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Air Sharing - Review
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Air Sharing By: Avatron Software, Inc. Developer's Notes: Air Sharing is the easiest way to take your documents with you and view them on the go. |
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As I write this rumors of a bump in iPhone capacity to 32 GB are flying. I had long believed that when it comes to capacity bigger is better but lately there seems to be less and less of a case to be made. I mean, think about it- you can stream music thanks to a variety of apps, you can create Genius Playlists in iTunes and have a constantly revolving selection of music and podcasts require syncing to be updated anyway so you need to sync frequently. Add to that the fact that most apps take up far less space than many of us expected and the arguements for high capacity dwindle.
There is, though, a tremendously compelling argument for high capacity that can STILL be made thanks to Air Sharing.
Air Sharing is one of the "must have" applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Seriously a MUST HAVE.
It is by far the best, most convenient way to transfer files to your iPhone/Touch and view them that I have seen. It works Mac OS X, Windows XP and Vista, Linux and any web browser. It supports TONS of formats, including iWork and Office formats, PDFs and HTML. The list is huge!
You can even play mp3 or m4v files right in the application! (hmmm, doesn't that duplicate a native Apple function??? Nobody tell Apple lest it meet the same fate as Podcaster and MailWrangler.)
It is super easy to set up and includes a clear step-by-step manual in the app itself. Once your iPhone/Touch is connected to a computer through Air Sharing adding a file is as simple as dragging a file into the folder on your computer.
Seriously, this is a superb piece of software that turns your iPhone/Touch into a wirelessly connected, drive and then lets you USE the files on that drive.
I added--
-a Pages document. No problem.
-a Word Document. No problem.
-a big PDF. No Problem (although it was slow to render and change pages)
-a JPEG. Perfect.
-an mp3. Yup.
-an m4v. Perfect.
And the list goes on and on.
This is an AMAZING APP. GET IT!
Quick Take
Value: Super High. (Still free as of review time but worth it after free period.)
Would I Buy Again: In a second
Learning Curve: Connecting the first time- medium. After that- easy
Who is it for: Anyone with an iPhone or Touch
What I like: Does exactly what it says and does so perfectly
What I Don’t: Not a thing (seriously, not a thing)
Final Statement: Great app! Is the reason for getting as large a capacity as is available. Glad I got the 32GB Touch!
Air Sharing
By: Avatron Software, Inc.
| Version # : | 1.0.1 |
| Date Released: | 09/08/2008 |
| Web / Native: | Native |
| Type: | Productivity |
| Price: | $0.00 |
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really usefull information, thanks a lot!!!
Designers-city
Thank you for sharing this information.It is really nice.Keep posting.
Designers-city
huge issue....you cant jump to say page 500 of a 1000 page pdf, book, textbook, etc. iphone is too slow to try to scroll your way to that
Try PDFReader...however it's got a bug with IE and u have to use safari to upload, but if u can find the app folder in WinSCP u can plop it right in there..;)
You missed some of the refinements that are necessary to make this a truly useful and outstanding app in viewing the documents that it supports. For example, try viewing a folder of images (JPEGS). There is no way to scroll from one image to the other. You have to click Done and then return to the list, select the next one (if you can remember which one it is), and then click it, etc. None of the other programs have this feature either, but why couldn't they just use the same interface as Apple's built-in photo browser, video viewer, etc. And while we are on it, hide the toolbars when viewing a file. Fullscreen is a must. And when viewing a folder with HTML (webpages) it really should offer up the main/index file by default as a starting point. I think it's a great program but it needs polish. I also think Whatsoniphone needs to provide more in-depth reviews.
All good points but... it isn't intended to be a picture viewer etc. Sure, it would be great if it did all those things but I was looking at it compared to the others in its class and it is by far the best of them.
While I find it nice that you can see pictures, listen to mp3 etc, that ISN'T why I want an app like this. For getting files on the iPhone or Touch it is fantastic IMO.
Of course it, and other apps like it, are intended to view files easily; otherwise they wouldn't include the feature in the first place nor advertise it as a selling point. Don't get me wrong, I like Air Sharing. I just want to see it get better, and the only way to do that is to point out the shortcomings.
I have (and have tried) MobileFinder, FileMagnet and Air Sharing, and I have to admit that, currently, Air Sharing gets my vote. It's really easy to use and has been able to handle files much better (in my experience) than the other two.That said, I've heard from the creator of MobileFinder that new features I would be interesting in seeing are being worked on, so I guess I'll wait and see if Air Sharing keeps its spot.
I agree. I've tried a bunch of the various apps too- and, currently, this is the winner!