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July 11, 2007

iphone

Get back that disk mode

Posted Jul. 11, ’07, 7:09 AM PT by Derik DeLong
Category | iPhone

iPhoneDrive One of the more unfortunate changes in the iPhone as compared to its non-Phone iPod brethren is its lack of a disk mode. I like to turn it on with all my iPods so I can throw the occasional document on there. It’s great for holding a few choice passwords in case I forget them on the road. The iPhone is a black box that only iTunes has a flashlight to look inside of.

I’m thrilled that the guys at Ecamm have developed iPhoneDrive. It has a Finder-like interface for moving files on and off your phone. It won’t help you access that data when connected to a Windows machine which defeats some of the utility I’ve become accustomed to, but it’s a great start. At $9.95 including free upgrades for life, it’s a cost effective way to restore a feature that Apple should have built in to begin with.


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