Nexus 4 Does Not Support USB OTG
In a not-so-shocking turn of events, it has been found out that USB OTG is not supported by the Nexus 4. If you don’t know, USB OTG stands for On-The-Go and is a cable that plugs into your devices microUSB port and has a full USB port at the end. This allows you to plug keyboards, mice, flash drives, and controllers into your device, expanding its use greatly. Unfortunately, Google updated their Nexus 4 support page to say that it does not support USB, only Bluetooth for connecting peripherals. It’s strange that the page had to be recently updated, as it was being sold with a feature it does not possess.
However, the Nexus 7 doesn’t have full OTG capabilities either. You need a root app (StickMount) to mount USB drives over a USB OTG cable. This turn of events doesn’t surprise me. It is very disappointing though, there is no doubt about that. Tell us your thoughts on this issue in the comments!
God I love this debate. You really don't need a USB connection as much as you think. The Bluetooth option really does work pretty well. Now as far as storage, there are oodles of web storage providers and you can even setup your nexus 7 to sync your stuff to Google's service as well. As far as digital cameras go, I'd probably get one with Wi-Fi built in so I could upload them again to a cloud server and then d/l it to whatever kind of device I wanted to edit them on. As far as why people pick android over iOS is usually price. Then there is good old american rebellion. Apple is now that status quo that people seek to rebel against and android is now a viable platform to do that with. While it's true that Google may be building a walled garden, it's still a more open garden then windows or iOS.
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