iPhone vs Android

[PostmanPot]

Definitely one of its advantages.

Perhaps they download 'Linux distro' torrents on their phone. Because they can, and it makes them feel special.

 

[SeRpEnT]

Perhaps they download 'Linux distro' torrents on their phone. Because they can, and it makes them feel special.

Out of interest, does Iphone (non jailbraked) allow torrent apps?

 

[PostmanPot]

Out of interest, does Iphone (non jailbraked) allow torrent apps?

Negative, non jailbroken iPhone does not allow torrents, not sure about jailbroken either. Doesn't bother me, my phone is a workhorse before a means of entertainment. I have plenty of larger screens if need be.

 

[SeRpEnT]

Negative, non jailbroken iPhone does not allow torrents, not sure about jailbroken either. Doesn't bother me, my phone is a workhorse before a means of entertainment. I have plenty of larger screens if need be.

Pah!

Downloaded from the comfort of my bed/braai-room/garden/heck...even loo! )
And all the ease in the world copying from the phone to my trusty USB OTG 32GB flashdrive for watching on the telly.
Gotta love the Android freedom of choice. No fascist big daddy calling the shots like with Apple.
So I guess no Llama or Tasker apps either on Iphone?

 

[cerebus]

Pah!
Downloaded from the comfort of my bed/braai-room/garden/heck...even loo! )
And all the ease in the world copying from the phone to my trusty USB OTG 32GB flashdrive for watching on the telly.

What's so hard about doing it the other way around? Much easier than fiddling with a phone screen and limited storage to manage downloads.

Gotta love the Android freedom of choice. No fascist big daddy calling the shots like with Apple.

Well, I'm currently battling a virus on my PC due to the above procedure. I'd rather not have to do that on my phone.

So I guess no Llama or Tasker apps either on Iphone?

You know perfectly well what the answer to that is.

 

[PostmanPot]

Pah!

Downloaded from the comfort of my bed/braai-room/garden/heck...even loo! )
And all the ease in the world copying from the phone to my trusty USB OTG 32GB flashdrive for watching on the telly.
Gotta love the Android freedom of choice. No fascist big daddy calling the shots like with Apple.
So I guess no Llama or Tasker apps either on Iphone?

Flash drive?!

So 2000s. I use my iDevice or rMBP to AirPlay straight to the TV with Apple TV. My iPhone 3GS can even AirPlay.

 

[DA-LION-619]

What's so hard about doing it the other way around? Much easier than fiddling with a phone screen and limited storage to manage downloads.

Well, I'm currently battling a virus on my PC due to the above procedure. I'd rather not have to do that on my phone.

You know perfectly well what the answer to that is.

Weak argument sorry.

 

[PostmanPot]

Well, I'm currently battling a virus on my PC due to the above procedure. I'd rather not have to do that on my phone.

But you can get an antivirus app for that...

 

[bwana]

Downloaded from the comfort of my bed/braai-room/garden/heck...even loo! )
And all the ease in the world copying from the phone to my trusty USB OTG 32GB flashdrive for watching on the telly.

Seems like an odd way to do things - I just queue my downloads from the phone straight to the media server.

 

[SeRpEnT]

What's so hard about doing it the other way around? Much easier than fiddling with a phone screen and limited storage to manage downloads.
Well, I'm currently battling a virus on my PC due to the above procedure. I'd rather not have to do that on my phone.

You know perfectly well what the answer to that is.[/QUOTE]

Actually VERY easy. Almost too easy haha.
And yes, Tasker and Llama are probably the best apps in the world. And Android exclusive.

 

[DA-LION-619]

Flash drive?!

So 2000s. I use my iDevice or rMBP to AirPlay straight to the TV with Apple TV. My iPhone 3GS can even AirPlay.

Can you transfer to a flash drive from your iPhone? What's the cost of an Apple TV vs a Chromecast?

 

[DA-LION-619]

Seems like an odd way to do things - I just queue my downloads from the phone straight to the media server.

Some people don't need dedicated media servers...

 

[bwana]

Some people don't need dedicated media servers...

So they serve multiple rokus, tablets and PCs from their phone?

 

[PostmanPot]

Can you transfer to a flash drive from your iPhone? [-]What's the cost of an Apple TV vs a Chromecast?[/-]

No you can't. I've, really, never needed to either. I don't store content on my iPhones that cannot be transferred to my Windows/Mac PCs with iTunes/Image Capture/Dropbox/Google Drive etc., and vice versa from my PCs to my iPhones.

That's not to say I don't understand how it can be advantageous to some. How often do you, and what data?

 

[DA-LION-619]

So they serve multiple rokus, tablets and PCs from their phone?

Some people don't have to serve multiple devices.

 

[SeRpEnT]

Some people don't need dedicated media servers...

Janeeeeeeeeee kyk!

I have: TV, USB stick. Android phone. That's it.
I hardly ever need to use my pc. Too much hassles.
And no toiling with complicated (PITA) media servers that needs to run 24/7.

 

[bwana]

Some people don't have to serve multiple devices.

Some people don't have to suffer android.

 

[DA-LION-619]

No you can't. I've, really, never needed to either. I don't store content on my iPhones that cannot be transferred to my Windows/Mac PCs with iTunes/Image Capture/Dropbox/Google Drive etc., and vice versa from my PCs to my iPhones.

That's not to say I don't understand how it can be advantageous to some. How often do you, and what data?

I do, especially when visiting a friend and they need something off my tablet. These are non-technical people mind you.

 

[cerebus]

Weak argument sorry.

It's something I really honestly don't want to do on my G2 so for me it's completely moot. It sounds like a fiddly headache and I have a pretty good download management system going on my 7tbs of PC disk space.

 

[SeRpEnT]

I do, especially when visiting a friend and they need something off my tablet. These are non-technical people mind you.

And I will NEVER share my cloud accounts with my buddies. Tsk. But I dont mind sharing my USB OTG drive. Or using a wifi-direct/dlna app to send the files from my phone to theirs.