Comments on: 5 Awesome Productivity Apps For The iPhone

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:16:40 +0000

I find airsharing to be a great network sharing application for the iPhone/iPodT. I read my PDFs using it all the time. Turning sharing on or off is a snap, accessing the shared space is extremely easy from Mac, Linux, or Windows.

By: kfordham281

kfordham281 — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 01:54:10 +0000

FYI: File Magnet now has a Windows file uploader. I agree about the larger files issue, I get the running low on memory error from time to time.

By: mpscrew

mpscrew — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:06:26 +0000

It's not an app (It's a web app) but I like 37Signal's Ta-da Lists. It's super simple and it works. You do need access to the web to use it, so it may not be for everyone. It's free and the mobile version (tadalists dot com slash iphone) works well. Instead of adding a bookmark, select, Add to Home Screen.

By: marcel

marcel — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:06:55 +0000

It can’t act as a USB storage device ? Sounds like that’s on purpose.

By: Xav

Xav — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:34:53 +0000

I totally agree about the first 3 apps. These apps have proven great iPhone UI design as well as granting their users a very high level of consistency of data between several machines (will be even higher when the new push system is released), consequently offering a better continuity with our daily workflow. And this is so great I can’t tell.

Concerning Note2self being in your list, I feel quite skeptical. Evernote already records audio notes and, needless to say, sync them within your evernote account and notebools.

I’m skeptical just because Note2Self sits next to Evernote, and it seems quite superfluous to me. Would you, please, explain why those 2 apps are in your list, and how different are the uses you make out of both of them?

2 remarks:
– Omnifocus can be sooooo long at syncing…
– I don’t mind about FileMagnet, as I don’t use my iPhone for USB storage. Looks good anyway.

By: Jens Poder

Jens Poder — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:54:19 +0000

I really like NetNemwsWire as well. Not sure that I would call it productivity enhancing. ;)

By: Jens Poder

Jens Poder — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:44:26 +0000

Nice list. I agree about the omnifocus slowness mentioned here. PLUS the need for at webdav account for wireless syncing really annoying.

I’ll be checking out note2self. I looks cool.

Is it fast?

- Jens Poder (www.poder.dk)

By: Lucas Chan

Lucas Chan — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:50:06 +0000

It should be noted that users wanting to sync OmniFocus on the iPhone with OmniFocus on their mac will need to use the bleeding edge beta client for mac (dubbed “sneakypeek”). It’s stable but you will be asked to update your OmniFocus install almost daily.

I find the time it takes to launch OmniFocus on the iPhone kind of frustrating. I want to use it to quickly dump things I have in my head and I don’t like waiting for the data file to load. I am persisting with it however because the sync functionality is gold (although it also takes a long time).

Anyone who has not yet purchased an iPhone and uses Google Reader for RSS; rest assured, Google’s iPhone version of Reader works really well too.

By: Chris Corbyn

Chris Corbyn — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:05:43 +0000

For a FileMagnet replacement, try DataCase. It exposes itself as a shared drive without any pre-configuration needed or you can FTP to it, or use WebDAV over HTTP.

I haven’t hit any memory limitations with it neither.

By: bvarvel

bvarvel — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:54:41 +0000

I’ve found that simply using an independent email address, say for example ‘myfiles@gmail.com’ and setting it up on my iphone works the best. It’s just another mail account, and once I open the file once, it’s on my phone. They all line up nice and pretty in my ‘inbox’ and any file that is supported on the iPhone can be opened. And adding the document is as easy as emailing it to my ‘myfiles@gmail.com’ email account. From there, I can forward the files on to anyone I choose.

One other plus – i can always access the files from any other computer as well.

Oh – and it doesn’t cost a thing and doesn’t have to be approved by Apple.