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So who has a Droid?

Just got a Droid X2 to replace my Blackberry POS.

Unlike my BB, this phone has wifi built into it, so of course I want to be using that over cellular data DLing, when possible. I have it connected to my secured network, but has anyone ever had any luck getting a Droid to actually see your network drives?

Cursory googling says "there's an app for that," but I just thought I'd see if any y'all idiots had anything to say about it.
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Post by Paul »

I have an HTC Desire. I love it.

I've never looked into using it on a LAN though. I mean, I connect to WiFi all the time and I tether it all the time but I just plug it into my PC and copy/paste files from one to the other.

I love how it syncs with my Google calendar, which syncs with my Outlook Calendar.
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I use the WiFi, but like Paul, I copy/paste in the USB drive mode to move files over (which itself is pretty rare). My music is in Google Music cloud, so all I ever move is photos, probably.

The Google Calendar / Outlook sync stuff is complete win.
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My goal is to make the phone look like any other shared drive on my network so when it comes time to move files, pics or music or whatever, I can just do it from whichever PC I happen to be sitting near without having to grab the phone and hard wire it.
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Post by TheCatt »

Interesting. DLNA may work. Wonder if it would work even with the phone in standby mode, or if it needs to be fully awake.
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