How to Easily Transfer Files Between Smartphone

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Microsoft | Sofware | How to Easily Transfer Files Between Smartphone | Transfer photos and other files between nearby smartphone should be simple, but it is not. There are many different ways you can do this, and the best depends on the type of smartphone you are transferring between files.

It is very complicated because so many of these methods are not interoperable. Android, iPhone, and Windows Phone all have their own way to send files and they do not like to talk to each other.

NFC

Any Android device running Android 4.1 or later with a NFC chip in it can send a file using the Android Beam NFC. Just open a photo or other file, press the phone back to back, and you will be asked to wirelessly "beam" files to another phone.

This works well for quickly sending a photo, but can not send any type of file. It is also very limited. iPhone does not have NFC integrated hardware, so they can not participate. Windows Phone and BlackBerry devices that have NFC hardware, but Android Beam can not send files with them - it's Android or not.

Windows Phone devices can send files between each other with NFC, so you'll be lucky if you manage to find someone else with a Windows Phone.

Bluetooth File Transfer

Smartphones generally have integrated Bluetooth hardware and Bluetooth can be used to wirelessly transfer files between devices nearby. This looks like a solution that would work across all smartphone platforms. However, while Android supports Bluetooth file transfer, not the Apple iPhone.

Fortunately, Windows Phone 8 and BlackBerry Bluetooth file transfer support either, so it could theoretically work on all modern smartphone platforms, including iOS and the devices that have not been updated from Windows Phone 7.

On Android, you have to open the files you want to share - for example, look at the photo gallery app - press the share button, and then select the Bluetooth option. You will be asked to set up a Bluetooth pairing between the two devices.

During shared Dropbox or other services

Because hardware-based methods are very compatible in device - nothing so far is compatible with the iPhone if any of you have an iPhone - you will probably want to rely on some kind of online service.

There is a good chance one or both of you are already using Dropbox. If you upload files to your Dropbox application - on Android, you can even have photos you take are automatically uploaded to your Dropbox account - then you can share a link to the file so that others can download it directly from your Dropbox account.

email File

What is the only way to wirelessly send files to other people and their smartphones without the need to take special applications, no matter what smartphone they use? There should be a standard that makes it easier, but no - so the answer to the question is email. Email file is the only way you can share files with others who use any smartphone, there are no third-party applications are required.

Just run the application on your phone, attach files, and send it to the email address of another person - they will get the file in an email inbox on their mobile phones.

It's a shame that, after all the sophisticated software that we have developed, email is still the most reliable way to send files.

AirDrop

Apple may refuse to support standards such as NFC and Bluetooth file transfer, but they work in areas of their own file transfer solution for their upcoming iOS 7.

AirDrop feature will show another iPhone in your nearby area and allows you to share files and other data to them. Unfortunately, this is an iPhone-only feature, so the iPhone will still be disconnected from the Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry, and others when it comes to local wireless file transfer.

Of course, there are various other options for transferring files. You will find a lot of third-party applications that provide a way to wirelessly transfer files in the app store every smartphone platform, but usually you will need to run the same applications as everyone else if you go this route.

None of the above methods is ideal for large files - for example, if you want to copy your music collection to your phone nearby. In situations like this, you might want to just connect your phone to the computer, copy the file to your computer, then connect the other person's phone to the computer and copy the files to another phone.

(iklan)