iPhone App review – Files
This application costs money (£3.99) but for me it’s worth it. If you are connected to your iPhone on a wifi network you can access files on the iPhone via a WedDav interface. This means for example that you can map a network drive in Windows or your Mac/Linux box to it and copy files by drag/drop. The screenshot shows it mapped on my PC with a gif file I copied there.
Other features include security via login+password (or disabled) and a quota set on the storage so you don’t take up too much room. Best of all is that files lets you view many file types including Office 2007 and graphics files like the gif file shown above. Copy Mp3 files and ‘view them’ plays them.
I like the clever use of transparency when you are viewing files. You get the full height of the display but touch the screen at the bottom/top and you can set a bookmark, move to the top/bottom of the file and of course delete it. You can also delete files from the list by the usual swipe to get the delete button up.
it’s a handy way to move files and doubly secure by only having access when the files app is running and if that’s not enough then having to login. It also (dare I say it) means I guess that a number of users might be able to swap files if they were all logged into the same wifi. You’d need a PC for that of course. It would be a nice touch to have iPhone <=> iPhone file moving as well (hint!) but that’s not currently supported. Recommended!
Link (to iPhone App Store)
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Posted: December 13th, 2010 under data, iPhone, review.
Tags: app, data, files, iPhone, review
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