What part of I'm not talking about making a folder structure don't you understand?
All I'm talking about is moving media to the device's storage.. not in any particular folder structure. Android doesn't care if you put all your media in the root of the SD card; pics are accessible in the Gallery and other pic apps. music in the music apps, etc. You can make your own playlists if you want, regardless of where the music files are located on the SD card.
I didn't say it was hard or that it would cost anything.. what I've been saying is that it shouldn't be necessary in order to do what I'm talking about.
What part of I'm not talking about making a folder structure don't you understand?
All I'm talking about is moving media to the device's storage.. not in any particular folder structure. Android doesn't care if you put all your media in the root of the SD card; pics are accessible in the Gallery and other pic apps. music in the music apps, etc. You can make your own playlists if you want, regardless of where the music files are located on the SD card.
I didn't say it was hard or that it would cost anything.. what I've been saying is that it shouldn't be necessary in order to do what I'm talking about.
Well for one the iPhone doesn't use SD cards...
Also IMHO if you are using SD anyway a separate thumb drive is a better concept for most of us that have far too much personal stuff on our phones and would rather skip carrying cable around.
Most people don't want to do the extra work. It's too easy to create your playlistism in itunes and just copy the.music you want to your device. And if you are like me with smart playlists it even automatically deletes and copies new music to my ipad based in the rules I set up. Saves me a lot of time over doing it manually
Even on Droids you don't access internal memory except apps. That's why they have SD. Apple decided to just give more internal memory and allow it to be used for all files.
You have to root a Droid to change that behavior.
Apple is designed to appeal to the broadest range of customers and be simple...which it is. I pop my iPhone on the cable to charge and all my items are also synced up. I can automatically pop up pics/videos/audio to manage those files between my PC or MBP.
Copying the music you want to an Android phone is no more difficult or any less easy.
2. Copying them from or to the phone/tablet shouldn't require a special piece of software (iTunes or another volume-mounting driver/app). No good reason for why Apple requires the separate software/app has been offered.
Stop feeding the troll. You guys realized you just spent half the thread arguing with someone who admits he posts these anti-Apple comments to get a rise out of the rest of the forum and who will never in a million years use an Apple product?
Actually, most modern Droids have a large internal memory for storage and apps, and an SD card. OG Droid does not.Even on Droids you don't access internal memory except apps. That's why they have SD. Apple decided to just give more internal memory and allow it to be used for all files.
You have to root a Droid to change that behavior.
Apple is designed to appeal to the broadest range of customers and be simple...which it is. I pop my iPhone on the cable to charge and all my items are also synced up. I can automatically pop up pics/videos/audio to manage those files between my PC or MBP.
My other phones sometimes had Outlook sync, but a lot of times you had to buy that software and the interfaces definitely weren't as polished. Many had their own bizarre navigation and directory setups...Samsung's tools are like that. Nothing like Windows or MacOSX in look or feel and more akin to something back in the Windows 3 days.
No different than having to download any driver.
However, once my phone is plugged in I don't have to go through iTunes to manage the storage volume. That's my preferred method to move videos and photos around. It shows up like another hard drive/memory card in Explorer.
If you have 10 songs. Absolutely.
Doesn't matter how many. Whether you select music in iTunes for transfer or select music in Explorer, it's no more difficult or less easy.
Seriously, let it go, I did. He is just trolling.
It's no fun for anyone else, though.
I'm glad there's iTunes syncing for my mom, though. All she has to do is have iTunes open when she inserts an audio CD, and answer "yes" to the prompt asking her if she wants to copy the songs to her library. To get the songs onto her iPod, all she has to do is plug it in and let it sync. Done. She's the kind of person where I have to help her every time somebody emails her photos in an archive. If it weren't for iTunes and iPods, I'd tell her to stick to a clunky CD player.
They don't have to look at it.
Most regulars here are fed up with posting in this style. Have a read:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2160227
after getting all my text messages deleted due to what is likely an overflow issue on my htc evo, i think i'm ready to give apple a try.
HD crash and dies, there goes moms itunes library unless she back it up to another external HD. My biggest complaint with itunes is the fact that stuff purchased will get lost if your HD dies and apple wont let you d/l it again without purchasing it.......unless itunes changed in the last year.