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I was given an iPad as a retirement present. One problem I have with it is I cannot connect a Samsung mobile phone to it via Bluetooth in order to transfer photos. Can anyone offer advice and assistance?

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I don`t think you can transfer files/photos via bluetooth on ipad unless you get an app to do it, but I think it would have to be with an iphone, ipod or another ipad.

Which Samsung phone is it? If you can install something like drop box on it you could transfer them that way.

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There is an app for the iPad called Wi Fi transfer.
If you install it you then have an i.p address to type into the phone or another PC and it flips them across pretty quick.
I use it all the time, both to and from my PC or iPhone.
Another idea is to purchase a small card reader which slots into the iPad and then you put the phone memory card into it and grab your files.
Make sure you get the right size of adapter.
The later iPads and iPhones use a smaller one than the old one.

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Thanks to you both for the info. To save phone memory, I use both Dropbox and Google Drive for Cloud storage on my phone, so I will install them on the iPad. My phone is a Samsung Galaxy S4.

I will also look into the app for WiFi transfer. My Ipad is the Mini, so I am not sure if there is a slot for a card reader, but I will check.

In view of this, what purpose does Bluetooth serve on the iPad?

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For things like Bluetooth speakers. You can get a card reader but I think you need to jailbreak your iPad to use it

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It's amazing how the most simplest and obvious thing you would want to use bluetooth for and Apple make it hard/impossible to do

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Mine is not jail broken and it accepts the card reader.
It's just a little plastic thing about inch and a half square with a iPad connector at one side and two card slots at the other.
It was not expensive from the online retailer A.

Apple sell them so I don't think they would do if they needed a jail broken iPad to use it.
They are fare cheaper from elsewhere.
I am not sure but I think Toscos Accy store sell them
As does a shop in Ossy on the right after Ossy mills.

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I stand corrected then, there was something about it`s use that required jailbreak, (possibly using usb keyboard) or maybe Apple have changed it with an update, it was something like this.

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Yes that's the gadgy.
Bluetooth works OK with a keyboard.
I have a Kensington case/stand with Bluetooth keyboard built in and there is no problem using it.
I am if course referring to the big iPad not the mini but I can't see there being any difference in the O/S or functions.

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I think we are talking about different kinds of keyboards.:)

https://www.musicmatter.co.uk/korg-m...FY_MtAodwEAAtA

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Ha ha. Musical ones, easy mistake

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It's just crossed my mind another way to transfer a few files to the ipad.
It's a method I used to print some photos from a friends phone.
Once your ipad is set up for email you can email the photos on the phone to yourself and receive them on the ipad. Then it's a simple job to save them to the iPads photos.
It's a slow job if you have a lot to copy but it's a start until you get a better way.
I have done it a few times for my cleaner, she had some photos of her grand kids on her phone and emailed them to me as she arrived and I printed them to my wireless printer before she left.
Good luck whatever you do.

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Try getting rid of apps completely Neil, it's impossible.
My granddaughter installed a couple of games on the current Mrs P's and deleted them or at least thought she had BUT the kicker here is they can only be hidden not erased completely.

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I've noticed that. I think they are saved to the ICloud.

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I've thought of that. Trouble is I have too many photos, and it would use up a lot of my monthly data allowance on my phone. Nice idea though!

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The card reader is probably the best bet£25 from the Apple store.
If you buy one from anywhere else you may find that it doesn't work.....or it may drain your battery on the ipad so that you cannot download the pics.

If you use a card reader you cannot uplad music or anything else to your Ipad.....only pictures.
I have an adapter that allows me to connect my camera to the Ipad for the transfer of pictures.......I did consider the card reader, but felt that as I was only ever going to be uploading pictures the camera connector was right for me.
I like my Ipad, but Apple have you by the short and curlies when it comes down to connectivity with other non Apple devices.

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I agree Margaret regarding the adapter.
Apple may be expensive but their adapter works and that's what it's all about.
No good going cheap and getting bad results.

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Even worse if you spend 12 quid and find that it doesn't work at all.
My adapter has been worth every penny....I have used it lots of times.

