ReaddleDocs, a “complete document and file management solution for your iPhone and iPod touch,” has been updated to version 1.6. Version 1.6 adds a PDF viewer to the app. The PDF viewer allows for full text document search as well as the ability to view password protected documents, navigate through embedded PDF bookmarks and open large PDF files. Check out David’s full review of ReaddleDocs HERE.

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App Store Description:

ReaddleDocs is a complete document and file management solution for your iPhone and iPod Touch. It can catch documents from almost any possible source you can imagine: Windows, Mac or Linux computers, various web sites, email attachments, MobileMe iDisk and other online file storages and even other iPhones. All files are saved to your iPhone or iPod Touch file storage so you can enjoy reading them anywhere!

ReaddleDocs features network file server, web storage client, web browser, file manager and document viewer combined within single iPhone application package.

With ReaddleDocs you can:

COPY FILES DIRECTLY FROM ANY MAC OR WINDOWS COMPUTER
Any Mac OS X, Windows XP and Windows Vista computer can connect to the iPhone or iPod Touch running ReaddleDocs and operate it like a flash drive. No additional software is required to make it work.

TRANSFER FILES OVER USB
Use our free utility for Windows/Mac OS to drop files and folders to your iPhone/iPod Touch via USB.
Transfer speed is up to 8 times faster than over Wi-Fi. See readdle.com/products/readdlewire for details

READ ALL COMMON OFFICE DOCUMENTS
ReaddleDocs built-in viewer supports PDF and Microsoft Office files from Word (doc, docx), Excel (xls, xlsx) as well as Powerpoint (ppt, pptx). To read documents created using software like MS Project, MS Visio or OmniGraffle simply print them as PDF files and copy to ReaddleDocs.

SAVE ATTACHMENTS YOU HAVE GOT IN THE EMAIL
Just forward email with attachment to your unique Readdle Storage e-mail address and save it to your device using ReaddleDocs.

EMAIL FILES STORED IN READDLEDOCS TO YOUR COLLEAGUES AND PARTNERS
You can share all the important information that you have on your iPhone using super fast Readdle mail server.

READ BOOKS ON THE GO
ReaddleDocs also allows you to read books in a variety of formats. TXT, FB2, RTF and HTML files are supported in addition to PDF and DOC documents.

TRANSFER FILES TO YOUR iPHONE WITH OF WITHOUT WI-FI
ReaddleDocs supports transferring files to your device using both EDGE or 3G network. Just upload your documents to Readdle Storage using regular Internet connection and instantly access them from the ReaddleDocs.

SAVE DOCUMENTS FROM THE WEB
You have found a document that you want to save on your iPhone or your files already are somewhere in the Internet? Use built-in web browser to find and save files from the Web directly to your device.

ACCESS MobileMe iDisk AND OTHER POPULAR WEB STORAGES
ReaddleDocs allows you to open files from MobileMe iDisk, Box.Net, Filesanywhere and other services that supports WebDAV access. For those of us who use more than one online storage ReaddleDocs supports adding as many accounts as they need.

UPLOAD FILES TO MobileMe iDisk OR ANY OTHER WEBDAV-ENABLED STORAGE
Use ReaddleDocs to upload files and photos to any WebDAV storage like MobileMe iDisk, box.net or home NAS drive.

EXCHANGE FILES WITH OTHER IPHONE USERS
Assume that your friend has ReaddleDocs installed on his iPhone or iPod Touch, you are on the same Wi-Fi network and you want to get some of his files. Then you are lucky because it is a matter of several taps for ReaddleDocs to cope with this task.

