Index: django/db/models/fields/__init__.py
===================================================================
--- django/db/models/fields/__init__.py	(revision 7827)
+++ django/db/models/fields/__init__.py	(working copy)
@@ -766,9 +766,13 @@
     def get_db_prep_save(self, value):
         "Returns field's value prepared for saving into a database."
         # Need to convert UploadedFile objects provided via a form to unicode for database insertion
-        if value is None:
+        if hasattr(value, 'file_name'):
+            raise Exception("Yep %s" % value)
+            return value.file_name
+        elif value is None:
             return None
-        return unicode(value)
+        else:
+            return unicode(value)
 
     def get_manipulator_fields(self, opts, manipulator, change, name_prefix='', rel=False, follow=True):
         field_list = Field.get_manipulator_fields(self, opts, manipulator, change, name_prefix, rel, follow)
@@ -857,9 +861,9 @@
         return os.path.normpath(f)
 
     def save_form_data(self, instance, data):
-        from django.newforms.fields import UploadedFile
+        from django.core.files.uploadedfile import UploadedFile
         if data and isinstance(data, UploadedFile):
-            getattr(instance, "save_%s_file" % self.name)(data.filename, data.data, save=False)
+            getattr(instance, "save_%s_file" % self.name)(data.file_name, data, save=False)
 
     def formfield(self, **kwargs):
         defaults = {'form_class': forms.FileField}
Index: django/newforms/fields.py
===================================================================
--- django/newforms/fields.py	(revision 7827)
+++ django/newforms/fields.py	(working copy)
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 
 from util import ErrorList, ValidationError
 from widgets import TextInput, PasswordInput, HiddenInput, MultipleHiddenInput, FileInput, CheckboxInput, Select, NullBooleanSelect, SelectMultiple, DateTimeInput
+from django.core.files.uploadedfile import SimpleUploadedFile
 
-
 __all__ = (
     'Field', 'CharField', 'IntegerField',
     'DEFAULT_DATE_INPUT_FORMATS', 'DateField',
@@ -460,23 +460,20 @@
                 category = DeprecationWarning,
                 stacklevel = 2
             )
+            data = SimpleUploadedFile(data['filename'], data['content'])
 
         try:
             file_name = data.file_name
             file_size = data.file_size
         except AttributeError:
-            try:
-                file_name = data.get('filename')
-                file_size = bool(data['content'])
-            except (AttributeError, KeyError):
-                raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['invalid'])
+            raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['invalid'])
 
         if not file_name:
             raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['invalid'])
         if not file_size:
             raise ValidationError(self.error_messages['empty'])
 
-        return UploadedFile(file_name, data)
+        return data
 
 class ImageField(FileField):
     default_error_messages = {
Index: tests/modeltests/model_forms/models.py
===================================================================
--- tests/modeltests/model_forms/models.py	(revision 7827)
+++ tests/modeltests/model_forms/models.py	(working copy)
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@
 >>> f.is_valid()
 True
 >>> type(f.cleaned_data['file'])
-<class 'django.newforms.fields.UploadedFile'>
+<class 'django.core.files.uploadedfile.SimpleUploadedFile'>
 >>> instance = f.save()
 >>> instance.file
 u'...test1.txt'
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@
 >>> f.is_valid()
 True
 >>> type(f.cleaned_data['file'])
-<class 'django.newforms.fields.UploadedFile'>
+<class 'django.core.files.uploadedfile.SimpleUploadedFile'>
 >>> instance = f.save()
 >>> instance.file
 u'...test1.txt'
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@
 >>> f.is_valid()
 True
 >>> type(f.cleaned_data['image'])
-<class 'django.newforms.fields.UploadedFile'>
+<class 'django.core.files.uploadedfile.SimpleUploadedFile'>
 >>> instance = f.save()
 >>> instance.image
 u'...test.png'
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@
 >>> f.is_valid()
 True
 >>> type(f.cleaned_data['image'])
-<class 'django.newforms.fields.UploadedFile'>
+<class 'django.core.files.uploadedfile.SimpleUploadedFile'>
 >>> instance = f.save()
 >>> instance.image
 u'...test.png'
Index: tests/regressiontests/forms/fields.py
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--- tests/regressiontests/forms/fields.py	(revision 7827)
+++ tests/regressiontests/forms/fields.py	(working copy)
@@ -800,10 +800,10 @@
 ValidationError: [u'The submitted file is empty.']
 
 >>> type(f.clean(SimpleUploadedFile('name', 'Some File Content')))
-<class 'django.newforms.fields.UploadedFile'>
+<class 'django.core.files.uploadedfile.SimpleUploadedFile'>
 
 >>> type(f.clean(SimpleUploadedFile('name', 'Some File Content'), 'files/test4.pdf'))
-<class 'django.newforms.fields.UploadedFile'>
+<class 'django.core.files.uploadedfile.SimpleUploadedFile'>
 
 # URLField ##################################################################
 
Index: docs/newforms.txt
===================================================================
--- docs/newforms.txt	(revision 7827)
+++ docs/newforms.txt	(working copy)
@@ -1331,23 +1331,12 @@
     * Validates that non-empty file data has been bound to the form.
     * Error message keys: ``required``, ``invalid``, ``missing``, ``empty``
 
-An ``UploadedFile`` object has two attributes:
+To learn more about the ``UploadedFile`` object, see the `file uploads documentation`_.
 
-    ======================  ====================================================
-    Attribute               Description
-    ======================  ====================================================
-    ``filename``            The name of the file, provided by the uploading
-                            client.
-                            
-    ``content``             The array of bytes comprising the file content.
-    ======================  ====================================================
-
-The string representation of an ``UploadedFile`` is the same as the filename
-attribute.
-
 When you use a ``FileField`` on a form, you must also remember to
 `bind the file data to the form`_.
 
+.. _file uploads documentation: ../upload_handling/
 .. _`bind the file data to the form`: `Binding uploaded files to a form`_
 
 ``FilePathField``