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Originally Posted by scottjl
So you'd still have to use iTunes to sync, but you can use your folder structure for photo management.
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True, I keep forgetting to look for that check/uncheck folders option as we didn't notice it and thought you could only select a folder or a folder full of folders of picture.
It's still clunky vs. having drag and drop, but that is better than what we found. For me it's moot as I couldn't give a shit about having photos on my tablet or laptop etc. to show people. That's what Facebook is for.
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You can't leave some interaction with iTunes out of the equation when you have an iDevice. You're going to need it at some point for upgrades or managing applications, and definitely for making backups. If you absolutely hate iTunes and won't install it on your system, then an iPhone/Touch/iPad is definitely not a device for you.
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I don't mind it, just allow drag and drop within the program to the file system on the iPad.
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The same argument is going to go for other devices. Dell is going to come out with their Android based tablets, do people think they won't be releasing their own content manager application that goes along with it?
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And that's fine. My Creative Vision M mp3 player requires me to use the Creative Vision Explorer software--but it just shows the file structure on the device and lets me drag and drop my music, videos and documents to the relevent central locations.
If Apple adds folders for file types on the the iPad and lets me drag and drop in iTunes and then apps can access those locations--a lot of my gripes will go away.
And you're right that Android may be no better--but that's an open OS so at least different hardware companies can make their own options. I'm sure there will be something that's more like a PC and just has an open file system.
If not, maybe it's just a matter of waiting for a few years for windows based tablets to get battery life up to 10 hours, get a good UI down etc. At the end of the day that would probably be ideal for me, even though I don't need full computing power/options.