How to import a PNG with alpha?

I have some images I made in photoshop (on my PC) that have a transparent background. I exported them as a 24 bit PNG with a alpha channel. Importing to my ipad through itunes as a photo seems to loose the alpha channel. How do I use alpha in Keynote? This is a very basic function - what am I doing wrong?

First off, Thank you to Iwell, skers1 and Kyn Drake for your help. I also found an unlikely work-around since posting my question. It's an app called myPhone Desktop (universal binary). It will let you copy a phone #, text, url or image from your desktop (pc/mac) and sends that to your iPhone/iPad/iTouch! Best of all, it supports image alpha! Very quick and simple. Here is the link http://www.myphonedesktop.com

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Kathleen13 wrote:
> I have just upgraded my Macromedia Studio 8 to Adobe
CS3, and it seems that I
> still can't export a 24 bit png with transparency from
Fireworks (Photoshop can
> do it, but it's just not suited for volume graphic
production). Anyone know
> something I don't, or can someone at least explain why I
can have alpha
> transparency on 8 bit and 32 bit, but not 24 bit pngs?
Currently, I'm planning
> to export everything from Fireworks, then batch-process
through Photoshop to
> reduce from 32 bit to 24 bit, which is just... gah!
Words fail me.
>
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settings.
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