Comments on: AirDroid: The free app every Android owner should install in 2013 http://gigaom.com/2012/12/31/airdroid-the-free-app-every-android-owner-should-install-in-2013/ Sat, 25 May 2013 09:44:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Clive Courtney http://gigaom.com/2012/12/31/airdroid-the-free-app-every-android-owner-should-install-in-2013/#comment-1311036 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:52:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=598150#comment-1311036 Roger that Kenny, just what protection do you have if you are using a wi-fi hotspot ?

Clive

]]> By: kenny http://gigaom.com/2012/12/31/airdroid-the-free-app-every-android-owner-should-install-in-2013/#comment-1291532 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:19:09 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=598150#comment-1291532 it sounds really great but , it also sounds like a security nightmare. this app has access to just about EVERYTHING , accounts, device info, harware control , your personal info………

]]> By: anonymous http://gigaom.com/2012/12/31/airdroid-the-free-app-every-android-owner-should-install-in-2013/#comment-1290880 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:15:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=598150#comment-1290880 I had a G1 back in the day. After several years, I upgraded to an iPhone. In all of that time, there hasn’t been a single software feature of Android that I have missed, or app that has made me say “should I go back?” … until this. I sorely/sincerely wish I had this on an iPhone.

]]> By: Joe T. http://gigaom.com/2012/12/31/airdroid-the-free-app-every-android-owner-should-install-in-2013/#comment-1290878 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:12:17 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=598150#comment-1290878 Internet-wide (not just while sitting in your home on your local wi-fi network), the use case for phone-to-PC access makes sense. I’ve been away at a restaurant, and using my phone, retrieved a document from my running PC. The opposite case (you are at your PC but your Android device is somewhere else across the www) makes little sense. How often are you separated from your phone?

AirDroid and similar are just replacements (albeit very capable replacements) for plugging in the wire. Tonido and similar are PC-as-cloud solutions, which also act as wired connection replacements.

]]> By: Don Bruno http://gigaom.com/2012/12/31/airdroid-the-free-app-every-android-owner-should-install-in-2013/#comment-1290824 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 17:53:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=598150#comment-1290824 Thanks for your tip on this app……I am a Mac guy using an Android cheap phone and service. I don’t want much from a phone but this app is just the ticket for me if it does what you say. Makes my low end phone into a top line phone. Much appreciate…..keep it coming

]]> By: Joe T. http://gigaom.com/2012/12/31/airdroid-the-free-app-every-android-owner-should-install-in-2013/#comment-1290818 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 17:45:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=598150#comment-1290818 I prefer that method also, but use Tonido to accomplish it. Would love to see a review on all the methods for wirelessly accessing between PC and phone/tablet. Both from the PC (although it appears AirDroid wins here) and from the portable device.

]]> By: Steven http://gigaom.com/2012/12/31/airdroid-the-free-app-every-android-owner-should-install-in-2013/#comment-1290632 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 10:38:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=598150#comment-1290632 I prefer to access the pc from the phone

by simply opening sharing/access to the pc across the wifi lan, I move files back and forth using ES File Explorer

]]> By: Dan Arnold http://gigaom.com/2012/12/31/airdroid-the-free-app-every-android-owner-should-install-in-2013/#comment-1290631 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 10:33:55 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=598150#comment-1290631 Love this app! Glad you recommended, and I must say, one of the best I’ve installed on my phone(s) since Android debuted. Highly recommended for anyone who does anything beyond calling on their phone.

]]> By: Rob http://gigaom.com/2012/12/31/airdroid-the-free-app-every-android-owner-should-install-in-2013/#comment-1290455 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 03:11:12 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=598150#comment-1290455 You may also be interested in SnapPea.
I find a few things work better.

]]> By: bernharderb http://gigaom.com/2012/12/31/airdroid-the-free-app-every-android-owner-should-install-in-2013/#comment-1290391 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 01:28:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=598150#comment-1290391 I remember how easy things were on my phone-from-hell (random hangups, shut offs and reboots) the Moto Q. Managing its files from a computer was the one thing that it did exceeding well using active sync. Even on Debian and BSD systems files were easily worked. It was as if I were moving files on just another hard drive. Then I upgraded to Android which only allowed limited media management from a computer, and most recently with an Android Bionic along with a new laptop, I found I couldn’t even sync via usb anymore. If this solves some of those issues I’m in. Now if there were just a really simple way to root the system and manage it without doing everything on a phone keyboard….

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