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Well, I've been playing with my iPad again and come across another conundrum. I have previously mentioned that I use Dropbox and Google Drive on my phone for Cloud storage, and it's easy to open these up to see what is saved. iCloud is another matter. Despite looking through the user manual, for the life of me I can't figure out how to open it up to see what has been saved/backed up.

Am I thick, or what?

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Because intimate photos of celebrities have been posted online, and the suspicion is they have been hacked from iCloud, I don't think I will save my photos to iCloud. I don't want intimate pictures of me appearing in the papers.

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Deary, deary me! Ever the optimist eh Mike? :)

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One would hope there is no naked selfies on there


Edit: oh dear. I guess its too late. That will teach those on the dark web a lesson haha

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I know this is going to show my ignorance....but can you not sync the devices?
I know nothing of Dropbox or Google. I transfer my pics straight to my Ipad with the camera connector....but this is for camera's only. If you get a card reader adapter you will not be able to transfer music or any other files in this manner. You need to perhaps have a ride out to Manchester and go and see the young geeks in the apple shop.
They were very helpful to me(and kind)...even though I am a Batty old bird.:D

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Margaret do u have your photos synchronized to icloud?

Well. Simple solution is to install iTunes and add ur photos to the library and then sync them

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no Rob...I don't use icloud at all.
I have no devices to sync to my Ipad. It was just that sometimes when I have taken pictures when out and about I can transfer them via the camera connector(yes it was £25 but it has been worth every penny to me) on my journey home on the bus....I can even do some editing while sat there. It makes the journey pass quickly and gives me pleasure.
I do not have a smart phone. I will have a smart phone when they bring one out which will dust, hoover, peel spuds, wash, iron and put it all away.:D
Now, that really will be a SMART phone.

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Not quite ready to trade in the old fella just yet :D

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Wouldn't get owt for him Rob.

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Never mind all that, how can we stop The Sun publishing butt naked photos of me, which were hacked from iCloud?

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They want to sell copies not have them sat there on the shelves untouched

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Just wondering, why were you taking pictures of your bottom in the first place?

I've heard of 'selfies' but that's taking it a bit far!

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Possibly more photogenic than his fizzog. :)

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I was trying out the wide angle setting.

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You have a big bottom?

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Don't take them in the first place.
I can't see any reason for taking such photos and putting them on iCloud if you didn't want them to be seen.

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See Saturday's edition of The Sun.

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The Sun, if you stoop that low you need your bottom photographing.

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Possibly that some don't know of the setting ?

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Nah, I don't read that rag. I prefer the Internet editions of the Guardian, Independent and Telegraph.

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Have you been taking me seriously? :)

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Ditto.

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You got me!

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Not many men can say they made page 3 of the Sun!

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You referring to that small article entitled "Pervert bears behind in nude photos on icloud" under the rather large photo of the girl with rather large.....

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Michael will be disappointed!

If his behind needs a wide angle lens to capture all of it I'd have thought he'd have got the full page.

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As part of the launch of the new iPhone, Apple have made U2's new album available for free on their phones and iPads. Having just listened to it, I think I will get rid of the iPad and replace it with a Samsung tablet.

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go for android but stay away from samsung they are complete garbage and tehir customer support is utter crap as well

they have very poor charger ports that cant handle been used daily so when they eventually break or go brittle through the heat and you send it back you get a uniform letter saying that your TV had been put through an extreem and traumatic event and your warranty is invalid.Yes i said TV i was pretty amazed myself and when i rang they basically said i had thrown my tablet and broke teh charger port.

i bought two 7" tablets for teh kids and a 10" tablet for myself then at a later date bought another 7" for my partner . All of them developed the same fault and samsung accused me of breaking it .At a later date i sent a samsung LCD tv back for repair and i was expecting a letter saying my fridge could not be repaired but they got it right and called it a TV but still refused to fix it.

samsung dont do repairs they outsource to a company that is basically a cowboy outfit that likes to return tablet computers with coffee mug stains on them and open up tablets with butter knives rather than the correct tools that wont dammage thee case

In short samsung will jump through every hoop to not honor a warranty or guarantee and what they call beyond repair was fixed for £20 eleswhere.

lol i was also told on one occassion that charging my tablet once a day was excessive use lol

it took 3 months of sending things back and forth to get one tablet eventually fixed but that was only because they sent it back with a coffee stain and choppe dplastic so thay kind of had to

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I have software that copies any thing from iphone/ipad to any other device, including my PC.
It is a drag and drop program and works seamlessly without iTunes.
Music, Apps, photos, infact all the iphone or ipad.
Trouble is it is only registered to my PC so I cannot let you have a copy, apart from the fact it cost £29.
It's called phone transfer Pro.

