedded inside of pictures taken while location services was enabled. Therefore, since the app could potentially access your location info, it needs privileges to do so, even if it never ends up actually doing so.