Professional Photographer's Take on Air Sharing

Air Sharing iPhone application - It's a seriously good bit of kit!

I found the Air Sharing application for the iPhone about a month ago -
which was rather lucky as it was free then. And I have to say that it
has been one of the most useful applications I have used on the iPhone
to date.

Air Sharing iPhone Application Review

Given that it is currently on sale for the holiday season - I'd highly
recommend taking a look at it.

So what is it? How is it any good for a photographer? Read more after
the jump - Go on, click the link, you know you want to...


The official description in the store is...

With Air Sharing, you can:

* • Mount your iPhone or iPod touch as a wireless drive on any
Mac, Windows, or Linux computer.
* • Drag-drop files between your iPhone or iPod touch and your
computers.
* • View documents in many common formats.
*
*
o • Familiar Finder-like file browser
o • Prominent display of available space
o • Use of Bonjour and WebDAV (like iDisk) for easy
connection
o • Extensive in-line Help with detailed, simple
instructions
o • Controls to prevent or to delay iPhone auto-lock
o • Syntax coloring of source code
• Advanced image viewer
o • Stable, high-quality viewing of very high-resolution
image files
o • Configurable image slideshow
o • Next and Previous buttons in image viewer
• Fast access
o • Page Up and Down buttons that accelerate while held down
o • A folder popup for going back to previously viewed
folders
o • Automatic jump to last viewed location when opening a
long document
• Security
o • Optional password protection
o • Public folder for guest access
o • Local passcode lock for app security



So what does that actually mean? Simply put, it means that you can use
the application as a briefcase for your documents, images, videos to
take with you wherever you happen to be in a secure manner. Then the
really cool part, is you can share anything you want with anyone you
want over any wireless network.

An example being - I have a contract that I want a client to review
and a series of proof of concept images plus the model release form. I
am in their office, I open Air Sharing and then they simply access the
files via their web browser or if on a mac, simply mount the phone as
a server. And while they are in there, they decide to take a copy of
my CV and client recommendations.

It takes seconds and I can vouch for the fact that it impresses the
socks off the client - Be aware though - You will spend the next 10
minutes demoing the application and then another 10 minutes demoing
the iPhone, if they don't already have one.

Given I must have sold countless iPhones for Apple and quite a few
copies of this application all by giving live demos on request - I
really think I am probably due some form of commission by now ;-)

For the price, this app is a no-brainer and an incredibly useful tool
to have with you. If you can think of key documents you have had where
you have often said - I'll email it to you when I am back at the
office - That can quite literally be a thing of the past with this
tool. And then some...

I know this all sounds like a sales pitch - and it is in a way - but
only because I have found it so useful and impressive a little tool in
both my business and personal life, I just had to share and let others
know about it.

I was lucky. I got it for free - But, I'd happily have paid the full
price for it. So the discount price would just have been a bonus.

http://blog.ginkgostudios.com/2008/1...it-of-kit.html

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On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:42:34 -0800 (PST), iPhone 3Gold
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Air Sharing iPhone application - It's a seriously good bit of kit!
>
>I found the Air Sharing application for the iPhone about a month ago -
>which was rather lucky as it was free then. And I have to say that it
>has been one of the most useful applications I have used on the iPhone
>to date.
>
>Air Sharing iPhone Application Review
>
>Given that it is currently on sale for the holiday season - I'd highly
>recommend taking a look at it.
>
>So what is it? How is it any good for a photographer? Read more after
>the jump - Go on, click the link, you know you want to...
>
>
>The official description in the store is...
>
>With Air Sharing, you can:
>
> * • Mount your iPhone or iPod touch as a wireless drive on any
>Mac, Windows, or Linux computer.
> * • Drag-drop files between your iPhone or iPod touch and your
>computers.

Is this a working around for iTunes protection, allowing songs to be
improperly copied to other iPods/iPhones?


