May 11, 2009 2:00 PM

How come I can only see a limited amount of folders from my hard drive in the iPhone app?

May 11, 2009 9:04 PM

How about able to 'send'/share the files with someone in a similar way it's done from the website?

May 11, 2009 10:08 PM

Thanks Brandon. Saw the updated app posting from Twitter about 20 minutes after I wrote that. Everything is working great and I'm loving the pogoplug.

May 15, 2009 5:14 PM

I would also appreciate a full screen option in the image viewer and the ability to shuffle the order of the pictures. Playing more than one song at a time would be very handy. Also SSL and an auto log out feature are big must haves for me. It is a great start, hopefully soon I'll be able to recommend it to all my family and friends.

May 18, 2009 1:50 PM

My biggest problem with the iPhone client is the lack of support for landscape view of the file list or some way of displaying entire, long file names in the current portrait view. I have numerous file collections with long, nearly identical file names, distinguished only by the last few characters of the name. Those last few characters are being cut off by the portrait view, resulting in some trial and error or manual counting of files in the list to find the correct file I want view.

Failing that, how about an option to display and sort by user-selected fields of the metadata stored in media files?

June 19, 2009 4:19 PM

If I download a file using Pogoplug to my iPhone, it goes to the "My iPhone" folder. Can I use it with any other program, or email it from the iPhone? Can I upload any other file from the iPhone via Pogoplug?

June 21, 2009 3:25 PM

"I believe that's a limitation imposed by Apple, since it's not unique to the iPhone Pogoplug app. Every "approved" (versus "jailbroken") third-party application has its own individual data store on the iPhone or iPod Touch without access to another's."

I used to believe the above as well until I just found that "Quickoffice Files" allows me to email documents from my iDisk.

June 22, 2009 4:00 PM

Rob said:

chesterdkat said: "I believe that's a limitation imposed by Apple, since it's not unique to the iPhone Pogoplug app. Every "approved" (versus "jailbroken") third-party application has its own individual data store on the iPhone or iPod Touch without access to another's." I used to believe the above as well until I just found that "Quickoffice Files" allows me to email documents from my iDisk.

The key phrase being, "from my iDisk". Try emailing those files to yourself, pull them up on your iPhone/iPod's mail client, then try to access copies downloaded to the iPhone/iPod with Quickoffice Files instead of the iDisk copies. If it can do that, I will be immediately interested in downloading a copy.

I did all that you asked and it ALL worked flawlessly...

June 22, 2009 8:29 PM

Rob said:

I wonder what QuickOffice Files is doing, then, because I found the reference I was looking for. Apple's iPhone Application Programming Guide specifically states:

"For security reasons, iPhone OS restricts an application (including its preferences and data) to a unique location in the file system. This restriction is part of the security feature known as the application's "sandbox." The sandbox is a set of fine-grained controls limiting an application's access to files, preferences, network resources, hardware, and so on. In iPhone OS, an application and its data reside in a secure location that no other application can access."

I.e., QuickOffice Files shouldn't be able to access files downloaded by the native iPhone Mail app to the iPhone/iPod, or that of any other application. I'm not saying that you're not able to do it, I'm saying I have difficulty believing that the application can in light of the way the iPhone OS itself operates.

No, Quickoffice is able to download a file to the iPhone from your iDisk. Quickoffice can then take that file that is now residing on the iPhone and readable within Quickoffice and email it to any address. Naturally if you email the file to an address that is on your iPhone then the iPhone's mail client will be able to receive it, open it and you can read it.

I didn't mean to hurt your feelings by implying that you were misinformed and anything less than the worlds leading expert on the interaction of applications on the iPhone. I certainly do not have any such expertise however I do know when I can download, read and email a file. By the way I also am not affiliated with Quickoffice however I do find that it fulfills some of my needs quite nicely...

June 23, 2009 9:50 AM

Since all iPhone apps operate in a sandbox, will the PogoPlug app be able to browse out to the internet and allow the download of files to your shared drive?

For example, I have files available via RapidShare and would love to be able to initiate their download to some storage location via my iPhone... Can the Pogoplug iPhone app fill this need?

June 24, 2009 5:21 PM

I am dumb but how do I download an MP3 to my iphone from pogoplug app?
All I can do is stream it to itunes player, but I can't listen later.

June 28, 2009 1:28 AM

I'm not sure what the problem is but when I play a MP3 longer than 20mins a mix perhaps the iPhone app gets 1/2 way through it and then crashes, also theres no way to play a folder of songs where one plays right after the other, once one song finishes i have to go select another song, that kinda sucks. I bought the pogo to add storage for my music on my iPhone but this limitation makes it useless. I cant even watch movies on my apple tv from my pogo plug drive without some crazy hack and a mac. sorry for the rant

disappointed pogo plug buyer:
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