Box.net iPhone app available now
We’re big iPhone users at Box.net, which is why we’re super excited to launch our iPhone app, now available on the iTunes App Store. If you have an iPhone and Box.net, this is your killer app.
A free download, Box.net’s iPhone app lets you:
* Scroll through and view all the files and folders on your Box.net account. For viewing, the Box app supports all the file types supported by the iPhone, which include Microsoft Office files, PDFs, photos, audio and video.
* Share individual files or entire folders of files with any of your iPhone contacts.
* Snap pictures, upload them to Box and share them with any of your iPhone contacts, all within the Box application. You can also upload pictures stored in your iPhone’s photo library.
* Monitor updates to your account, such as files or folders you add or ones from people collaborating with you on your Box.net account.
* Automatically log-in to your Box.net account when the app is launched.
Get it now. We promise - as a genius once famously declared, “it scrolls like butter.”
UPDATE: Box.net’s app will also work on first-gen iPod touch models.
Why does the app only work on the 2nd generation ipod touch? This doesn’t make sense.
October 25th, 2008 at 1:03 am
Network error preventing download (all other iTunes downloads are fine)?!?
October 25th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
really nice, thanks for the ibox
2 things
mp4 files can not be played
and please make the upload of pictures auto, you don’t want to press another button when you have taken the picture
thanks
October 26th, 2008 at 5:31 am
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October 26th, 2008 at 7:23 am
Colour me confused. The AppStore tells me it’s not compatible with the first-generation iPod touch, despite it running the same OS and having almost identical hardware to the second-generation.
Does the Box.net app have some bizarre dependency on the external speaker or hardware volume control buttons?
October 26th, 2008 at 7:46 am
Bottom file in long list can’t be touched (screen snap back bug)
October 26th, 2008 at 7:47 am
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October 26th, 2008 at 8:46 am
I’m trying to install this app on my iPod touch and getting an error message that it isn’t compatible with my device. Any idea why?
October 26th, 2008 at 10:52 am
This is Sean, the Community Manager at Box.net. We sincerely apologize to 1st gen iPod touch users that have not been able to install our Box.net app. We are looking into the issue and hope to resolve it and post an update as soon as possible. We thank you for your support and we encourage you to stay tuned for an update.
October 26th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
This is Sean at Box again - I just want to thank everyone for their comments. We will take all of your feedback into consideration as we post updates and improvements to our service and the Box.net app. Keep them coming!
October 26th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
You can not log in with the iphone app if your email address has a + in it (which I use with gmail to identify who I am sending to), as in username+box@gmail.com.
Just letting you know.
October 27th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
MP4 files cannot be played, I repeat, having trouble viewing and streaming MP4 files. this is critical guys to keep my account!! Please fix the issue.
October 27th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Hello all - thank you for your continued feedback. Todd and Pravin, I’ll make sure the Box development team looks into these particular issues so we can push some fixes out soon. Thanks again for your support! We’ll take care of this… -Sean
October 27th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Is there a problem with viewing large files on the iphone? Fine on the website but I get a “this file cannot be displayed” message using the iphone app.
November 2nd, 2008 at 3:04 pm
It also will not play *.m4a files. It says ‘cannot open file.’ The only way I can play them is if I go on my iphone to i.box.net. Any word on why that is?
November 17th, 2008 at 12:25 am
This is Sean at Box.net. We appreciate all the feedback - we will review why some file formats that should be able to be viewed on the iPhone/iPod touch cannot in certain situations. Thank you for your patience!
November 18th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Great app. Nice to finally have a native interface. I have only 2 complains. Firstly, scrolling is very slow, even when over a wifi connection.
Secondly, can you add actions to images, so when viewing an image stored on Box.net, it treats it like Safari and gives you options to save or email the image?
Thanks and keep up the good work!
November 26th, 2008 at 4:40 am
This is a very useful app. It rivals miGhtydocs for storing and accessing apps on the go. There’s a couple things I’d like to suggest:
1. Full-screen viewing. I think it’s really important to have the ability to view my files without the interface elements. Given how small the screen space it, every pixel counts.
2. Landscape document views.
3. Download progress bars.
Besides that, very useful app. Implement these fixes and you’ll have a winner on the iphone for sure.
December 9th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
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March 8th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
I can’t edit my docs in the browser via this iphone app. Is this feature available yet?
March 11th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
Great app guys!
I second Derick’s points 1 and 2, Full Screen Viewing and Landscape.
March 13th, 2009 at 10:55 am
Can’t use the app because I use / and \ in my password. I can login fine on the web based version but it wont take on the app.
Fix possible?
April 27th, 2009 at 7:55 am
Firstly thanks for such a nice app . my long wait came to an end. But a complaint. If the file size is 9mb or more, it takes lot of time to load. Any way this can be solved?
Thanks
Sandeep
May 12th, 2009 at 7:40 am
It won’t let me log in either! Tells ne I have an incorrect email address and pasword combination.
July 26th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Hello all - if you have any issues with the Box.net iPhone app, or our service in general, please send a note to the Box Support team at http://www.box.net/help/contact. That’s the best - and fastest - way to make sure one of our support specialists can investigate and resolve your issue. Thanks for reading the blog!
July 27th, 2009 at 10:47 am
I have installed latest Box.net on latest iPhone. I can upload my pictures form iPhone, but NOT videos. Why is not uploading of video files possible? Thanks
September 19th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
I cannot save uploaded pictures to my iPhone.
I uploade them from the web and cannot save them on my iPhone. Is this an intended limitation?
October 14th, 2009 at 8:39 am
Hey Andy - this isn’t an intended limitation. We just didn’t happen to design it into the app the first time around
But that’s great feedback that I’ll be sure to pass on to our mobile team. We sincerely apologize for that - hopefully we can add that feature and more in future updates. Thanks for coming by the blog! Feel free to reach out to us anytime. And if you’re on Twitter, be sure to follow us @boxdotnet.
October 14th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
How about us palm pre owners? we love the BOX!
November 16th, 2009 at 12:38 pm