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Well of course you don't get apps like these on other smartphones. The iPhone is in a class by itself. I guess it takes some folks a little longer to wake up than others, eh?

I want to be able to take a document to school on my iPod and print it there.

Sep 04, 08 - 02:56 pm Comment from: El Guapo

How hard would it be to enable printing via WiFi from an iPhone?

Any day now, Avatron Software is going to be putting its new Air Sharing app on the store. I read about it at http://www.avatron.com/products ... This is a file-sharing app with a document viewer. The beauty thing is that it is going to be free for the first two weeks on the store.

That's going to be #1 on my Must Have list when it shows up on the store. I don't want to miss the "introductory offer" and have to pay the normal price for it (even if it IS only seven bucks).

@wefinish

You could use Ecamm Network's PhoneView ($19.95). It's a desktop application that lets you do the following:

Use your iPhone as a Disk
Access, Edit and Create Notes
Access Music and Movies
View and Export Call History
View and Export SMS
View Synced Photos
Download Camera Photos
Access Contacts

Drop your file onto your iPhone at home and then drop it onto the Mac at school and print. There's a free demo on Ecamm Network's website.

Sep 04, 08 - 03:03 pm Comment from: TheConfuzed1

@welfinish--

How about File Vault? You can store your apps inside your phone, and then assuming you are able to put a client on the computer at school, you should be able to pull it off of your phone, and print.

If you don't have sufficient privileges to install the app, perhaps your teacher will do it for you.

Sep 04, 08 - 03:03 pm Comment from: jtc

you can get idisk.. I believe that would solve your issue wefinish

P.S. Of course, you could just e-mail the file to yourself for free. It's a snap with web-based e-mail like Gmail.

I think you guys are missing the point here. If he had a Mac at school, he wouldn't need this functionality in a phone. He wants to print from the iPhone.

I don't know of an app that does that yet.

"I think you guys are missing the point here."

I think you're right! But there's an odd satisfaction in dishing out unsolicited advice!

The iPhone has Bluetooth and their quite a few BT capable printers out there. All that's missing is the drivers and a printing app. I wonder if Apple let's developers access BT on the iPhone?

Sep 04, 08 - 03:56 pm Comment from: Mr. Peabody

And while we're on peripherals for iPhone/iPod Touch, how about a keyboard, BT and USB, that's foldable and allows me to put my iPod Touch right into it so I can type directly onto those devices. It's the one and only thing Palm has over the iPhone/iTouch.

No, Nick, not yet. The only Bluetooth driver Apple supplies is for the phone headset. And there's no SDK for writing new drivers. Also no USB. Wi-fi is the only option, really. But there's no Print Driver SDK either, so a developer would have to do a lot of work.

Bummer, no? Hopefully those are coming soon.

Mr Peabody, see my reply to Nick, above.

Someday, but not yet.

One folding USB keyboard manufacturer, MacAlly, even announced their product as Coming Soon, and then had to roll back those claims when they actually saw the iPhone SDK.

While I'm on a posting roll, I just want to second iPhone Fanatic's rave about Avatron's Air Sharing app. I can't wait!

Maybe those guys will be the first to add printing. They're apparently located in Vancouver WA, which is where Hewlett Packard's printing group lives (well, where they outsource from anyway), so maybe at least a Print To HP feature.

Sep 04, 08 - 04:19 pm Comment from: MacAngus

Most importantly, Garry's commute is only half an hour! That would be sweet, free apps or not. Or is that just the crowded part that's half an hour...

Sep 04, 08 - 05:25 pm Comment from: alansky

@wefinish: Wouldn't it be alot simpler to carry your files on a flash drive? Does the iPhone have to be the go-to device for everything?

Sep 04, 08 - 06:09 pm Comment from: Spark

What the iPhone needs is a good fart application.

Ha. Fart app. Good one, spark.

Thanks Sum Jung and iPhone Fanatic for the link to Avatron Software. That will be one to watch! It can't possibly be worse than its competitors.

Ecamm Network's PhoneView didn't work at all for me after many recent attempts.

Sep 04, 08 - 08:22 pm Comment from: qka

What the iPhone needs is a good fart application.

Didn't i see a mention of one somewhere online - the only hitch was that Apple pulled it from the store?

Sep 04, 08 - 09:39 pm Comment from: Cubert

@qka,
You're crazy, man! You're crazy!

Yeah, too bad Apple pulled the finger and got the fart app out of the store. It will show up at the Jailbreak store though, like all the other "sexy" apps.

Sep 05, 08 - 03:06 am Comment from: MacSheikh

Air Sharing looks interesting. In the meantime, check these out for more possible options:

iLounge File Storage Apps Review