USE OTHER ESSENTIAL FEATURES
- Bookmarks that you can set at any place in a document
- Password protection for your files
- Support for zip archives
- Fast scroll through large documents
- Powerful file management
- Fullscreen mode
What’s new

- fixed bookmarks disappearance when moving files
- fixed links to other HTML files (when Book Mode is off)
- “Convert TXT” option is ON by default
- Passkey Lock dialog fixes
- “Open on relaunch” now works with JPG files

Press Release:

ReaddleDocs 1.6 makes reading PDFs on iPhone desktop class

Today Readdle company announces the release of ReaddleDocs 1.6, a new version of the
popular document viewer and file management solution for the iPhone. Readdle adds a
professional PDF document viewer to the application. New PDF viewer supports full text
document search, password protected documents, navigation through embedded PDF
bookmarks and handling large PDF files. ReaddleDocs 1.6 is available on Apple App Store at
$6.99 to new customers and as a free upgrade for existing users.

ReaddleDocs combines number of powerful document viewers, network file server, web
storage client, web browser and file manager within a single iPhone business application. It
allows copy files to the devices over Wi-Fi and 3G in a number of ways, view them on the go,
send by email and share with other iPhone users with ease.

Existing ability to saving email attachments combined with its new possibility to read
password protected PDF documents, makes ReaddleDocs 1.6 the best way to read password
protected PDF files emailed on the iPhone.

Another two problems solved by ReaddleDocs 1.6 are: quick navigation through the
document and support for large PDF files. ReaddleDocs 1.6 excels in document navigation
by implemented full-text search, go to page navigation, fast document scroll and supporting
embedded PDF bookmarks. Also, application opens most of PDF files that are too large for
the built-in iPhone PDF viewer.

“New professional PDF viewer is very important addition to the extensive ReaddleDocs
feature set, that significantly extends application utility for both the customers. However, we
are already working on adding even more power to the PDF viewer with hyperliks and PDF
editing capabilities. And this is just a few of the great features coming to ReaddleDocs later
this fall,” notes Alexander Tyagulsky, Readdle CMO.

Readdle Storage is available as a free service for all ReaddleDocs users. ReaddleDocs 1.6 is
available for the special price of $6.99 (USD) exclusively on the App Store:

We wrote a post about a month ago saying that ReaddleDocs was having a half price sale and that they had submitted an update to Apple. Well, it seems the update has finally went through…version 1.5 of ReaddleDocs is now available in the App Store. The update supports iWork’09 files, allows the ability to upload files to WebDAV enabled online file storage systems like MobileMe iDisk and is compatibility with iPhone OS 3.0 firmware. Below is the full press release. Check out David’s full review of ReaddleDocs HERE.

Press Release

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ReaddleDocs 1.5 adds iWork ’09 support to iPhone

Summary

Readdle today announces the immediate availability of ReaddleDocs 1.5, a new version of their popular document and file management solution for the iPhone, capable to view iWork ’09 documents, upload files to WebDAV enabled online file storage systems like MobileMe iDisk and compatibility with iPhone OS 3.0. ReaddleDocs 1.5 is available on Apple App Store at $4.99 to new customers and as a free upgrade for existing users.

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Readdle today announces the immediate availability of ReaddleDocs 1.5, a new version of their popular document and file management solution for the iPhone, capable to view iWork ’09 documents, upload files to WebDAV enabled online file storage systems like MobileMe iDisk and compatibility with iPhone OS 3.0. ReaddleDocs 1.5 is available on Apple App Store at $4.99 to new customers and as a free upgrade for existing users.

ReaddleDocs combines a network file server, web storage client, web browser, file manager and powerful document viewer within a single iPhone business application. It allows people to transfer documents to their devices over Wi-Fi and 3G in a number of ways, view them on the go, send by email and share with other iPhone users with ease.

Support for iWork ’09 documents is the main addition of the ReaddleDocs 1.5 that overcomes one of the iPhone 2.x firmware major flaws. Individuals who use iPhone OS 2.x could view iWork ’09 documents saved with preview while iPhone OS 3.0 users could read all iWork ’09 documents without restrictions. Combined with ReaddleDocs’ ability to save email attachments, recently highlighted by Walt Mossberg in The Wall Street Journal, it makes ReaddleDocs 1.5 the best way to read iWork ’09 attachments on the iPhone.

Another key ReaddleDocs 1.5 feature is uploading files and photos from iPhone to MobileMe iDisk or any other WebDAV compatible online file storage. It allows MobileMe subscribers to share their documents and images with friends and colleagues right from the iPhone.

