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How do I get a pdf file from my email into my iphone?
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With a non-jailbroken phone, there's no way to save it straight from your e-mail. Apple doesn't give users straight access to your memory.
Like someone else said, you'll have to download it to your computer, then get an app like DataCase or Air Sharing and upload it.
I have both apps and none of them really do a great job of viewing PDFs. In fact, I have a 60MB PDF that NONE of them is able to view right now.
Couldn't you use Stanza? (I don't have one yet - i'm exploring today and was excited to see all the formats it can read). So obviously, i'm not sure of limits - but i can't imagine it being "more" than an ebook would be?
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if you have an IMAP email account like MobileMe no worries as once you've d/l the attachment it stays in the email on your phone. Alternatively if you have a MobileMe account save the attachment (from your pc) on your iDisk and use MobileFiles to save it to your iPhone. I've not yet had one PDF that MobileFiles won't open (where the likes of Datacase & Airsharing failed). It's a good app if you have an iDisk.
Three options:
1) Download it in mail and don't delete the email.
2) Free route: download files lite from the app store. Access your email and put the file on your computer's desktop. Follow the directions from files lite on how to get them onto the iPhone.
3) Pay route: download air sharing. It's $4.99 for the holidays. Other than the different app, the directions are the same as above.
If you don't have more than 200mb worth of files you'd want to view on the iPhone, go with files lite. If you have more than that, use Air Sharing.
1) Download it in mail and don't delete the email.
2) Free route: download files lite from the app store. Access your email and put the file on your computer's desktop. Follow the directions from files lite on how to get them onto the iPhone.
3) Pay route: download air sharing. It's $4.99 for the holidays. Other than the different app, the directions are the same as above.
If you don't have more than 200mb worth of files you'd want to view on the iPhone, go with files lite. If you have more than that, use Air Sharing.
www.getdropbox.com (free cloud file sync with iPhone-optimized website)
or
www.box.net (free cloud file storage with cool native iPhone app)
I've tried both and prefer DropBox, because it keeps my files in sync between my office, home and iPhone with 'set it and forget it' style.
or
www.box.net (free cloud file storage with cool native iPhone app)
I've tried both and prefer DropBox, because it keeps my files in sync between my office, home and iPhone with 'set it and forget it' style.
I second dbrandt6....Use Evernote for all of your PDF docs. Simply drag the document to your Evernote Desktop App, Sync and now it goes where ever you do. You need it in area without WiFi then save it as a favorite and it will always be available...don't want it to take up space on iPhone...take it out of favorites. Best viewer/space saver I have found.
AND ITS FREE!
Good Luck
AND ITS FREE!
Good Luck
You can do the same thing with Google Docs too. Just upload the PDF into Google Docs from any desktop. Or, you could just find-out your unique GDs e-mail address and email it to upload it.
Nothing wrong with your post other then you need a connection to edge/3g or wifi...Evernote saves your PDF on your iPhone and you do not need ANY connection to view it later.
I just tried this method. Open in Preview and Print PDF to iPhoto. Once in iPhoto, it will appear in your 'recently imported' folder and then all you would have to do is sync it to your iPhone. One thing though, as iPhoto optimizes each PDF page during its iPhone transfer, the resolution is nothing even remotely close to the original. Actually, it's almost to the point where it's unreadable. Anyways, I know that this method probably wont work for you but it's a start until Apple opens up the iPhone's storage capacity.
If you are looking for a simple method that does not involve a 3rd party app, just use your Yahoo Mail or Gmail account, and create a special folder called Saved. Email yourself any files you want to keep on the phone, and move those emails to the Saved folder. Consider the Saved folder your onboard file system. A little crude but it works.
The main thing I want with a PDF reader is the ability to bookmark locations or go to a point in the PDF via the Table of Contents. I would like to put some books on my iPhone but I'm not going to even bother when I have to swipe down tons of pages each time I open it. Where the hell is this feature?
You know you could just try searching the AppStore. That is what it's there for. Many of the document reader apps have bookmarks or fast-scrolling functionality for PDFs & docs. Check out Briefcase, OneDisk, Files, Air Sharing, and possibly others as well. I use MobileFiles Pro, which will have this feature in a future update. But I have used Briefcase & OneDisk before for reading ebooks and they both work well. Use Briefcase or Briefcase Lite (the free version - see comparison here) if you want to transfer ebooks over wifi, or OneDisk if you use MobileMe iDisk for storing docs/ebooks, and you can download directly from your iDisk to the iPhone.