Originally posted by Lowell Goudge Can an android device accept and simply drag to copy from the SD slot to a USB storage device, or can it only grab files from the storage device on the USB port.
I have not seen an answer for this, but if it can, when my ipad dies I might go for an android tablet.
With an Andriod device you can either work as with an IOS product (use files in apps only) OR you can use a file explorer (ES file explorer is probably the best) and simply browse your folder structure, as you would with a PC. You can move, copy, delete, rename files. When connected to a computer you can use the tablet (or phone) like a USB key, directly accessing the files (you can also use each company's equivalent of iTunes if you want a more automated process, but honestly I believe after 2 years I never once plugged my Asus tablet in a computer, I use wifi and a file explorer when I need it)
Several tablets (Asus, Samsung for sure) have micro USB ports so you can insert a micro USB card and directly copy your files wherever you want on the tablet. If you use the Asus transformer tablets with the add-on keyboard, you also have USB ports and a SD card slot (in addition to the tablet's microSD), so you could copy files from the SD card to the tablet, a USB stick, a NAS storage via wifi, etc.
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