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Re:The Rise and Fall of 3M's Floppy Disk by Rinzler89 on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @10:48AM (#39918212)
>Bluetooth can work, but it is slow as hell, and Apple doesn't support it.

Wait, seriously? iPhones still don't support Bluetooth file transfers? I knew this was the case with the first iPhone but I just accepted that's a limitation from the OS being still an early release of a brand new product with limited functionality, I wouldn't have expect this to be the case after 15 years.

Anyway, I'm still baffled we never got a standardized Wi-Fi file transfer protocol, like with Bluetooth but at wi-fi speeds.

Oh right, nevermind, Apple wouldn't have supported anyway versus their own proprietary one that only works on Apple devices.

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Re:The Rise and Fall of 3M's Floppy Disk by gedy on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @11:44AM (#39918948)
Airdrop? I'm pretty sure it's works without wifi or cellular.

(If you're talking iphone to Android, nvm)

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Re:The Rise and Fall of 3M's Floppy Disk by Rinzler89 on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @11:47AM (#39918990)
Yeah, I meant cross platform file sharing, since that's what Bluetooth enabled originally, you could send files between whatever brand of phone and whatever brand of PC.
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Re:The Rise and Fall of 3M's Floppy Disk by dockd on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @11:01AM (#39918386)
You first have to get a file from your iOS app. Good luck with that.
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Re:The Rise and Fall of 3M's Floppy Disk by samatman on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @12:38PM (#39919596)
Hit the share button and select "Save to Files". Dead easy.
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