If you're a MobileMe customer and you own an iDevice, then there is simply no reason not to download the MobileMe iDisk app. It allows you to access the contents of your iDisk, view documents stored on it and share documents stored on it by sending links. It also give you easy access to your friend's iDisk Public Folder. This new updated version now offers:
- Native iPad support (in addition to iPhone and iPod touch)
- iOS 4 multitasking support
- Quick switch between this app and other apps
- Background audio playback from files on your iDisk
- Remembering the last directory you were viewing when you return to the app
- Open In command to say view a PDF from your iDisk in ReaddleDocs (my preferred PDF viewer) or iBooks
- and various sharing improvements
While I certainly welcome ALL of the above improvements and can't argue with the price of the App, iDisk still misses the mark when it comes to getting content ON TO YOUR iDISK from your iDevice. It's great that if I have a document on my iDisk that I can open it in a compatible App on my iDevice. However, what about the other way around. Let's say I create a Keynote document and I want to quickly share it with a colleague via my iDisk. Currently there is no "Open In iDisk" support. So outside of using email, the workflow going from documents you create on your iDevice out to others falls apart pretty quickly. Even if you open a PDF in say your email, you can use the Open In command to send it to iBooks and other 3rd party apps, but not the iDisk app, sigh… Otherwise, this is a good update.
You can get the MobileMe iDisk App here for FREE from the App Store: 
You can get a deal on MobileMe here.
If you're looking for more power and features, then I would check out Air Sharing HD, which also supports the MobileMe iDisk, FTP servers, shared printers and other WebDAV servers The PDF we see above was in ReaddleDocs and I used the Open In command to open it in Air Sharing HD. From there I used the Copy command before navigating to my iDisk in Air Sharing HD and doing a Paste to upload it to my Documents folder.
You can get AirSharing HD here for $9.99 from the 
P.S. Apple now can we get some MobileMe Gallery App Love for iPad?
About Terry White
Terry is the co-author of The Best Selling "The iPhone Book" 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th editions. He has been active in the industry for over 25 years and is the founder and president of MacGroup-Detroit, Inc., Michigan's largest Macintosh Users Group, host of the Adobe Creative Suite Podcast and a technology writer - Terry White Tech Blog.
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