10 Killer iPhone Apps: #2 DropBox

Dropbox is simple.  You put files in.  You get your files out.  Its almost too simple.  People miss the brilliance.  It is not WHAT you put in your dropbox … it is WHERE you get to access those files and how easy it is to SHARE your files.

• Access your Dropbox on the go
• Download files for offline viewing
• Sync photos and videos to your Dropbox
• Share links to files in your Dropbox

Let’s say you and your wife each have an iPhone, a laptop at home and you have a desktop at work.  If, at work, you drop a PDF document into your dropbox folder, it will be waiting there on your laptop when you get home. 

• Your wife could make a shopping list of what to get at the store and  “dropbox it.”  You will have it on your phone just a few seconds later. 
• Keep your important work file in your dropbox and never worry about your hard drive crashing, or your phone going dead.  You can access your files from any computer. 
• You can also sync your photos from your phone to your other dropbox locations – no more sneaker net or cables and syncing nightmares.

Gone are the days oftrying to email large files. Just drop the file in your dropbox and once the file uploads to your dropbox in the cloud, you can right-click, copy the link and email the link.  The recipient of the email will click on the link and be able to download the large file directly from the internet.

My favorite feature was just introduced in a recent update: saving files to my phone for offline viewing.  Apps that utilize “the cloud” are so cool and mobile and hip and – ZZZZTTT — your power just went out. You lost your internet connection.  Now what?  The cloud isn’t so cool now!

No, it’s fine: dropbox lets you download any of your files to your phone for viewing even when you CAN’T connect to the internet.

Currently, registration and 2GB of storage is free. Additional space is available at tiered rates. We recommend that everyone pick up Dropbox. It’s definitely an App2Add …