Samsung Offers UK Users App to Transfer iPhone Data
Samsung is giving UK users free access to an app that will help them make the move from the iPhone to a Galaxy device.
If you're leaving one smartphone platform for another, moving all your data across can be a real pain. However, Samsung is hoping to make things easier for customers ditching Apple's iPhone for one of its Galaxy devices.
Crave today reports that Samsung is offering anyone purchasing a Galaxy device in the UK a free application that will transfer their data from their iPhone to their new device. Dubbed Easy Phone Sync, the application aids in the transfer of contacts, messages, photos, and DRM-free music and videos from an iPhone or iPad. The application uses iTunes back-up to copy over your messages, contacts, photos and video, and will take your podcasts, music and playlists from iTunes.
"We know that traditionally iPhone users have been reluctant to switch to an Android device because they couldn't use iTunes to manage their content," Samsung explained.
The application works in two parts, with one running on your Galaxy device, and downloadable from the Google Play Store. The second part runs on your PC or Mac computer and is available from http://easyphonesync.com. Once you have the app running, you can continue to use iTunes to manage your media.
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This is an app that gives people options, that's it. It does not force anyone to use it and once it's installed it does not take away other options from the user. This is something rarely - if ever - seen in Apple world: giving people options, instead of defaulting them as morons that need to be told what to do and lead them by hand. Besides, I have a real hard time believing that Samsung would be desperate about anything, as they are a top electronics manufacturer in pretty good shape, AFAIK.
The bashing commercials trend was launched successfully by "I'm a Mac" series, if you remember, and also if you remember Windows is still dominating. Looks like Apple's desperation didn't really work out in that case, did it?
I see it differently. To me Apple are the ones that try and prevent choices, and Samsung is trying to give those choices back to people. Its not enough they make a better phone. If Iphone users feel like they are going to lose to much by making the switch, they are going to be REQUIRED to keep buying Apple.
Now, seriously, this is something really good for users who want to try a galaxy phone. I'm not an iphone user, but having options is always a good thing. Now, if Apple makes something similar for the galaxy, it would be a good thing too. After all, fair competition is what we costumers want.
Does Tom's not have an editor to check articles over before they are posted to fix mistakes, this has been happening a lot more over the past few months!
Looks like you're in luck.
Easy Phone sync is not a new application. iSyncr is an Android application in Google Play and Amazon that sync's iTunes media and makes the switch easy for all users, not just UK Samsung users. iSyncr allows users to maintain their content with iTunes and sync it to their Galaxy S3 or any other Android device.
At the end of the day, iTunes users have the options to choose either operating system and maintain their content.