iPhone and Text Files Again

As I explained the other day, we use plain text files as part of our process of providing support for our clients – and I had discovered PlainText for DropBox. On Friday I went looking through the Apps Store for a good client to read tech PDF files and I discovered GoodReader. I bought it for the first job, and it dealt very well with the PDF file I needed to have reference to whilst crammed into a server cupboard. However GoodReader is far more than a well thought out PDF viewer.

* It includes a text editor and has a local file system so your iPhone now has a My Documents folder!

* You can import pictures info My Documents – I am now able to document a job now with both images and text.

* At Octagon Technology we not only use DropBox to share information but we have a NAS on our network with FTP access – GoodReader has the ability to connect to this and upload and download files to the iPhone.

* Working through the set up GoodReader gives you a URL to save as a bookmark in Safari, which if you use it when on a web page it will save a local copy of the page. Very useful when I am collecting information to solve a technical problem.

* It connects to many of the Cloud services as well as user servers.

* You can connect it to an email mailbox to access files or messages.

For a full list of features check out their web site,

For me this is a “must have” app.