iPad having no USB connections

EURATS

What's the story?

Enright

It doesn't FULL STOP

Using a combination of the camera connect kit one can transfer photos but not documents as th epower requirement would be too large

i have seen some youtube videos where people have jailbroken theior ipad and can using the camera connection view and import other documents, but i would advice jail breaking

Loads of other option for transferring files, personally i use dropbox

EURATS

Enright wrote: »

It doesn't FULL STOP

Using a combination of the camera connect kit one can transfer photos but not documents as th epower requirement would be too large

i have seen some youtube videos where people have jailbroken theior ipad and can using the camera connection view and import other documents, but i would advice jail breaking

Loads of other option for transferring files, personally i use dropbox

So no ability for an external hard drive or installing files off a USB stick. Madness.

3DataModem

What do you want to use it for? There's no real need for it in my experience.

EURATS

3DataModem wrote: »

What do you want to use it for? There's no real need for it in my experience.

Was given a USB stick from work with 3 gig of files on it. Told to email it to myself to install it. What a load of balls

smash

EURATS wrote: »

So no ability for an external hard drive or installing files off a USB stick. Madness.

Not really true, you can get adapters.


Anyway, there's a thread here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056731398

EURATS

smash wrote: »

EURATS wrote: »

So no ability for an external hard drive or installing files off a USB stick. Madness.

Not really true, you can get adapters.


Anyway, there's a thread here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056731398

Thanks for that

Creamy Goodness

EURATS wrote: »

So no ability for an external hard drive or installing files off a USB stick. Madness.

did you do your research before dropping money on an ipad? it's quite a well know fact that it doesn't have usb.

EURATS

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

EURATS wrote: »

So no ability for an external hard drive or installing files off a USB stick. Madness.

did you do your research before dropping money on an ipad? it's quite a well know fact that it doesn't have usb.

Didn't drop any money. Given it by work

splashthecash

A contender for worst first post ever...

Are you referring to the iPad in general OP? If so, what took you so long to ask - its on its 3rd generation now, a bit slow off the mark.

"iPhone having no FM radio....whats the story?"

Creamy Goodness

EURATS wrote: »

Didn't drop any money. Given it by work

work should have know better, ipads are content consuming devices by in large for the most part.

EURATS

splashthecash wrote: »

A contender for worst first post ever...

Are you referring to the iPad in general OP? If so, what took you so long to ask - its on its 3rd generation now, a bit slow off the mark.

"iPhone having no FM radio....whats the story?"

I won't sink to ur levels to tell u what u are. Deep down u know urself!!

smash

EURATS wrote: »

I won't sink to ur levels to tell u what u are. Deep down u know urself!!

Ah come on. In order to be informed, you'd have to rise to his level, not sink. :P

EURATS

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

EURATS wrote: »

Didn't drop any money. Given it by work

work should have know better, ipads are content consuming devices by in large for the most part.

That's good to know alright. Would have needed to have thought long and hard to draw that conclusion. So many geniuses here. Is unreal

EURATS

smash wrote: »

EURATS wrote: »

I won't sink to ur levels to tell u what u are. Deep down u know urself!!

Ah come on. In order to be informed, you'd have to rise to his level, not sink. :P

Yeah..more genius.
Considering..he had nothing constructive to add..like urself..I think sink is more appropriate. Sink to the trolls with dim wit

smash

EURATS wrote: »

Yeah..more genius.
Considering..he had nothing constructive to add..like urself..I think sink is more appropriate. Sink to the trolls with dim wit

Actually I pointed out that you can get an adapter and also pointed to a previous thread.

EURATS

smash wrote: »

EURATS wrote: »

Yeah..more genius.
Considering..he had nothing constructive to add..like urself..I think sink is more appropriate. Sink to the trolls with dim wit

Actually I pointed out that you can get an adapter and also pointed to a previous thread.

U were thanked for it!

120_Minutes

Why not tell the genius at work to set up a dropbox/other cloud storage and stop giving you usb sticks?

Problem solved. i havent missed the lack of usb on my ipad.

EURATS

120_Minutes wrote: »

Why not tell the genius at work to set up a dropbox/other cloud storage and stop giving you usb sticks?

"well said bud"

Problem solved. i havent missed the lack of usb on my ipad.

USB would be handy..nonsense of apple not to have it..

28064212

EURATS wrote: »

USB would be handy..nonsense of apple not to have it..

