Even though Apple recently increased the storage space of their iPhones and iPod Touches, the 16gb or 32gb options may just not be enough for you. Well, don’t worry about filling up your iPhone space with files you only need some of the time. Store the files online and only download them when you need them most.

FREE ONLINE STORAGE FOR THE IPHONE/IPOD TOUCH

DivShare.com provides users with 5gb of Free online storage (you can pay for additional space) and has recently optimized their website for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Once you’ve created a free account with divshare.com you can quickly upload any file to their servers and either keep the file private, or make it accessible to others. Personally, I like to keep things private.

ACCESSIBLE ANYWHERE

When you need the file most you can use your iPhone (or iPod Touch) to navigate to http://www.divshare.com/iphone and login to your account. All the files you’ve uploaded will be nicely displayed for you on your iPhone (or iPod Touch). Select the file you’d like to open and Safari on your iPhone will download and display the file contents to you.

I personally find it very useful for word documents and excel files. I then know I can quickly access any document that I may need while being out and about.

SEND OUT FILES

Note that the iPhone and iPod Touch do no support all file types, but are great for opening word documents, excel files, and more. Although not all file types can be accessed by your iPhone or iPod Touch, divshare.com provides the ability to email the files to anyone of your choice. This makes sending out files while you’re away from your computer to individuals that need them quick and easy. Of course, assuming you remembered to upload them before you left.

Apple updated their website and online store today with increase in the amount of memory available to the high end iPhone/iPod touch.

For $499 you can now pick up a 16gb iPhone. Many people were suprised this move didn’t come earlier as the iPod Touch was selling with a 16gb model. Now people will wonder why the iPhone doesn’t come in a 32gb option as the iPod touch can now hold that much memory for $499. I’m sure Apple believe that an iPhone model at 32gb for what one can only guess would cost $599 wouldn’t sell as much as the lower, cheaper model.

Both the iPhone and iPod touch updated models are shipping in a 1 - 3 day time frame. So, if you were hoping for a little bit more space on your portable devices, your wish has been granted.

Like many of the previous Macworlds, 2008 was filled with anticipation, excitement, and rumors. But after everything was said and done Apple and Mr. Steve Jobs delivered again on many of our expectations.

Apple announced essentially 2 new products with significant updates to their other product offerings.

THE NEW PRODUCTS

Time Capsule is apples latest addition to Time Machine, the backup software included in OS X 10.5 Leopard. It is a wireless approach to allow multiple computers in a home to backup their data to one location using Time Machine. Time Capsule comes in either 500 gb or 1tb sizes and includes wireless access. The drive is a great compliment to their other new product, the Macbook Air.

Macbook Air is the thinnest notebook ever. It literally fits into the size of a business envelope and supports a 13.3 inch monitor. Its thickness ranges from .16 to .76 inches. Apple requested a custom chip form intel for the notebook and they delivered a 1.6ghz and 1.8ghz Core 2 duo chip that is a bit slower than the Macbook and Macbook Pro notebook lines. Intel integrated graphics provides the video capabilities and with micro-DVI you can connect the notebook to external monitors.

Some things to consider before picking up the Macbook Air for yourself is some of the features it lacks:

1. No optical Drive (But with the Included Remote Disk Software you can access your desktop CD/DVD drive). This may not be the best bet if you’re constantly swapping dvds on your notebook.
2. 1 USB port and No Firewire port. The Macbook Air does include Bluetooth for peripherals devices but don’t plan on connecting a number of USB devices without first picking up a USB hub.
3. Lack of Swappable Battery. Like the iPod and iPhone the Battery is built into the notebook itself. If you feel like you’ll need to use more than 5 hours of battery at a time, this new ultra mobile computer may not be for you.

Despite some of the things the notebook lacks, its seems to be a very impressive mobile computer. I also noticed that it comes with 2gb of RAM standard. Looks like Apple learned from the lack of performance on the standard Macbook line. Great for business travelers or students who plan on using them in their class studies. Priced at $1799. Complete System Specs can be found at the Macbook Air specification site.

PRODUCT UPDATES

Although these products have been part of the Apple line the updates make them feel new again.

iPhone received an update to version 1.1.3. This update includes some added Google Map features, the ability to send one sms messages to multiple people, adjustment of the home page, and clips of webpages you visit. These updates will quickly be used by all individuals already sporting an iPhone

iPod Touch is now literally an iPhone without the phone. Current Touch owners can upgrade to the latest software for $20 while new purchasers will find the software already part of the touch. The $20 to upgrade is pretty weak considering new purchasers won’t have to pay anything extra for the added features. Mail, Maps, and additional widgets will be great compliments to the mobile media player. Additionally it will make each iPod Touch owner that much more comfortable with upgrading their phone to iPhone the next time they plan on picking up a new product.

Apple TV now supports rentals from all major motion picture studios! This is wonderful news for us end users. Not only can you now rent movies through iTunes but you can do it with Apple TV and without the need of downloading it to your computer. I imagined that such an update would be included after the mobile iTunes purchase was so successful for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Additionally, the Apple TV will support HD content, including the new Rental services. Renting a movie will cost between $2.99 and $4.99 depending on how new the movie is and what quality of video and sound you select. It will be interesting to see how Netflix and Blockbuster rental services respond to the new product offering. Movies will be available for 30 days from purchase or 24 hours after you start watching the rental. And like other video content you can take the movies with you on your iPhone or iPod. All these features will be available via a software update to the Apple TV

Overall the Macworld Keynote event was great. It included some great new products and some wonderful updates to the current line of products that we already love. Additionally its positioned the Apple TV to really compete in the living room this year. Check back here at maciverse.com for new tutorials and reviews about these new products.