> * • View documents in many common formats.
> *
> *
> o • Familiar Finder-like file browser
> o • Prominent display of available space
> o • Use of Bonjour and WebDAV (like iDisk) for easy
>connection
> o • Extensive in-line Help with detailed, simple
>instructions
> o • Controls to prevent or to delay iPhone auto-lock
> o • Syntax coloring of source code
> • Advanced image viewer
> o • Stable, high-quality viewing of very high-resolution
>image files
> o • Configurable image slideshow
> o • Next and Previous buttons in image viewer
> • Fast access
> o • Page Up and Down buttons that accelerate while held down
> o • A folder popup for going back to previously viewed
>folders
> o • Automatic jump to last viewed location when opening a
>long document
> • Security
> o • Optional password protection
> o • Public folder for guest access
> o • Local passcode lock for app security
>
>
>
>So what does that actually mean? Simply put, it means that you can use
>the application as a briefcase for your documents, images, videos to
>take with you wherever you happen to be in a secure manner. Then the
>really cool part, is you can share anything you want with anyone you
>want over any wireless network.
>
>An example being - I have a contract that I want a client to review
>and a series of proof of concept images plus the model release form. I
>am in their office, I open Air Sharing and then they simply access the
>files via their web browser or if on a mac, simply mount the phone as
>a server. And while they are in there, they decide to take a copy of
>my CV and client recommendations.
>
>It takes seconds and I can vouch for the fact that it impresses the
>socks off the client - Be aware though - You will spend the next 10
>minutes demoing the application and then another 10 minutes demoing
>the iPhone, if they don't already have one.
>
>Given I must have sold countless iPhones for Apple and quite a few
>copies of this application all by giving live demos on request - I
>really think I am probably due some form of commission by now ;-)
>
>For the price, this app is a no-brainer and an incredibly useful tool
>to have with you. If you can think of key documents you have had where
>you have often said - I'll email it to you when I am back at the
>office - That can quite literally be a thing of the past with this
>tool. And then some...
>
>I know this all sounds like a sales pitch - and it is in a way - but
>only because I have found it so useful and impressive a little tool in
>both my business and personal life, I just had to share and let others
>know about it.
>
>I was lucky. I got it for free - But, I'd happily have paid the full
>price for it. So the discount price would just have been a bonus.
>
>http://blog.ginkgostudios.com/2008/1...it-of-kit.html

Ron <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> Is this a working around for iTunes protection, allowing songs to be
> improperly copied to other iPods/iPhones?
>
>

Define "improper".

It's called "fair use" and is over a hundred years old, quite well tested
in court. He's not selling the music for profit.

Other examples of "fair use" are allowing you to read books, check out CDs
fromn your public library, record off the radio or TV, TIVO, plug your
girlfriend's CDs into YOUR stereo, you going to Mom's house to watch a
movie on their pay TV, etc. As long as Mom doesn't set up her own box
office at the front door, it's "fair use".

RIAA/MPAA terrorism is bull****, and they know it.

Try not to act like sheep.

iTunes is a BOX OFFICE renting content.

At 19 Dec 2008 04:42:34 -0800 iPhone 3Gold wrote:
> Air Sharing iPhone application - It's a seriously good bit of kit!
>
> I found the Air Sharing application for the iPhone about a month ago -
> which was rather lucky as it was free then. And I have to say that it
> has been one of the most useful applications I have used on the iPhone
> to date.

Yes, it's a good app.

But viewing or copying documents to/from the phone should NOT require a 3rd-
party app!

On 12/20/08 3:41 AMDec 20, "Todd Allcock" <[email protected]> wrote:

> At 19 Dec 2008 04:42:34 -0800 iPhone 3Gold wrote:
>> Air Sharing iPhone application - It's a seriously good bit of kit!
>>
>> I found the Air Sharing application for the iPhone about a month ago -
>> which was rather lucky as it was free then. And I have to say that it
>> has been one of the most useful applications I have used on the iPhone
>> to date.

>
> But viewing or copying documents to/from the phone should NOT require a 3rd-
> party app!
>

Viewing is supported natively since you can view documents that come as
email attachments. The real issue is file sharing. What I don't understand
is why Apple doesn't support USB mass storage mode on the iPhone the same
way that it does on iPods. If that was supported, I would prefer it to any
form of wireless file sharing. Many more computers have USB ports than
wireless access points.

At 20 Dec 2008 14:51:52 -0500 Bob Haar wrote:>
> > But viewing or copying documents to/from the phone should NOT require a
3rd-
> > party app!
> >
>
> Viewing is supported natively since you can view documents that come as
> email attachments.

Technically that's viewing a document, I suppose- I consider it viewing an
email, since you can't save the doc, and it's always in danger of rolling
out of your inbox depending on you settings and email volume!

> The real issue is file sharing. What I don't understand
> is why Apple doesn't support USB mass storage mode on the iPhone the same
> way that it does on iPods. If that was supported, I would prefer it to any
> form of wireless file sharing. Many more computers have USB ports than
> wireless access points.

My guess is that it has to do with the iPhone's (and Touch's) ability to
download apps and media directly. A USB mode might let the devices "dump"
apps/media without iTunes as gatekeeper.