A DVD drive would be handy too. Apple made a decision that it wouldn't provide enough benefit or be economical to include it. Exactly the same as they did with USB

EURATS

28064212 wrote: »

EURATS wrote: »

USB would be handy..nonsense of apple not to have it..

A DVD drive would be handy too. Apple made a decision that it wouldn't provide enough benefit or be economical to include it. Exactly the same as they did with USB

Wouldn't bother me about the DVD drive. Just the USB.

28064212

EURATS wrote: »

Wouldn't bother me about the DVD drive. Just the USB.

...and? I assume you're not expecting Apple to cater to every single individual who decides they'd like a particular feature, so what's the point of the thread?

EURATS

28064212 wrote: »

EURATS wrote: »

Wouldn't bother me about the DVD drive. Just the USB.

...and? I assume you're not expecting Apple to cater to every single individual who decides they'd like a particular feature, so what's the point of the thread?

I would say I'm far from the only one who could use it.
As for the point of the thread...am I answerable to u?

28064212

EURATS wrote: »

I would say I'm far from the only one who could use it.

And I'm sure lots of people would use a DVD drive if it was available. So?

EURATS wrote: »

As for the point of the thread...am I answerable to u?

Did I say you were? I asked you a question. Quite politely too. Answer it if you want

EURATS

28064212 wrote: »

EURATS wrote: »

I would say I'm far from the only one who could use it.

And I'm sure lots of people would use a DVD drive if it was available. So?


An external DVD could run off a fcuking USB port. Happy days!

EURATS wrote: »

As for the point of the thread...am I answerable to u?

Did I say you were? I asked you a question. Quite politely too. Answer it if you want

The point of the thread wasn't up for debate.

28064212

EURATS wrote: »

The point of the thread wasn't up for debate.

I wasn't debating it, I asked you what the point of the thread was. You don't seem to be looking for alternatives, you don't seem to be suggesting Apple should include it in the next iPad, you don't seem to want to discuss the pros and cons of including it, so..... what's the point of the thread?

bazzer86

If you looking to put movies on it from your laptop, you can get an app called goodplayer... It transfers using wifi. I highly recommend it, it's one of my favourite apps

WHL

In fairness, I would have said a few months ago that I wouldn't touch an iPad because of the lack of USB. Bought one on a visit to the US in a moment of weakness and haven't looked back since. I now regret splashing out on a new laptop some months ago!! I bought Documents To Go for about a tenner and use that to synchronise content between my laptop and iPad over my wifi connection. Works great. iCloud would be much the same but I have always sworn by Documents To Go. If you want transfer movies, AVPlayerHD is a good option also

Give the iPad a month or two and come back to say what you think....

EURATS

28064212 wrote: »

EURATS wrote: »

The point of the thread wasn't up for debate.

I wasn't debating it, I asked you what the point of the thread was. You don't seem to be looking for alternatives, you don't seem to be suggesting Apple should include it in the next iPad, you don't seem to want to discuss the pros and cons of including it, so..... what's the point of the thread?

Knock knock...anyone there?
The thread title speaks for itself. Obviously I want apple to do something about it(if it's not another adobe situation). Stop making so many assumptions and make a bit of a constructive contribution..otherwise pop off. Goldfish stuff

28064212

EURATS wrote: »

Knock knock...anyone there?
The thread title speaks for itself. Obviously I want apple to do something about it(if it's not another adobe situation). Stop making so many assumptions and make a bit of a constructive contribution..otherwise pop off. Goldfish stuff

Constructive contribution? Here it is: they're not going to do it. Move on

EURATS

WHL wrote: »

In fairness, I would have said a few months ago that I wouldn't touch an iPad because of the lack of USB. Bought one on a visit to the US in a moment of weakness and haven't looked back since. I now regret splashing out on a new laptop some months ago!! I bought Documents To Go for about a tenner and use that to synchronise content between my laptop and iPad over my wifi connection. Works great. iCloud would be much the same but I have always sworn by Documents To Go. If you want transfer movies, AVPlayerHD is a good option also

Give the iPad a month or two and come back to say what you think....

Thanks for the good input. Will give those a go I reckon. Not happy with the lack of USB obviously enough. Can only go around the issue.

EURATS

28064212 wrote: »

EURATS wrote: »

Knock knock...anyone there?
The thread title speaks for itself. Obviously I want apple to do something about it(if it's not another adobe situation). Stop making so many assumptions and make a bit of a constructive contribution..otherwise pop off. Goldfish stuff

Constructive contribution? Here it is: they're not going to do it. Move on

I think its up to u to move on!!

murpho999

EURATS wrote: »

Thanks for the good input. Will give those a go I reckon. Not happy with the lack of USB obviously enough. Can only go around the issue.

