So what’s to love about iPhone Apps? Lots, and the one currently getting most of my love (after Jared, Butcher of Song, of course) is FileMagnet. Install it on the iPhone, install an uploader app to your Mac, connect both your Mac and your iPhone to the same wireless network, and presto: you can move files wirelessly between your desktop and your iPhone. Hot stuff: no more flash drives or burned CDs for transporting files home!
It took a few minutes to figure out that the wireless network here at Harvard wouldn’t do the trick (I had to create a wireless network via Airport on my Mac — Harvard’s network must be too large for it to work properly), but now I’ve been shuttling files back and forth with ease. You can even view/use those files on the iPhone, even music files (tho they’re not accessible from the iPod area). That kind of utility was totally worth the $4.99.
Using it begs the question, tho: where’s the wireless sync option for the iPhone? We know that it’s possible now, and even the Zune has been rocking that since November. Hope someone in Cupertino is playing attention…
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