Before I let some steam off, I will just say that I am not an iOS hater, or an Apple hater. I have just reached the point where Apple’s lack of interoperability takes the biscuit. This applies to iPhones , iPads and macs. These are gorgeously designed devices but there comes a point when enough is enough. Take a look at the above screen shot from my iPad. Now clearly I am trying to power some monster power rig from my iPad! Now look at the photo below.

I have an android phone, a Samsung Galaxy K Zoom. Now if I had any other device apart from an Apple device I could send the photos by Bluetooth or wifi direct. But oh no, Apple has to have a closed system. No problem I thought. Buy the USB to lightning port camera adapter for the iPad, shown above in white. Buy a USB storage stick. So using the micro OTG adapter I plugged the memory stick into my K Zoom and copied the photos across. Then, I placed the memory stick into the lightning adapter and plugged it into my iPad. And xxxx xxxx xxxxx piece of crapware produces the message as shown in the first photo. Not enough power. Well my phone that costs over 50% less had no issue. Now before anyone says, use the cloud. There is no way I’m waiting for 500 photos to get uploaded to a cloud service , for me to have to them re download them on to another device. It takes minutes using a USB stick.

Well it would do if you didn’t have an iPad. So despite the wonders of the iPad it simply doesn’t cut the mustard for me. Adios my friend.

Update – thanks to @ratkat who left a reply in the comments below and recommended PhotoSync , I now have perfect photo and video transfers between android, mac and iPad. You do need to buy the device on both your android and iOS but at £1.99 on iOS and free on android (£0.99 to remove banner ad) , it’s cheaper than a coffee and a memory card stick by far. And based on my early testing a marvellous solution. You can quick select a batch of photos as well, use personal hotspot and so much more.