What is the issue? It's just that USB keys have had their days and there are better solutions.
Do you still use VHS to record on TV?

Cloud is the way, and you they are safer unlike USB kets that can be lost or damaged.

Haven't used an actual media device on a computer now in a couple of years, and won't be going back.

EURATS

murpho999 wrote: »

EURATS wrote: »

Thanks for the good input. Will give those a go I reckon. Not happy with the lack of USB obviously enough. Can only go around the issue.

What is the issue? It's just that USB keys have had their days and there are better solutions.
Do you still use VHS to record on TV?

Cloud is the way, and you they are safer unlike USB kets that can be lost or damaged.

Haven't used an actual media device on a computer now in a couple of years, and won't be going back.

That's fantastic for you bud. You use whatever ya want. I suppose an external hard drive or DVD burner also belong in the VHS era. Get a grip.

murpho999

EURATS wrote: »

That's fantastic for you bud. You use whatever ya want. I suppose an external hard drive or DVD burner also belong in the VHS era. Get a grip.

I use external hard drives to store and back up items but don''t burn DVD's or even ever use DVD. Could easily manage laptop without a DVD player.

Download a film to laptop then HDMI cable direct to TV. Simple.

Really, your complaint is similar to the outcry when Apple stopped shipping computers with 3.5" floppy drives years ago.

EURATS

murpho999 wrote: »

EURATS wrote: »

That's fantastic for you bud. You use whatever ya want. I suppose an external hard drive or DVD burner also belong in the VHS era. Get a grip.

I use external hard drives to store and back up items but don''t burn DVD's or even ever use DVD. Could easily manage laptop without a DVD player.

Download a film to laptop then HDMI cable direct to TV. Simple.

Really, your complaint is similar to the outcry when Apple stopped shipping computers with 3.5" floppy drives years ago.

I wasn't part of that outcry. It didn't affect me. On the other hand..no USB on an iPad does.

Interesting how apple force u to allow them handle ur private info

120_Minutes

nobody is forcing you to do anything. have they a gun to your head?

tell you what. give work back the ipad and ask them for a netbook. seeing as they cant be arsed finding a better solution to usb stick.

or is work forcing you to use the ipad?

either way, first world problems.

not worth getting worked up over old chap.

EURATS

120_Minutes wrote: »

nobody is forcing you to do anything. have they a gun to your head?

tell you what. give work back the ipad and ask them for an android tablet. seeing as they cant be arsed finding a better solution to usb stick.

or is work forcing you to use the ipad?

either way, first world problems.

not worth getting worked up over old chap.

Think u are more worked up about it than I am horse. Their guns fire blanks so won't bother to put a vest on.
Apple have their products set up to force u to interact with apple. Is like Toyota forcing its customers to have their car serviced in a Toyota garage.

ahnowbrowncow

murpho999 wrote: »

I use external hard drives to store and back up items but don''t burn DVD's or even ever use DVD. Could easily manage laptop without a DVD player.

Download a film to laptop then HDMI cable direct to TV. Simple.

Really, your complaint is similar to the outcry when Apple stopped shipping computers with 3.5" floppy drives years ago.

And what do external hdd use? Usb? I thought you were saying usb is obsolete like the floppy drive?

I'd far prefer to be transferring GBs of data using usb 3.0 at 600MB/s rather than uploading to cloud at 1 or 2MB/s. For whatever reason Apple doesn't have usb on their ipad, probably a cost or design decision. It's probably put a few people off buying one and annoyed a couple of users like the op but Apple have sold millions of them so I doubt they care

Xavi6

I thought having no usb would be a major inconvenience before I got my iPad. Eight months down the road it hasn't effected me in the slightest.

scary

EURATS wrote: »

Apple have their products set up to force u to interact with apple. Is like Toyota forcing its customers to have their car serviced in a Toyota garage.

Thats the way its always been. Surely you know this? This argument has been done to death, so why bring it up? Apple have no plans to change it and why would they, it works for millions. If it doesn't suit you or you're not happy with it find another solution eg. netbook, laptop or Android tablet, plenty of options out there for you fella.

TheChizler

Can you not just import through itunes? What kind of files are they and what's the purpose of adding to the ipad? If you just have to transport them there's a mass storage function.

120_Minutes

Is the troll still hungry today?