These types of apps are great, but by far the best one is iStorage. In the past, I have used AirSharing, then switched to Folders when I realized AS was basically a one-trick pony. However, Folders is pretty clunky, so now I am with iStorage.
Let me tell you what it can do. First and foremost, it has a built-in browser, so you can download almost any file off of the internet. If it is a .zip file, it can upzip it too. This also means that you can download attached e-mail files (that are not photos!). After downloading them, then you can (sometimes) play them or view them. You can then edit these files, then either 1) re-compress it, 2) upload it somewhere, 3) e-mail it to someone, or 4) transfer them to your desktop using WiFi (or to any other device on the network).
Besides these features, you can just store files after placing them. You can transfer text files from your desktop to edit them on the run. Or, you can make new text files while out and then doing steps 1-4 detailed in the last paragraph.
As for negatives, the browser tends to crash a bit, but not as bad as Safari was pre-2.2. There may be some files you have trouble downloading. And just like everything else on the iPhone, it doesn't support other types of video formats besides what Steve Jobs allows.
This is a fantastic app - wellworth the 5$.99. Apple should be embarrassed they didn't include these functions natively.
Let me tell you what it can do. First and foremost, it has a built-in browser, so you can download almost any file off of the internet. If it is a .zip file, it can upzip it too. This also means that you can download attached e-mail files (that are not photos!). After downloading them, then you can (sometimes) play them or view them. You can then edit these files, then either 1) re-compress it, 2) upload it somewhere, 3) e-mail it to someone, or 4) transfer them to your desktop using WiFi (or to any other device on the network).
Besides these features, you can just store files after placing them. You can transfer text files from your desktop to edit them on the run. Or, you can make new text files while out and then doing steps 1-4 detailed in the last paragraph.
As for negatives, the browser tends to crash a bit, but not as bad as Safari was pre-2.2. There may be some files you have trouble downloading. And just like everything else on the iPhone, it doesn't support other types of video formats besides what Steve Jobs allows.
This is a fantastic app - wellworth the 5$.99. Apple should be embarrassed they didn't include these functions natively.