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quadrox writes:
"It used to be possible for Android apps to access any kind of storage on an android device through the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission. Writing to the SD card is useful for many different kinds of apps, e.g. file managers or cloud storage synchronization. However, the latest version of Android will no longer allow apps to write anywhere on external storage media, instead apps will only be allowed to access app-specific folders on SD cards. Android Police has an excellent writeup of the changes and the implications for users."
[ED Note: This is bound to irritate power users that rely on their SD cards for additional device storage.]
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(Score: 2) by Cyberdyne on Wednesday February 19 2014, @08:58AM
Wait, this isn't slashdot?
This is the moment I realised that typing in 'dev.soylentnews.org' into my URL bar has already become second-nature.
(Score: 1) by SpallsHurgenson on Wednesday February 19 2014, @10:33AM
I just type "s" in the address bar and Firefox fills in the rest. Sometimes I end up at Soylent, sometimes I'm back at Slashdot. I'm never quite sure which until I see the red (or green) bars.
Not that I mind either way since I read and comment on both sites and - for the moment - both suit my needs for news and entertainment (I expect that will change eventually if Dice pushes forward with the beta). So I end up wherever and just start reading stories and typing a response.
Anyway... back to the topic at hand.
The SDD card is one of the biggest distinctions between Apple's devices and the Androids. In the (admittedly few) discussions I've had with Android users, the ability to plug in an SDD card was one of the features that drove them to select Android over iPhone. Limiting its usage seems counterproductive; what use is an SDD card, Mr. Anderson, if you are unable to save?
(Score: 1) by tangomargarine on Wednesday February 19 2014, @03:33PM
Or that article about how Windows phones were permanently integrating a plugged-in SD card into their partition. It's right up there with editable PDFs in the "Oh God It Burns" division of the "Purposes Which Were Never Intended" department.
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