New Dropbox for iOS

I don't know if I really get Dropbox for iOS. I absolutely love Dropbox the platform, have an annual subscription to a 100GB share- and I use it constantly, all day, to share files both between my various desktops/laptops, as well as for sharing files with friends.

I access dropbox from my iPhone and iPad constantly as well, but I do so from GoodReader, where I download files, organize them, read them, password secure them, etc...

I've tried out the new "Photo's" feature - but I already have 100% intelligent photo syncing between my systems with Photostream - so I stopped the camera from syncing after about 5 minutes - my photos are already in my Camera Roll + PhotoStream, and therefore in my Aperture Library. I couldn't understand how, or why, I would want to use Dropbox to sync them again.

This is one of those extraordinarily rare times where I think Apple's Photostream, with shared photostreams, and Albums, both public and shared - actually provide the "Web/Internet" services that I want.

Anybody else find a use for the iOS client for Dropbox?

I agree about native Photostream working better than Dropbox's camera upload stuff. But as for the other uses, you've already nailed it: easy access to your files. You just use a $5 app to do it, whereas Dropbox's is free. What's not to get?

I find it hard to believe that anybody who has an iPhone, and works with documents, hasn't purchased GoodReader. It's on the top-3 of applications for people who work with documents, and the top-10 of iPhone apps in general.

But, I'll accept your premise - for the casual user of Dropbox, who doesn't ever want to buy apps for their iPhone (unusual, the vast majority of the value of an iPhone comes from it's ecosystem, but i'll run with it) - they can access their files through the iOS client.

But, really, everyone who does this seriously should have Goodreader on their iPhone.

Dropbox? I have switched to Cubby which has almost every feature of Dropbox(no photos, but Photostream does photo syncing well for me and I use Picasa for online backup).

The thing that I like about Cubby is that it is quite fast and you can sync any folder! And they offer more free space out of box. (I'm waiting for their pricing to be announced and will surely switch to paid version)

http://cubby.com

I think what's so great about Dropbox is that they don't really have a focus. They do synchronization, and they're superb at it.

It seems to me that Dropbox is trying to change how customers perceive them and that managing photos is just the first step. Until recently, I think they've largely been viewed as a handy service to share files quickly between friends and across devices. There are a certainly a lot of exotic use cases for their product, and some other commenters have touched on specific ones, but the average person doesn't take advantage of them (or have them). If Dropbox can position itself as a base to store and share photos, videos, music, etc (notice the range of sharing options in the top right of the iPad in the blog post) they can give users peace of mind and easy access to content that is now strewn across several services and not carefully curated in other storage solutions.