I use it a lot to download music for the Blind society and then convert it to a format which they can play on their music centre.
Yesterday we had line dancing with the Houghton Weavers tracks. Blackpool Belle was their favourite.

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Why are such simple things so hard on apple stuff? I can copy anything to or from my phone using the file explorer program downloaded from the Google Play without needing to even sit in front of a PC. No jail braking, no hacking just using it as you would expect to use it.

It's time for me to change my phone again but I just can't bring myself to get an iPhone 6 and join the Apple sheep. The thing would just stress me out to much

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And you won't have to suffer listening to U2's new album!

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Talking of Samsung TVs my mates TV is controlling itself

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because they refuse to accept the best way of doing something has already been discovered using current technology and arnt clever enough to think of anything different that works so they create a much longer process to do something and if they cant create that much longer process they simply tell the customer/user they are not allowed to do it like bluetooth file transfer for example.

android arnt totally innocent themselves theres a lot of crap comes on your phone with android that you cant remove

personally i think if its your phone you should get the final say in what goes on it without having to hack and invalidate your warranty

if i buy a plain t-shirt i dont expect to open it and find advertisements on it and it should be the same with any item you buy

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either the main board has a fault which is expensive or the remote is faulty.

take the batteries out of the remote and see if it still happens

there is a small circuit board on teh inside with the infa red reciever on it but i doubt that developed a fault but would be cheaper than a main board

ring samsung their products usually have 2 year manufacturer warranty but as iv said they can be difficult to deal with

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Get a Nexus with pure android on it if you want it how you want it. It's Samsung or HTC or whoever that add the stuff you can't take off. Advertising is instead of paying for the app

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I have just noticed that the U2 album has appeared on my iPad.....just because it is free doesn't mean that I want it.....it seems there are a lot of Apple users who do not wish to have this on their devices. I won't be downloading it. I never cared for their stuff when they were popular.

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I think it's a personal preference which phone you buy.
I have had two Androids and am now on my second iPhone.
Yesterday I was asked to help a friend sort out her new Sony phone and struggled with it now I'm used to iPhone. We eventually managed.
The only gripe I have is with Virgin who don't do 4G but I have a good monthly deal with them and am not on contract. I buy my own phone.
It's £10 a month. 350 minutes which I never reach, 1 gig data and unlimited text. Cancel anytime at no cost.
U2 what's that Margaret, no way will it be on my phone.

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If you have an Apple iPhone then it is a fair bet that U2 is there ready for you to download from the cloud.....just check on iTunes.
Personally I think they have a damn cheek. I don't need Apple to decide for me what should be on my device.

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Hes given it away. It wasn't the remote so its most likely the main board. I had read the same thing

its a trade off on their part for marketing your naked selfies :D

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Oh Rob...that made me laugh.......naked selfies indeed.
I avoid having my picture taken like the plague...and I don't even look at myself undressed(dressed is bad enough......but naked Bleuuuugh! I guess the sight of that would keep the cats off the lavvy wall)

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If Apple wanted to give me some music I would choose something different to U2.

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See posts 45 and 49, Margaret. Everyone worldwide with an iPhone and iPad has got the album. I've listened to it and, although not bad, it's bland.

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Yes, I had read that but thought perhaps it was just on the new phones...well except I had read in the paper that many owners of Apple devices were not impressed when the U2 album turned up on their Cloud(at least you don't have to download it if you don't want it).
As I said.....if Apple really wanted to give me some music then they should give me a choice of something I would listen to.

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You can't put Apple and choice in the same sentence. They know what is best for you and you damn well better like it!

