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Originally Posted by scottjl
Now this I disagree with. iTunes is becoming iBloated. It is great for managing music. So-so for managing Podcasts. Mediocre for managing Movies and TV Shows. Horrible for managing Apps. I don't want to throw photos into the mix too.
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Agree mostly. I'd prefer straight drag and drop, and will likely just wait for some other tablet that's closer to a PC and has those kind of features personally.
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You can drag and drop photos into iPhoto or Aperture on a Mac and manage them easily in there, then sync those albums up to your iDevice. Please don't ask Apple to add photo management into iTunes, it is not where it belongs.
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Then they need a better feature for us PC folk who will never own a Mac. I don't know about Appeture, but I'm guessing iPhoto is Mac only. Photo syncing in iTunes sucks.
I want to just drag and drop the photos I want to move over, not have to fiddle with my sync settings, or have a separate folder with redundant copies of the photos I want on the iPad etc. as I'd want to keep them in the regular places in the My Photos folder (and sub folders in my PC)--but not want to sync all them to the iPad and waste space.
It's just a super clunky and retarded system vs. just having a file structure and allowing drag and drop IMO. But I've been using Windows my whole life, so I'm just used to that and resistant to change.
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Actually this is coming. Apple has mentioned a shared storage space for applications. It will be up to apps to access it.
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At least good news on that. Not ideal, but if there's a central location I'd expect most document apps to make use of it and be able to access it. So maybe by the time a 2nd gen iPad is out it will be more fitting my needs (or at least closer).
If not hopefully an Android based tablet can, or they find a way to get battery life up on Windows based tablets etc.
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Originally Posted by scottjl
What I don't like is when people complain about problems without making any attempt at looking for a solution. Problems are opportunities, for you, or some other enterprising person, to solve.
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To each their own on that I guess. For me, if I'm buying a gadget (especially a $500+ one) I expect it to do what I need out of the box without me having to jump through a lot of hoops and work arounds to do basic tasks.
If I traveled as much as you've said you do, I'd probably already have an iPad. But as is, I'd use a tablet maybe an hour or two a day, so I'm just not willing to pay $500 for something that's a hassle for my needs vs. just waiting a year and getting something that fits my needs better.