iPad problems....

caroline78

My laptop has broken and my brother has leant me his iPad. Can anyone tell me if it is possible to save music from YouTube and then transfer the music from the iPad to a Samsung Galaxy Ace mobile.

Please answer in the simplest terms as I am not techie at all.:o

Thanks.....xx

jayme1

caroline78 wrote: »

My laptop has broken and my brother has leant me his iPad. Can anyone tell me if it is possible to save music from YouTube and then transfer the music from the iPad to a Samsung Galaxy Ace mobile.

Please answer in the simplest terms as I am not techie at all.:o

Thanks.....xx

No an iPad can't, even if it could download Youtube videos it can't transfer the files to a mass storage device like an Android phone.

DevCoder

Thats not strictly true, but for the hassle factor of achieving it, its a pita (requires jailbreaking, so no if on iPad3 and iOS 6 currently)

You could put the Galaxy into mass storage mode and try something along the lines of

http://www.mydigitallife.info/how-to-connect-and-use-usb-external-hard-drive-on-ipad/

jayme1

D'oh I only missed the obvious in my last post.
Forget about the limited OS of the iPad at all you can do it all directly on the Android powered Galaxy Ace with a simple app, just Google exactly what you want to do.

DevCoder

You wait until Android Key Lime Pie Google with Android are going the same way as Apple with iOS as regards across the board UI look/feel and proper sandboxing.

You can see examples already with the Nexus API's

Im not biased towards either as I develop for both but it's an interesting change of tack from Google. (and a very good one from my p.o.v)

jayme1

krisdorey wrote: »

You wait until Android Key Lime Pie Google with Android are going the same way as Apple with iOS as regards across the board UI look/feel and proper sandboxing.

You can see examples already with the Nexus API's

Im not biased towards either as I develop for both but it's an interesting change of tack from Google. (and a very good one from my p.o.v)

I didn't know that anything about Key Lime Pie was really known about yet?

Are you saying Google are going to lock down android like iOS or Windows Phone is? and how is it a change of track? and why is it very good?

I'm all for better security but I think that would be a mistake to take it too far, I am a pure iOS user but right now I see Android as almost limitless in it's potential, a proper desktop computer OS but in an easy to use phone platform, I watched this video and I feel that this is the true direction of the future of computing as a whole, one device to rule them all so to speak.

DevCoder

The beauty of iOS is the look and feel of any apps is the same, the developer requirements for how an APP should look/behave is > 200 pages.

this means that the OS and it's apps have a very fluid feeling when going from one to the next, it also ensures that conformity is used with logical explanations.

That's why for example, on iOS, the destructive button (ie delete/trash etc) is the furthers from the bottom/home button so it should be the hardest to press accidentally.

Android (can be seen with the Nexus API's) is heading down that road and is a great movement in my opinion, apps will behave the same no matter what their purpose.

Of course Android will be slightly better in that they allow access to API's to control device features from within the App. Bizarrely Apple also offer these API's but ban them from you using them.

For example there is an iOS API to turn wifi on from within an App. However according to the best practise guide, you are not allowed to use this and instead need to take the user to the iOS wifi settings page.

You can see why they do it (no ulterior/MiTM attacks), it's just bizarre they publish the API in the first place.

Of course with that level of freedom (Android) comes security issues, its a fine balancing between the two.

I personally think that Android has it when it coms to phones as there is so much competition from companies (Samsung, HTC etc) yet iOS still has it with the tablets as the only real competitors are Samsung (Tab) and Google (Nexus).

I should probably mention the MS Surface Tablet but wont as it doesnt have any redeeming features in my eyes.

jayme1

oh yeah I agree with all that, I for a long long time always saw Android as fragmented especially in the consistency of the UI, I now they wanted to try to standardise the app UI with (I think) ICS, it is a good thing to have a few guidelines in place for a consistent user experience.

if it goes further and helps a faster update process (esp. security updates) then it only get's better.