Viewing Canon 7D RAW images on iPad

I'm a photographer and I'm interested in getting an iPad if it will let me view the RAW images on a memory card in the field to determine their quality. I don't want to use the iPad as a backup storage device; I just want to view the RAW images in a large enough size to determine whether I should keep them or throw them away. Then I want to delete those images *+from the memory card and from the iPad.+*
From what I've read so far, it seems that you must actually download the images onto the iPad before you can view them large (i.e. you can't zoom the thumbnails displayed from the card itself.) Is this correct?
Then, presumably, once I've reviewed the images on the iPad, I'd have to reconnect the memory card in order to delete the ones I don't want. Would I have to re-download these selected images to the iPad in order for it to give me the option of deleting them from the memory card or can I just instruct it to delete the selected images directly from the card? I have a Canon 7D that produces 18MP RAW images, so I want to do as little unnecessary transferring of files as possible.
I'm also trying to find out if the iPad handles RAW images from the 7D. I've seen conflicting information about this.
Thanks for any help.

Using the camera connection kit you can download the raw files and the iPad will show them, but you will not actually see the raw data. What you see is the same that you see on the LCD on your camera (when you shoot raw). It is the JPG preview that is embedded into each raw file. There is no raw editing on the iPad.
Using the camera connection kit you can download selected images and then decide to delete those from the camera or card. It is not a file manager, though. The only functionality you have is to select them, copy them onto the iPad, then after that's complete delete the ones you copied from the card. If you decide not to delete them right away I think you have to go through the procedure of downloading them again to be able to delete them.
I don't have a 7D so I can't confirm if the iPad recognizes those raw files properly.
I'm a photographer as well and I found the iPad to be not useful to use as a device to check images during a shoot. You have to initiate a file copy each time by hand and since there is no raw processing whatsoever you can't inspect the raw photo to fine tune exposure. I still use a normal laptop running Lightroom tethered to my camera when I shoot in a studio.

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