One never had though that USB drives which are primarily being used for transferring data from one PC to another can be used for the smart phones and if the option is available for iOS i.e. devices like iPads and iPhones, it can be a cracker of a thing as there was rarely any devices. I got hold of one of those iBridges from Leef which comes in a very simple packing. The instructions are clearly written making it no- brainer to configure with iPhone or any iPad.
Once the pack opens, one can find two components one is in C shape which is the iBridge flash drive and the other one is its cover. The C-shaped iBridge has double headed interface one is USB connected and the other one is Lighting plug. It means iBridges can only be used in the devices above iphone 5 and iPad 1 because these devices come with lighting interface.
So what is essential is that one has to download Leef iBridge software from the App Store. And once it is done one can easily exchange documents to and from a iDevice to any PC or Mac. In my case I tested it for my iPhone 6 and IPad with Windows PC. It took me some time to get the files including videos, songs and photographs transfer from one device to another but it is worth waiting as my iPad or my iPhone becomes a complete PC as can run all the applications locally.
The one I am using is of 16GB but its website shows the products are available from 16GB to256GB. Further, it uses the USB 2.0 standard interface and gives a maximum transfer rate of 60 MBps. However, the speed of transfer is quite fast. The movement iBridge gets connected to the phone it takes few seconds to access the files and automatically backups all the files in some minutes. Further this is ideal for the devices which have low storage capacity. The users can always attach the iBridge directly to the iPhones and iPads and take photographs or videos to be stored directed into the flash drive.
Price: Rs. 4990, Warranty: 1 Year, Contact: Suma Sajeev, iBridge Product Team, suma@faxtelindia.com
