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That doesn't mean you're doing it right--only trying to do it YOUR way
1. Sending photos. It took me less than one minute to figure out how to send a photo with text attached. It took me less than two more to figure out how to send as many as I wanted in a single email. Just because you're used to doing things the hard way doesn't mean it has to be difficult.
2. If you want to use it like a hard drive, that's definitely your prerogative. That doesn't mean I have to understand it. I've told you it can be done with the iPhone, though it's different from the Android method. Me? I don't want to risk plugging my smartphone into somebody else's computer where it could get corrupted by some Windows malware. At least an thumb drive is smaller, faster as a hard drive, larger capacity (because it doesn't share space with OS and Apps) and is lockable.
3. And again I say that what you want is fully capable with the newer models of both iPhone and iPad.
4. Ok then. Why would you want to 'remote connect in' when the thing's right in your pocket. Or are you trying to move files and do things that Apple's products do naturally without needing to manually synch it?
5. So you're telling me your Android already does this? Or are you waiting for the Windows 8 models which will have better interconnectivity than Android does with either OS?
6. Believe it or not, I didn't see the need to argue that. I fully understand that point and while there are workarounds (like emailing the item to be printed to a specific printer--both HP and Dell printers offer this) it's not what you're looking for. Still, the technology for that is coming.
7. I still think its a setting in the router rather than the phone--especially if it affects more than one phone simultaneously. I do admit that the Wi-Fi radio in the iPhones are a little different from others which might cause the problem, but at least the new model is capable all the way up to 802.11n
8. Headphones, except in an office or home environment, is absolutely dangerous no matter the brand. I live near a college that straddles railroad tracks and lately not a semester goes by where I don't hear of at least one student getting hit by a train because they were wearing headphones. While I understand you may not appreciate it, I believe Apple is trying to reduce that risk by some little bit.
9. Well, if you want to send me those 10-20 pdfs and let me try them, I'll be happy to help you troubleshoot. That is my business after all. It seemed pretty straightforward and easy to me, but then, maybe some of those pdfs have privacy controls on them that need to be set on the receiving phone.
10. Well, these are opinion boards after all. At least I acknowledge them as opinions based on personal experience. That personal experience puts me in contact with one of the biggest banks in the world who, by the way, uses iPhones and iPads as well as other products for their management and staff. Regretfully for some, Android is not included in those other products due to known security issues. Windows Phone 8 might be a different story.
My arguments here are to people who insist Apple's products CAN'T do what they obviously CAN do. Most people who say it can't perform themselves simply don't know how to make it work--and usually it's because they tried to do it "the Windows Way". I do not deny that Android has other capabilities--but Android is not for me because I don't need to waste my time constantly troubleshooting software problems that cause lock-ups, crashes and freezes. I do know ICS is much improved, but I still read reviews that say it's choppy and "unfinished". In four years of owning iPhones I've had one of them crash ONCE and the other NEVER. In two and a half years of owning an iPad, it's crashed twice and I do believe with that one that it has hardware issues because the home key doesn't work. Interestingly, I don't need the Home key as Gestures gets me there just as quickly.
2. If you want to use it like a hard drive, that's definitely your prerogative. That doesn't mean I have to understand it. I've told you it can be done with the iPhone, though it's different from the Android method. Me? I don't want to risk plugging my smartphone into somebody else's computer where it could get corrupted by some Windows malware. At least an thumb drive is smaller, faster as a hard drive, larger capacity (because it doesn't share space with OS and Apps) and is lockable.
3. And again I say that what you want is fully capable with the newer models of both iPhone and iPad.
4. Ok then. Why would you want to 'remote connect in' when the thing's right in your pocket. Or are you trying to move files and do things that Apple's products do naturally without needing to manually synch it?
5. So you're telling me your Android already does this? Or are you waiting for the Windows 8 models which will have better interconnectivity than Android does with either OS?
6. Believe it or not, I didn't see the need to argue that. I fully understand that point and while there are workarounds (like emailing the item to be printed to a specific printer--both HP and Dell printers offer this) it's not what you're looking for. Still, the technology for that is coming.
7. I still think its a setting in the router rather than the phone--especially if it affects more than one phone simultaneously. I do admit that the Wi-Fi radio in the iPhones are a little different from others which might cause the problem, but at least the new model is capable all the way up to 802.11n
8. Headphones, except in an office or home environment, is absolutely dangerous no matter the brand. I live near a college that straddles railroad tracks and lately not a semester goes by where I don't hear of at least one student getting hit by a train because they were wearing headphones. While I understand you may not appreciate it, I believe Apple is trying to reduce that risk by some little bit.
9. Well, if you want to send me those 10-20 pdfs and let me try them, I'll be happy to help you troubleshoot. That is my business after all. It seemed pretty straightforward and easy to me, but then, maybe some of those pdfs have privacy controls on them that need to be set on the receiving phone.
10. Well, these are opinion boards after all. At least I acknowledge them as opinions based on personal experience. That personal experience puts me in contact with one of the biggest banks in the world who, by the way, uses iPhones and iPads as well as other products for their management and staff. Regretfully for some, Android is not included in those other products due to known security issues. Windows Phone 8 might be a different story.
My arguments here are to people who insist Apple's products CAN'T do what they obviously CAN do. Most people who say it can't perform themselves simply don't know how to make it work--and usually it's because they tried to do it "the Windows Way". I do not deny that Android has other capabilities--but Android is not for me because I don't need to waste my time constantly troubleshooting software problems that cause lock-ups, crashes and freezes. I do know ICS is much improved, but I still read reviews that say it's choppy and "unfinished". In four years of owning iPhones I've had one of them crash ONCE and the other NEVER. In two and a half years of owning an iPad, it's crashed twice and I do believe with that one that it has hardware issues because the home key doesn't work. Interestingly, I don't need the Home key as Gestures gets me there just as quickly.
Posted by DWFields
13th Sep
