Folio Builder without 'creating apps'

Like many designers I have been somewhat frustrated with ID to iPad options for simple presentations. My needs are straight-forward and don't involve monetisation of 'apps' or anything distrubuted via the AppStore. I am simply wanting to produce presenations that get delivered on an iPad.
PDF is almost perfect, but doesn't cut it because of the inability to use video
Keynote doens't offer me the design flexibility (typefaces etc.) and I prefer to stay 100% (as much as possible) in InDesign
Not interested in the complex workflows going via Flash and HTML 5. Doesn't suit my workflow.
Folio builder is obviously what I have been looking for and was the primarily reason I just upgraded to CS5.5. I just cannot get my head around the workflows... I have spent days researching and just hang up after two hours on hold waiting for an Adobe Support tech... never again ;-)
Can I use Folio Builder to produce presentations WITHOUT paying $500 a month? My understanding was that I should be able to still produce content and view it on a local iPad and on the iMac using Content Viewer via an Acrobat.com account (ie. using my Adobe ID). One day I would love to produce 'real Apps' but for now, my clients simply don't have that need or the ability to make it cost effective.
I have been trying for a week now but cannot get Content Viewer on my iMac or iPad to 'work'. By that I mean shared folios are not viewable. I can see shared files in Folio Builder but when I go to 'preview' it 'gets stuck' in Content Viewer. Blue bar just stops and after hours nothing happens. On the iPad I always get a message asking me to 'upgrade the app' but it's the latest version...
I am hoping that these 'digital publishing tools' touted by Adobe are not just for the use of the 1% of designers working for large publishing companies or very large agencies.
Anyway, thanks in advance for your time. Any help MUCH appreciated!

I just posted this a few minutes ago in another thread, but it bears repeatin in this thread, IMHO:
"I have been closely monitoring many threads here at DPS (and DPS Private Beta Forums) in the last few weeks, and yes I am new to this particular product group having only been in it since March. But I wonder if there is some way that Adobe can be made aware of how serious this issue is with Builder and Viewer and tools "not lining up" with Apple.
"To keep putting this problem on Apple is somewhat of a shopworn technique (and I say this with all due respect.). Still, Apple commands fully 80+ % of the tablet market. They are the big dog.
"Suggestions for the future: Perhaps there will be a way to choose a tools/viewers workflow at startup -- or to put a bigger "red flag" before installing any update that is not yet supported by Apple. Approaching this from the engineering side, you may have forgotten just how many disclaimer screens the average designer/production person faces every week! Many of us don't read them carefully. (Richard Dreyfuss reads them).
"I have nothing but admiration for what Adobe software engineers are trying to do -- and these are nascent times to be sure. But it certainly seems like this launch is going poorly.
-- Jeff

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