It's called Verizon Backup Assistant Plus. Free up to 500MB, beyond that there's a charge. It backs up media files, documents and contacts.
It doesn't work very well, I'm sure Apple's service is a lot better :-) —M. \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment On 28 September 2012 22:36, Rick Womer <rwomer1...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Mis, > > So what's the Verizon service? I'm intrigued. > > The iPhone is up and running... with its own set of frustrations. > > Rick > > http://photo.net/photos/RickW > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Miserere <miser...@gmail.com> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > Cc: > Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 3:36 PM > Subject: Re: iPhone 5--sheesh! > > On 28 September 2012 14:43, Rick Womer <rwomer1...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> Mis, >> >> I disagree with you re iPhone re Android. >> >> One can back up an iPhone =completely= (apps, data, the works) via iTunes. >> There is nothing similar for Android. Having lost a lot of data when my >> Droid bricked itself in July, this is a big deal. >> >> Android has no standards, so every app does things differently. Heck, in >> one app (Touchdown, which the hospital requires for email on a Droid) there >> is a different way to delete things in each module (mail, calendar, >> contacts, tasks). Sometimes a red arrow, sometimes a red X, sometimes a >> trash can, sometimes a pop-up menu... >> >> I just want to get my work done. I don't want to spend my limited mental >> capacity figuring out silly idiosyncratic apps. And, I don't want to lose >> my work. >> >> The IS guy says things are fixed with iOS6, and I can pick up my phone at 4. >> Stay tuned. >> >> Rick > > Rick, I've backed stuff up from my Android...but it's a Verizon service. > > I stand by my assessment of the iPhone, as a device, in isolation. But > if you have a Mac laptop/desktop, use iTunes a lot, have an apple > wireless drive connected to your TV, and whatever other stuff Apple > has, then yes, the iPhone makes a lot of sense. I have a friend who's > interconnected with all his devices (controls his TV with his iPhone, > etc) and doing that with Android probably isn't simple, or maybe even > possible. > > As someone who just uses his phone in isolation (more or less), I > prefer an Android, just because I find it more advanced. > > And no, I don't shoot Canon. Every man has his limits :-) > > > —M. > > \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com > > http://EnticingTheLight.com > A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.