I’ve been meaning to try Drop.io – a really simple file-sharing service – for some time. As with many online services, the thing that finally got me to give it a go is the launch of an iPhone app. Droppler is the new iPhone app that pushed me to try out Drop.io today. Here’s a […]
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Droppler = Drop.io Native App for iPhone

Feb 22nd 2009 by

I’ve been meaning to try Drop.io – a really simple file-sharing service – for some time. As with many online services, the thing that finally got me to give it a go is the launch of an iPhone app. Droppler is the new iPhone app that pushed me to try out Drop.io today.

Here’s a quick excerpt of Wikipedia’s description of Drop.io:

Drop.io is an online file hosting, sharing, and collaboration service that is designed to be simple and emphasizes privacy. It allows users to create online sharing points called “drops” that are used for uploading and sharing documents, images, video, audio, and other digital content without accounts, registration or e-mail addresses. Drops are non-searchable and not networked.

So far, as a total Drop.io newb, I’ve found it extremely easy to setup a new ‘drop’ (home for shared files), add a couple audio files to it, set a password to view it, and set it to expire one day from now and remove the files (as they’re just part of testing for me). That part was very quick and very easy – so I was keen to see how the iPhone app matched up …

Droppler – at least in my quick ‘getting to know it’ phase today – mostly lives up to the ease of use feel of the full desktop experience. It took me only a very few minutes (even as a big-time rookie) to get to the drop I’d created back on the desktop, and listen to the audio files I’d thrown into it.

I was also able to add new content to it easily from the iPhone – a new note and a new image from my photo library were added and synced to my drop just about instantly.

I also created a new drop on the iPhone itself, and added a photo to it, and added a new audio file via the voicemail feature as well. This was all quite easy too.

Droppler’s interface is well laid out and intuitive to work with, as proven by my ‘rookie’ efforts.

Here’s a quick summary of some of Droppler’s features, per its App Store page:

  • Droppler is an application for your iPhone or iPod Touch that provides you access to your Drop.io drops wherever you are.
  • With Droppler and Drop.io, you have a way to easily share notes, audio and photos captured on your iPhone or iPod touch with others on the web, instantly!
  • You can share notes, images and documents on-the-go
  • Listen to audio and watch movies, take pictures and upload them to the web, record audio straight to the web from your iPhone.

The app has been a pleasure to use so far, but a little bit flaky in initial testing. It’s crashed back to the home screen a few times, and once seemed to ‘forget’ a new drop I thought I had created when I went out and back into the app (might have been user error, not positive).

I’m definitely impressed by Drop.io – and of course love that it can be used from the iPhone. You gotta like no registration, no filling in any details about yourself, and instant sharing of files! For more info on Drop.io check out its home page, or the Wikipedia entry for it.

Or if you’re a Drop.io user with an iPhone, you’re definitely going to want to check this app out. If you’re a newb like me, and always looking for easier, better ways to share files, you may well want to as well.

Droppler is in the App Store now, and goes for $1.99.

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