I just bought a Garmin Edge 25, took three rides with it last week, and after a day-and-a-half of issues with Garmin Connect finally got an account and uploaded the rides. I also synced it with Ride with GPS, which I had registered with earlier. (I'm looking at Ride with GPS because I can get free premium membership if I join a semi-local bike club.)

I know, I always seem to feel a need to start with a preamble...So here comes what I would like help with: Does anyone know of a way to upload rides to Garmin without attaching the Edge to your computer or smart phone? I really would like to upload while touring. In particular, the Edge unit has Bluetooth but it seems to only work with smart phones, something that I don't have or intend on getting. (BTW, I don't see a way to actually turn off Bluetooth, to extend battery life, as all that comes up in the Edge menu when I search is an option to link with a smart phone--so maybe it turns it on and then back off when it finds nothing?) I would really like to connect with my wifi-only iPad, but that doesn't seem possible, or at least I don't know how as it doesn't show up in the iPad's Bluetooth search. I've searched the internet looking for iPad apps or hacks to enable syncing, though I think that the issue may be on the Garmin side. I've also thought about trying a lightning to usb cable (available for connecting some cameras to an iPad), but the iPad does not send power to the lightning plug and, from what I've read, I might also need a power source and a jail-broken iPad (or maybe not!) for anything to be recognized through the lightning port. Funny, though, as my PC recognizes my iPad when I connect it and has no trouble pulling off pictures.

Thanks for any help, even if its just to tell me there is no solution given my constraints.

Edit: BTW, I did email Garmin for help but haven't heard back.