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I never thought I would have any Apple product(I was a bit like Adam in the garden of Eden...seduced by an Apple)......I was averse to the brand, but I like my Apple Ipad....but also have to agree that Apple is a very perverse merchant.
Normally the customer is right...or that is how it used to be....I think it is(from my personal experience) less so today.
Many of the alternatives are similarly perverse.(but maybe less so than Apple)

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Only reason I'd buy an iPad is for music software with hardware capability/compatibility. Programs like amplitube for guitar amp modelling are only supported on iPad and would make a good travelling noise box

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Me too Margaret, but over in the US in March impressed with the way the gkids were so so comfortable with them. ages 2,3 and 9. So taking advantage of the reduced prices over there bought an iPad mini.
The current Mrs P takes full advantage of FaceTime to talk and email with them, so much so I bought an iPad 2 and did her a swap so we can FT when I am away.

The speakers are pretty naff Rob, so I travel with a Kitsound Boombar offa Amazon which is great for music and BBC iPlayer programmes.
The boombar is streets ahead in terms of sound quality hooked up to my Nokia Lumia too.

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Well if I was travelling around with it. It be most likely Hooked to a pa system

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For those who have been irritated by the unwelcome gift of the U2 album...you are not alone.
Apple has been forced to add a removal tool because of the backlash of comments about this ploy.
If you have the U2 on your device and want get rid of it here is how:- follow the instructions in this link.
Here?s how to remove U2?s new album from your iPhone | Consequence of Sound

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It really shows the brainpower of the market apple products are aimed at that they need a one click removal tool

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Rob, you have to accept that there are many many people who are far less IT literate than you are.....many of these are in my generation.
Anything that helps them to feel comfortable, connected and a little more confident is to be welcomed.
My own husband has shied away from such things, but he now has an IPad mini and is beginning to see the benefits of being able to connect with the wider world.....he doesn't want to be a techie....he just wants to do the things he has an interest in......and he would not be able to remove this music without help.....come to think of it I am not entirely sure I would be able to remove it without going through the deletion of each track separately......just because you find it easy does not mean that others do.

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You prob missed the irony and your response- I don't buy that in this case. Of course I know this. My dad wouldn't even be able to click the button that would remove the album. that is none techie. The stupid locks the stupid forced to use iTunes of which gets overcomplicated each year or so. Its stupid. Removal of an album should not be as difficult as using removing a virus.

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By using the Phone Trans Pro it is as easy as "one click" to add or remove any music, photo or video from an iPhone or iPad. The annoying thing is that you need a third party program. It is free to download but has restrictions on how many files you can delete.
I paid for the pro version which gives me complete freedom to beat the Apple boffins.

I have the little Apple TV box screwed to the back of my TV and use it as a juke box.
All my music or photos on my iPhone appear on the TV and I can select any music I wish to hear through surround sound and have a slide show of my favourite photos.
I spend hours listening to music because most of the TV programs are so awful.
That's why I find the Phone Trans program so useful.

Me and Bobby McGee is playing just now by Kris Kristofferson, probably not your choice restless.

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For listening to music I use raspberry pi running open elec(version of xbmx),with an external hard drive added that houses the music and other media. I can control xbmc with yatsee which is an android app that controls xmbc using http webserver via wireless

Not a huge fan. But I like for the good times

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I did miss the irony.......maybe it is because I am thick:D:D.

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Half past 2 at Mables! ;)

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As for Itunes Rob....I don't really listen to music on my Ipad..and i haven't bought any itunes music....I have managed quite easily to transfer stuff already bought and on my desktop to my Ipad library.

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That was my response too Son.
I think when you are very competent(and comfortable) at something you think other people are the same...almost expect them to be able to do what you find easy.
It doesn't come easy to many of us.

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Sorry I misspelled xbmc :)

I've never used iPad I assumed they were like the rest having to use iTunes to add stuff

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Well done that lady.

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Oh, I'm not so dusty if I set my mind to it.
It is just that I have to want to do it enough to make me learn how...and the fact that I hate to be beaten by something that has no brain.

Many years ago I was a weaver......and there used to be an old saying....you can mek a weaver into owt, but you can't mek owt into a weaver!

