iPhone Downloading (and Syncing?)
NOTE: PROJECT COMPLETED. SOLUTION: DROPBOX.COM . CHECK IT OUT:
file storage with web interface *or* an installed program that's much simpler than ftp, folder synchronization, and most importantly in this case, an iPhone app that allows
One or more to-do items remain below...
mercenary
solving a problem
iPhone can download files linked to in Safari (maybe also in E-mail?)
Sync iPhone files with PC files (just like Nokia)?
PC & Mac
files accessible on iPhone while offline
i-phone download links
1) Hachu's download app.
+adds a nice download button on files. anything you download, though, you have to download and then open, instead of just opening it immediately. or can you still open stuff immediately?
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/12/04/mobile-safari-plug-in-downloads-files-to-... - site about it, maybe some answers in the comments?
http://www.hackint0sh.org/f126/18060.htm - original post. the thread is huge. ideas, fixes, ...
problems
- disables streaming in safari. maybe there is a way to get it not to? re-read those sites.
- difficult to access files? one person mentioned using send-file? re-read.
- can you still "stream" (open immediately, without going and finding) other files, like .doc?
2) HistoryDL
+You can stream when you want, and download when you want.
http://www.ipodtouchfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13153
http://teddythebear.blogspot.com/2008/03/historydl-for-iphone.html
problems
- Doesn't work with non-safari types (does this matter?)
- First one has to jailbreak the phone... this is a problem. maybe there is a way to do it without?
?) iShare - found as a result of looking to *upload* files, rather than D/L, because I don't necessarily want to DL from the internet. Or maybe box.net would work, and we can download from there,
http://www.how-to.com/article/details/209
-) Box.net
- won't work when there is no internet signal.
- it's one more service to apply to... though it's nice that it's an iPhone app.
http://www.rotorblog.com/2009/10/05/6-iphone-apps-that-let-you-access-fi...
other similar apps. INCLUDES DROPBOX... see if dropbox has offline...
Dropbox claims to have
+ syncing (like windows livesync)
+ download stuff for off-line viewing.
OneDisk (formerly A.I. disk)
http://readdle.com/products/onedisk
also check out iShare (http://www.how-to.com/article/details/209) (but how do you access them once you've downloaded them?
and if all that fails, the MobileMe page had a bunch more ideas.
Status Update:
dropbox.com seems to have everything:
+free account
+syncing, including with iPhone
+offline access of documents in iPhone
Only disadvantage is no syncing (unless windows version works) with Nokia.
