Ipad / Windows File Transfer

[oca]

Gobook files sent somehow (don't know about a local method yet) from a Windows PC to the iPad cannot be viewed in SmartgoBooks, but possibly in SmartgoKifu.

Hi Robert,

A few month ago (on 20th september to be precise), I sent this email to Anders Kierulf, the author of Smart Go :

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I own "smartgo book" and love it,I allready have a few books in my collection, but that would be nice if I can add my own book too.

Is there a way to do that ? That would be nice if there would be a "folder exchange" for smartgo book app in itune for example.

For now, I send the book by email and I open it with smart go kifu, but I will prefer to have it in smart go book with my other books.
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And I got this answer

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I do plan to provide more management of your own books in either Go Books or SmartGo Kifu, but will still be quite a while. I’ve been updating the apps for iOS 8, will get back to working on the Mac version of Go Books shortly, and then SmartGo for the Mac. And other features in the iOS versions have a higher priority.
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So may that will be possible to open own gobook in the "Go Books" apps in the future...

[Gohst]

There are various "file manager" apps available for Android tablets. I'm not familiar with iOS at all. but I would find it pretty strange that no such thing exists for the iPad/iPhone, unless Apple expressly excludes them. And, a quick search for "file manager app for iPad" revels that there are quite a few file managers for iOS. Here's a few URLs, chosen completely at random:

http://fileapp.com/

http://www.goaruna.com/pages/app/mobile-ipad-file-manager-app

There are also a bunch of review pages for "best file managers", like this:

http://www.igeeksblog.com/best-ipad-file-management-apps/

We need a .gobook reader for Windows, and I don't think Anders is going to get to it this decade (I have no problem with that... he's running a business, and I'm not). I may just have to see how hard such a thing would be to cook up. But I'll have to contact Mr. Kierulf to see if there is a way to get (or buy) a sample .gobook file to use during the development.

[oca]

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We need a .gobook reader for Windows, and I don't think Anders is going to get to it this decade (I have no problem with that... he's running a business, and I'm not). I may just have to see how hard such a thing would be to cook up. But I'll have to contact Mr. Kierulf to see if there is a way to get (or buy) a sample .gobook file to use during the development.

Hi Gohst,
The gobook format is discribed here : http://www.smartgo.com/blog/20130710.html
You will find a sample gobook into the pdf,(http://www.smartgo.com/pdf/gobookformat.pdf)

while not 100% full compliant, my own work about gobook are available here (javascript):
viewtopic.php?p=176249#p176249

you can give it a try it here :

http://www.gocdf.ch/gobook

you can use user "demo" and password "demo", or setup an proper account for you if you want to.

[Gohst]

Thanks Oca. I would need gobook samples that have far more detail than that, in order to be able to develop a proper viewer. But I think Mr Kierulf is willing to be helpful in that regard, so I may be set! The biggest hurdle will of course be free time... I never have any. but we'll see if anything comes of this.

[RobertJasiek]

a quick search for "file manager app for iPad" revels that there are quite a few file managers for iOS.

It does not suffice for an app to pretend being a file manager. The problem is that probably they do not have access to all file types of all applications.

[oca]

a quick search for "file manager app for iPad" revels that there are quite a few file managers for iOS.

It does not suffice for an app to pretend being a file manager. The problem is that probably they do not have access to all file types of all applications.

I agree with that, I don't like itunes so I did tried a few alternative, but any app I tried was slow and not really reliable... and for sure, you cannot access all files... that said, I only gave a look at free application, maybe commercial one are better... I don't know...

[RBerenguel]

a quick search for "file manager app for iPad" revels that there are quite a few file managers for iOS.

It does not suffice for an app to pretend being a file manager. The problem is that probably they do not have access to all file types of all applications.

I agree with that, I don't like itunes so I did tried a few alternative, but any app I tried was slow and not really reliable... and for sure, you cannot access all files... that said, I only gave a look at free application, maybe commercial one are better... I don't know...

For Mac I use Ibrowse, and aside from the occasional application crash it can access all files for read access (or at least, all files I checked, as you can imagine an iOS filesystem is pretty complex) and it can upload/download without a problem files for applications supporting iTunes file sharing. I don't use it very often though.

That said, I have dived into this before: iOS works differently. I know this is shocking for a lot of people and they don't like it, but well, it's what it is. If you really, really need file system access for some reason, get an Android device (well, and root it, too, if you want real full access.)

[jimmy]

Simply put :

I love my iPhone / iPad,
but I hate iTune.

I would prefer the device just exposing its file sytem for file transfert

Still :

Smart go Go book's rocks
Smart go kifu rocks
Easy go rocks
Go problems rocks
Champion Go rocks

I prefer go eye + dropbox. It is super convenient than anything else I bought. One tap to import my zip files from dropbox into a group. Selecting my games and output as zip to dropbox too.

[Alicia]

Another option for iPhone Transfer is SmartIOApp, basically it transfer all contacts from one phone to other over wifi with in seconds,its best for iphone to iPhone/ipad/Android transfer.

[Alicia]

Have you tried Wifi Transfer option...