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Well, yes you do have to use itunes to transfer stuff, but you can add any music to your itunes library(not bought from itunes) on your desktop(or laptop) then transfer it to the Ipad...it can't be hard because I can do it and I'm thick:D:D:D.
I really do begrudge giving them money for stuff......I mainly use free apps...the only apps I have paid for are some educational ones for Spindleshanks(Brainfeed is his favourite)

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I remember sony bringing out a "netMD" which was a minidisc player you could transfer stuff to disc via USB. You could only use their program(worse than itunes if you could believe it!) called Sonic Stage and you had to "check in/out" your music. Which meant you couldn't delete the disc manually with the minidisc walman itself. Stupid. Later sony mp3 players also had the same debilitating feature where you could only use Sonic Stage... Much like Ipods and Iphones till software such as mediamoney came around that allowed you to transfer stuff back off the ipod...

So locked are these devices that are capable of so much more. This is why Android will always be better than IOS. Not much freedom. Earlier IPODs such as 5th gen Video IPOD you could flash custom firmware such as rockbox. You could play 24bit audio(remember those superaudio CD's that never took off?) on a device not marketed to be capable of doing so. FLAC files... the lot! Oh, you could throw away crappy Itunes and just transfer directly to the hard drive the way EVERY device should.

starting to sound like a rant haha....

Visual explanation just for you dave....

Raspberry PI & OpenELEC/XBMC & Yatsee - YouTube

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iTunes is a pain. I use copy trans manager to transfer music to my phone.
http://www.copytrans.net/copytransmanager.php

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If I was really into music on my Ipad then perhaps I would give that a go.......but I haven't found the transfer of files that tedious.
What is tedious about the Ipad is that you cannot(even with a card reader specific to the Ipad) transfer files from SD cards...that you cannot expand the capacity.
What would be wrong with the Ipad having an expansion slot?

That said, it hasn't made me convert to Android and Google....and if my Ipad packed up tomorrow I would be out there getting another one...and I think Apple rely on folk like me.

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I might be wrong but don't the larger iPads have expansion slots?

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No....the cellular ones have a slot for a SIM card, but none of the iPads currently on the market have expansion slots.
Mine is just the wifi model.

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This may be a bit of useless information but...

In the early days of owning my iPad, I tended to use up some of my monthly data allowance on updating various apps etc. However quite by accident I discovered that my local Barclays Bank provides a free WiFi service. I have six updates to do this week, so in the morning I will pop down to get them done. I don't even have to go inside the bank.

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Ah, so yours is cellular.
There are quite a few places that have free wifi.....the only drawback is that it is not secure......so anyone can see what you are doing....so not a good place to update your internet banking:)

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I'm careful about Internet banking. I either tether my mobile or use a wireless modem, both of which need a code. I am with the Three network and get 1gb with the modem and 2gb with the phone.

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I recently purchased an ipod touch 5th gen and its custom keyboards come with a nice warning "the developers might see everything you type using a custom keyboard including sensitive data like credit cards" yeah we knew this with android, but rooted with a good blocking app, you can block all activity such as this.... not an option on iphone. Perhaps if jailbroken? ios8 isnt jailbroken yet....

Oh having said ipod. I just rediscovered just how crap itunes is. And.... right on schedule they changed it so much where it didn't need changing I don't recognise it. GRRR Crapper than ever!

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Nah he said wifi not cellular

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Surely if it it is on a network it is like cellular?

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Mine is only wifi.....so I can't connect unless I am near my broadband(or daughters).....or can link into a hotspot(though I do this with caution).

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Yes, my iPad Mini only accesses the Internet by WiFi.

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Those sneaky people at Apple:

Our IT geek at work tells me "Following the iOS7 update from Apple, chargers not specifically designed for the iPad will charge it at a max of 1 Amp, adding significantly to charging time"

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I bought a generic charging cable as a standby(I am notorious for mislaying cables) and the Ipad doesn't recognise it at all.

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just downgrade it to the previous operating system

this may just be coincidence but when apple launch a new iphone or ipad the next update people put on their now old devices seems to slow down the operation of their devices and other problems occur.A cynic may suggest apple deliberatly cause old devices to slow down so people go and buy the newest ipad or iphone under the impression their device has run its course and that its normal for this to happen

iv backdated around 20 or so apple devices that developed problems after the update and they returned to the good working order or as close as apple can get to good working order that they were used to.

it may just be one big coincidence that many people all over teh world have had slow running devices after the update as a new device is launched but sadly after steve jobbs died his views on how to treat customers didnt