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Pen Drive Nexus 7
Why do you have to install additional software so you can expand memory with a pen drive on the nexus 7?
Someone I know has a lenovo tablet and it needs no additional software apart from a file manager app. |
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Why do you have to install additional software so you can expand memory with a pen drive on the nexus 7?
Someone I know has a lenovo tablet and it needs no additional software apart from a file manager app. It is one of the few bad things about the Nexus, but to be honest the internal memory is big enough for most things I do and there are ways around things. |
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Yes it's because Google's vision is of the cloud.
If you don't share that vision then you have choices. |
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It's to force you to use Google's cloud based stuff..
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It doesn't force you. It just nudges you in that direction. There are plenty of alternatives if you don't want to use Google's cloud services. With my Nexus 7 most of the content gets streamed from my NAS box. In all the time I've had it I've never felt the need to connect a USB drive to it
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I can't speak for LostFool but most Android File Managers will pick up NAS drives pretty easily. Alternatively, if your NAS drive supports DLNA/UPnP sharing (most WD devices do, for instance), you can use an app such as Bubble UPnP.
Both options work really well within a home environment, although this isn't really an 'on-the-road' solution. |
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I can't speak for LostFool but most Android File Managers will pick up NAS drives pretty easily. Alternatively, if your NAS drive supports DLNA/UPnP sharing (most WD devices do, for instance), you can use an app such as Bubble UPnP. .
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