Re: [iPad] a little cold water

 

https://9to5mac.com/2015/03/20/the-best-iphoneipad-usb-flash-drives-with-lightning-connectors/comment-page-1/


Pat

On Nov 3, 2016, at 12:31 AM, Alice Saunders lwr32@mac.com [iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


Area the flash drives for iPad and iPhone expensive? Can they be used the same as plugging drives into a Mac?  

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On Nov 1, 2016, at 1:35 AM, Christopher Collins iphone@analogdigital.com.au [iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

Actually, while I hate to argue with you, there are flash drives available that will plug quite happily into anything (iPhone or iPad) that has a Lightning port! The other end of the flash drive usually has a USB port.


cjc


On 1 Nov 2016, at 1:24 PM, Tobyel tobyel@comcast.net [iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


Thanks for the answer. 

Toby

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On Oct 30, 2016, at 7:33 PM, Tony tdale@xtra.co.nz [iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

Nope. But you can't plug anything else in either, that's an anomaly that is iPad, and iPhone lack of function that has always existed. Here we are talking about laptops 



From: "Tobyel tobyel@comcast.net [iPad]" <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
To: iPad@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Monday, 31 October 2016 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: [iPad] a little cold water

 
Can you use a usb drive to plug into an iPad to download videos, etc.? 

Toby

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On Oct 30, 2016, at 2:44 PM, Tony tdale@xtra.co.nz [iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 
But you can't. You also can;t live without a floppy drive. Its just that those devices are still there, but better now. USB3 stick, external drives. 



From: "Kris Murray krismurray@gmail.com [iPad]" <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
To: iPad@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Monday, 31 October 2016 5:31 AM
Subject: Re: [iPad] a little cold water

 
Or gee I can't live without a cd drive. 

~KLM
\\ "The one who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd.. The one who walks alone, is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been." ~ Albert Einstein //

On Oct 29, 2016, at 7:46 PM, Alice Saunders lwr32@mac.com [iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 
Gee, I can't live without my floppy drive. Sound familiar? People got over it.  People will get over having to carry dongles.... Or the will figure out a way to live without whatever it is they need a dongle for.  

All the complaints make me think about what would today's people do without computers and cellphones like I did growing up and into my mid-20's. I believe they're get along just as everyone will work the new Macs. 

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On Oct 29, 2016, at 5:19 PM, gerrysair@gmail.com [iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 
I find this an interesting thread.

To be fair to both sides, the new MacBook Pro has a lot of really nice features, including the screen which is of course necessary.

But I do think the writer has a point.  Apple used to be the kings of innovation - not weird and poorly manufactured innovation, but rather things that worked in different and better ways and that also looked sexy and just plain worked better than the PC / Motorola / Android worlds.

I actually have wanted to buy an Apple Watch and update my MacBook Pro.  I even have the money to do it (luckily enough).  But I don't understand why on earth they would forgo things like the magsafe cord and not have at least one USB 3 port.  The new MacBook has four ports.  No one wants a dongle.  Why make them carry them around with you?

There are a number of third party dongles that insert into the USB-C ports and remain and then the charging cable clicks in magnetically.  So if you pull on it, it comes loose.

And I also agree with the writer that that Apple battery case is expensive and as someone once said "fugly".

I live in a world of my iPad, iPhone and Mac.  I have been really underwhelmed by the lack of innovation from the hardware perspective.  Their software ecosystem is great (though the new version of iOS is buggy - my iPad bricked the other day after upgrading).  But still, why make people buy dongles?  My not have iPhone screens like some of the android counterparts that are just plain better.

Just my thoughts.  Maybe it is time to sell my Apple stock (yet still keep my devices).

Gerry



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