Yes, I believe so, its the camera kit though I've never played with it and am 
not sure which IOS devices are supported with it these days.

On 13 Oct 2014, at 1:14 pm, Jeremy <icu8...@gmail.com> wrote:

> You mention here an adapter from apple that allows you to move files, I 
> assume media specifically, over to directories on the phone from the 
> computer. Do these adapters require software to go along side them to allow 
> access to the phone's filesystem, software like sharepod, etc, and does this 
> allow you to pull music from the device, even without having to have the 
> files already stored within ITunes on the computer? I understand that 
> installing some sort of file manager on the phone would give partial access 
> to those areas allowed to it, if it were connected to dropbox or a wireless 
> device as you mentioned here, but how well does that work for all types of 
> media other than music, like audio books. Also, does installing a file 
> manager on the phone give complete access to all media on a phone, without 
> you having to jealbreak?
> I'm mainly curious as one major downfall I have with storing my music and 
> books on my phone is the ability to retrieve them from the phone if I no 
> longer have them in my ITunes library on my computer. There's plenty of 
> software for doing this, but as far as I've been able to figure out, not much 
> of it is accessible.
> If I could purchase an device to make a connection from the phone to the 
> computer and have the ability to copy my media straight over to the phone, 
> I'd be a happy camper for sure.
> Thanks.
> Blessings.
> 
> On 10/12/2014 7:36 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
>> Hi!
>> 
>> I’ve decided to post an eMail on this subject for a variety of reasons, the 
>> main being that there seems to be a myth doing the rounds, the myth says 
>> that its impossible! to play third party content such as different audio 
>> file formats etc on an iPhone or other IOS devices.
>> 
>> This is - to a major extent - true if you’re using say the iPhone’s “Music 
>> Player” App. This - to me at least - is not a big issue as every operating 
>> system with its built-in features does have its limitations, you cannot - as 
>> far as I know - play FLAC files in Windows Media Player for example unless 
>> you use a third party plug-in so essentially we’re referring to the same 
>> type of problem but with different operating systems.
>> 
>> The other annoyance with IOS is that - unless you have an adapter available 
>> from Apple - you cannot copy your music files from say your computer over a 
>> USB connection to a particular folder on your iPhone of your choosing but 
>> again, there are ways around that snag.
>> 
>> Okay so its best not to focus on what can’t be done and focus on what can be 
>> done so let’s do that with IOS.
>> 
>> The first App you’ll need is a Player and there are several good one’s out 
>> there but for the sake of simplicity let’s focus on two, oOplayer and File 
>> Browser, both do exactly what their names suggest.
>> 
>> With both you can set up remote locations such as a Dropbox account, 
>> computer on a local or remote network, UPNP/DLNA device and so on, when 
>> configured you can then select what files you wish to hear or view.
>> 
>> Now supposing you want to take your iPhone away from any network and want 
>> your favourite music to accompany you? No problem as both the aforementioned 
>> Apps will allow you to download your Music from a specific point - computer, 
>> Dropbox account etc - right to a folder on your iPhone where you can browse, 
>> play and manipulate your files to your hearts content.
>> 
>> So this brings us to another possibly challenging topic, iPhones have only 
>> so much storage space so what if you have thousands upon thousands of files 
>> you wish to access at any one time or supposing your music collection is in 
>> a Lossless format that takes up a good deal of space?
>> 
>> If this is the case then its time to look at a pocket sized hard drive with 
>> a built-in Wi-Fi network, I mentioned my Skyshare drive towards the end of 
>> last week and this drive has its own built-in Wi-Fi network which the iPhone 
>> can connect to.
>> 
>> Once connected the Apps I mentioned earlier - oOplayer and File Browser - 
>> have direct access to the drive thus the content you’ve placed too the drive.
>> 
>> The Skyshare drive on the surface looks like any other portable hard drive, 
>> it has a USB port on the back for connection to a computer with a USB 3.0 
>> port for the copying and manipulation of content, you can also use the Wi-Fi 
>> abilities of the drive for copying/manipulating files though this process is 
>> considerably slower when compared to USB 3.0 or even 2.
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 

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