iPhone 6 Plus and Lightning to SD Card Camera Reader - Missed Opportunity?

This is a great find.

The spec says: "PDF ,Word, Excel, PPT，Photo，Mp3". Have you tried PDF or Word. How about from the ipad to the external flash card? This would be a breakthrough.

This is an interesting note. Folks have been complaining of slow file transfer in ios 8.x when there are a large number of files on flash card.

Robert

So you trust everything to a sales assistant? You do no research yourself before you purchase something? Then you abuse someone else who wasn't even replying to you?

You really are grasping at straws here.

Pete

Please everyone, remember to give Apple direct feedback regarding this iPhone usage restriction:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

This thread is a good tool for raising awareness of the issue, but we can't count on it being seen by the right people at Apple. Using their feedback form ensures it gets sent to the appropriate department.

Thanks ChrisJ for reminding everyone that Apple's iOS team don't read the forums. Since we're onto a new comments page, I'd like to add another link to leave Apple feedback.

To all the lurkers: no need to register and post here. If you want the iPhone 6+ to work with Apple's own Lightning SD Card Reader just go to Apple's feedback page and say so.

If we make enough noise Apple are likely to respond to this feature request. Since iOS already supports SD Card Readers, Apple only needs to toggle a setting to enable the feature for iPhones. In fact if iOS had a terminal app, then a simple defaults write would likely enable support. Most importantly (in Apple's view), this feature will sell tens or hundreds of thousands more of their overpriced SD Card Readers. How many features can directly result in millions of dollars* in additional sales?

*If Apple sell an extra 33,333 of their Lightning SD Card Reader Adapters, that's $1,000,000. No subterranean drills required.

Thanks Tumbleweed, that will at least help people in certain situations.

My own needs involve reading SD cards of battery-powered nature cams in the field. A WiFi SD Card reader would work, but it's unnecessarily complex and expensive along with being another battery to maintain and another thing to carry with me.

This thread is stuck at less than 5000 views so it's doubtful enough have left feedback to get Apple's attention.

Perhaps in addition to leaving Apple feedback, we can all send Tim Cook email. Steve Jobs sometimes responded to emails so it's worth a try.

Amazon does offer free returns.

They send me a free return carton to send back a wifi extender. I got my money back as soon as I dropped it off at a UPS forwarder.

AirStash+ ios app

Description

Easily access, transfer, and stream your files from AirStash® – the pocketable wireless flash drive for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch! This app requires an AirStash device in order to work. View, import & export photos, wirelessly stream videos, music & podcasts, and view documents stored on your AirStash. AirStash+ is an enhanced alternative to the built-in web interface adding features only possible with a native app.

FEATURES

The AirStash+ app provides easy access to all of your AirStash devices and has all the same features as the previous AirStash app but is tuned and enhanced for iOS 8.

Photo:

• View photos directly from AirStash, in full screen, slide-show or thumbnails

• Import photos directly to the camera roll

• Export photos or videos from your camera roll to AirStash

• Works with many pro camera RAW file formats

https://itunes.apple.com/app/airstash/id432347219?mt=8

Harpazome wrote:

I purchased Apple Tv and later found out that it doesn't work unless you have wi-fi, I don't have wi-fi. I just wanted to watch my iTunes licensed movie on my TV

So use Ethernet...

And finally, yes we can vent our frustration here in this forum

No, not really.

The -> Terms of Servicespecifically prohibits "rants".

"Post constructive comments and questions. Unless otherwise noted, your Submission should either be a technical support question or a technical support answer. Constructive feedback about product features is welcome as well. If your Submission contains the phrase "I'm sorry for the rant, but…" you are likely in violation of this policy."

Solutions:
1) Use the i-FlashDrive. You use an app to access what is attached to the adapter.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/i-flashdrive-hd/id525386291?mt=8
2) Wifi version of a memory card.
Examples:
WiFi memory cards

Here is the place for suggestions:

*Feedback*

"Use the form below to send us your comments. We read all feedback carefully, but please note that we cannot respond to the comments you submit."

http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

Big News !! - Looks like 9.2 fixes this issue.

http://www.macrumors.com/2015/12/08/ios-9-2-tidbits-and-new-features/

USB Camera Adapter - With iOS 9.2, iPhones are now able to support Apple's USB Camera Adapter and related accessories for importing pictures from a digital camera or DSLR. Previously, only iPads supported the USB Camera Adapter. The iPhone 5 and later appear to work with the USB Camera Adapter/iPad Camera Connection Kit. The iPhone 4s and the iPod touch do not support it.

I was gonna buy the 128GB iPhone 6+ until I read this. Now, nope. I may still have to get an iPhone because of the tons of apps I'm already invested in, but since the 6+ will be useless for photos, it'll be the midrange regular 6. Maybe.

Meanwhile, I'd love to get an Android device in about the same size as the 6+, storage and screen-wise, but don't need the cell capability. At 128GB it would make a great photo vault and something I could do some metadata entry on. Any suggestions?

Rob