“Viewing Work ’09 documents and uploading files to iDisk are among the most requested features for document viewers in the App Store,” explains Alexander Tyagulsky, Readdle CMO. “Implementing these functions in ReaddleDocs makes it even more useful and valuable for our customers.”

Pricing and Availability:
ReaddleDocs is available for the special price of $4.99 (USD) exclusively on the App Store.

ReaddleDocs, a document and file management solutions, is on sale for half price ($4.99) until Sunday, May 17th. David did a review of ReaddleDocs about a month ago (check it out HERE) and was comfortable recommending it at the $9.99 price range so, you will definitely want to check it out now that it is $4.99. The developer has also said that they have submitted an update to Apple that contains “significant improvements and new features.” So, get it now while it is half price and reap the benefits of the update when it comes out!

Interestingly, after writing a review about iDownload, and reading and responding to a reader’s comment, I began to consider what it would be like to tap into the possibility of using the iPhone as a mobile storage utility. First, I explored Air Sharing, since I downloaded it for free a few months ago, but never actually setup the program. I was impressed with its ease of use, but was disappointed that only WiFi access was available. Upon reading that Readdledocs supported 3G or EDGE connections as well, I became further intrigued.

Overview
Similar to Air Sharing, upon opening Readdledocs, you can view your files and file folders available on your iPhone. When you open a file, the document appears on screen, and the application supports many file formats including the common MS Office file types and PDF files. There is an extensive PDF manual that comes with the program that effectively explains all of the features that come with this program. There are a lot of bells and whistles included (reading ebooks, iDisk access, and exchanging files with other users), but I will stick to the ones that mattered to me the most. In addition to the iPhone’s storage, your purchase of Readdledocs comes with a 512 MB of online storage where you can keep more files of your choosing. A web browser is also included for you to download documents directly into Readdledocs. For an extensive list of features, check out their website.

You’ve got files.
Since I had experience setting up the iPhone as a network drive with Air Sharing, the initial setup with Readdledocs was fairly straightforward. Within minutes, I had access to my iPhone’s storage capacity through my home computer. File transfer was very easy and relatively quick as well. Viewing documents on the iPhone was speedy, though I noticed a bit of lag with larger files and some of my Excel spreadsheet files. As I mentioned above, Readdledocs advertises file access via 3G and EDGE connections. This is true, though the access is to your online storage files, not to your iPhone’s files. To the developer’s defense, Apple probably has something to do with restricting access to WiFi only. Readdledocs gives you 512 MB of online storage with the iPhone application, as well as an option to purchase additional amounts of storage space. Thus, you can store files on your iPhone for WiFi access, or online for both WiFi and 3G/EDGE access.

Close, but I think I still need a flash drive.
If I had steady WiFi access at my workplace, I think that I would eliminate my flash drive and use my iPhone along with Readdledocs as my go-to option for storing documents. Since I don’t, I would need to upload most of my important documents online so I could then access them anywhere including on my iPhone. With only 512 MB of free space, and the potential to lose these documents (what happens if the company goes under or if the server is unavailable?), Readdledocs does not provide the complete solution to the file storage dilemma for me. Furthermore, there is no editing features, emailing files was a bit sluggish, and large files tend to frustrate the app a little bit.

Conclusion
Overall, Readdledocs excels in several areas. It’s user interface is intuitive, clean, and comprehensive. The included manual also helps you with setup and provides details on all of the included features. With this neat program, you can easily store files on your iPhone (downloaded or transferred from your computer), email them (in theory – I had some challenges with this), and view nearly all types of documents. Complaints in iTunes reviews have mostly been about the application’s price, and I agree that it’s a bit steep at $9.99. Air Sharing retails for $4.99 now, but I do prefer Readdledocs, and would be comfortable recommending it at the higher price point. The key is whether you will have WiFi access wherever you plan on using the app or if 512mb of free storage is enough for you. If so, then this app is worth the investment.