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I think most people, except those with iPhones, became very familiar with using an SD card to expand their storage. Initially, many phones were sold with an added SD card which introduced that capability to millions. Although I don't have accurate #'s, it seems that most people use their phones as their first choice for taking pictures & videos. It seems hard to imagine that a phone with only 8gb/16gb/32gb of internal storage would be enough space to handle all those pics & vids without adding more storage.99% of the people that buy phones, don't put SD cards in them. It only matters to a percentage of the people in these forums... And of the ones that care, only a percentage of them actually put in an SD card and make real use of it.
Most of the market doesn't know or care about this "issue"...
Depends on what you do with it. To move from 1 device to the other uses no data. If the app has "share" capabilities like my SD card does yes you can move media to the device and share to social media, cloud, etc using your data connection. Like if I take a really neat picture and want to share it to Twitter . It's done on the app, uses Wi-Fi to move to phone/tablet first then data to copy it to Twitter.Maybe I'm wrong but I'm guessing it will use your data if you connect using your 3g/4g data the same way connecting your wifi tablet would use data running off your 3g/4g phone's data plan.
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Nope. You transfer via WiFi, not data. You connect directly to the WiFi flash drive via WiFi. You won't use data moving the pictures to or from the WiFi stick.Thanks mbk! Getting closer to understanding. So if I am out & about taking pictures with my phone and I want to move those pictures to my handy dandy SanDisk WiFi flash storage, bc it only has USB 2.0 (unable to plug directly into my phone), I have to transfer my pictures from phone to my SanDisk over WiFi using my 4g phone data connection... will that use my data? I'm thinking it will.
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How is WiFi using data? I don't believe WiFi has any connection to cellular data, does it?Thanks mbk! Getting closer to understanding. So if I am out & about taking pictures with my phone and I want to move those pictures to my handy dandy SanDisk WiFi flash storage, bc it only has USB 2.0 (unable to plug directly into my phone), I have to transfer my pictures from phone to my SanDisk over WiFi using my 4g phone data connection... will that use my data? I'm thinking it will.
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Nope. You are correct.How is WiFi using data? I don't believe WiFi has any connection to cellular data, does it?
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Aha! Thanks Jonny! Now I get it! Duh on me. I was assuming you had to connect the device via a network, either your 4g data or home network.Nope. You transfer via WiFi, not data. You connect directly to the WiFi flash drive via WiFi. You won't use data moving the pictures to or from the WiFi stick.
The stick basically acts as a WiFi hotspot & creates its own network. You couldn't use your phone data unless you could connect the stick to a WiFi network with internet connection.
If that makes sense?
As Mark said, you'll only use data if you go to upload your pics to the internet. Transferring to & from the WiFi stick happens over WiFi only.
No problem. I got a feeling that was the case.Aha! Thanks Jonny! Now I get it! Duh on me. I was assuming you had to connect the device via a network, either your 4g data or home network.
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I agree 100%.I think most people, except those with iPhones, became very familiar with using an SD card to expand their storage. Initially, many phones were sold with an added SD card which introduced that capability to millions. Although I don't have accurate #'s, it seems that most people use their phones as their first choice for taking pictures & videos. It seems hard to imagine that a phone with only 8gb/16gb/32gb of internal storage would be enough space to handle all those pics & vids without adding more storage.
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The device creates the wireless network. Don't confuse WiFi with an internet connection.I agree 100%.
I simply don't buy the whole "99% of people dont know about or use ext sd cards" statement. Having owned 3 Galaxy S devices, (starting with the original), along with having regularly participated on Galaxy forums ever since their release, it's been my experience that the majority of folks that actually have the option to use an external sd card, HAVE & do use them. Obviously, the sd card issue is much less important to those folks that have never had the option to begin with, than for those of us who've been using them for years.
As for this cool device, what if you don't use, or don't have access to WiFi at any given time? Would you still be able to transfer via your data connection?
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