Air Sharing app for iPhone attempts to solve on long-standing shortcoming of iPhone: lack of storage space to save documents and similar files. The app lets you share files between your iPhone and wirelessly connected PC. Air Sharing iPhone app for works with Mac, Windows and Linux, and comes at a price tag of $2.99 per license.

The Application

While installing iPhone Air Sharing application, you’ll be provided with thorough instructions as to how to go about the set up that even a first time won’t find it difficult to install the software in their iPhone. The entire process of installation and set up will take about couple of minutes, at the most. In order to move a file/folder from iPhone to the PC and vice versa, first you need to fire up Air Sharing app followed by connecting your device’s web address from the computer. Here, it goes without saying that both the devices share the same wireless network. Instructions on how to do it is available in the app’s help tab. For Mac, it is just about hitting the ‘Connect to Server’ option under the ‘Go’ menu.

Simply drag-and-drop the files/folders you wish to share. Air Sharing iPhone app supports both portrait and landscape views, alongside tree table file hierarchy typical of Windows OS. As has been observed, the files load quickly, and you can scroll/resize the documents using iPhone’s pinch and zoom feature. However, for documents (such as PDF) with lots of pages, the app does not provide an option to go directly to a particular page. Instead, one has to scroll down until the particular page is reached.

At the bottom of the screen is the setting tab, wherein you can specify what the Air Sharing app should/shouldn’t do. For example, you can turn on no-password-needed, opt for a total informal transfer, or you can simply lock it down and have it fade out after sometime of non-activity.

Conclusion

Air Sharing app for iPhone makes file transfer between your smartphone and PC a cake walk. It virtually transforms your iPhone into a wireless portable device. The interface is user-friendly for most parts, and file navigation one of the easiest for a file sharing application. Those who tend to carry documents on the go will certainly find Air Sharing more than a handy app to have. Verdict: Quite useful mobile application for the traveling executive.

Air Sharing is a file storage application for iPhone smartphones. Its primary purpose is to transform the Apple iPhone into a wireless portable drive, for easily transporting, alongside viewing files on-the-go. However, it has some more features that make it worth for $7 per download.

Functionality of Air Sharing iPhone App

The most important and notable feature of Air Sharing mobile application for iPhone is that it does not require any additional software to transfer the files to and from the user PC. In order to transfer a file, users need to first launch the app, connect to the device’s web address from a PC, assuming that the PC as well is connected to the same Wireless Network. The instructions for doing the same are available in the app’s help tab, if you are not so familiar with any of the networking stuff.

Once connection is established, the user can drop any file or folder into the iPhone, like in a USB drive. Users can transfer and view virtually any Phone-supported files, such as spreadsheets, documents, photos, and movies, to name a few. To view a file, simply tap on it, and if to delete it, tap the edit and press the delete sign. Also, there is an option to password protect one’s connections from outside interference.

Air Sharing’s earlier versions had some issues when it comes to establishing connection with the PC. But the new versions seem to have fixed that bug, and now it is quite easy to make a connection. Also, PDF files are not displayed properly in Air Sharing.

Features of Air Sharing app for iPhone

Air Sharing iPhone mobile application offers a unique pop up menu that lets users jump forth and back in a hierarchical sequence of folders. The app also offers a useful display of each file or folder’s size (in terms of number of items or disk space), as well as the date/time of the creation of the said file/folder in the iPhone, like in the Windows OS.

Overall, Air Sharing is a decent file storage app to have in your iPhone. Not only it is user friendly, but it also got some extra features that make the app different from its competitors. True, it got some drawbacks as well; but overall, the app scores above par. Given its utility, the $7 price tag for a license of Air Sharing iPhone app is worth the money spent.