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Web developers often leave their desks and when they do that’s always the time when clients seems to call or disaster seems to strike. Besides many apps available on App store that assists web developers, “FTP on the Go” is a fantastic iPhone App that provides a sleeve for when you are not on your seat. If you are a web developer having an iPhone gives us your comments about this amazing iPhone app.

FTP on the Go

If you need to be able to securely log in to a server away from your desk, then this app which will emulate desktop FTP clients on your mobile.

Besides this a unique feature of this app is the ability to edit text and make those changes live quickly no matter how far you are from your PC. There is another option to view common file types, download them to you iPhone, email them and upload videos and correctly-sized pics from your mobile device too. Using the iPhone’s multitasking features, there’s a built-in web browser so you can see changes without leaving the app, allowing for speedy work and having no complaint from client as well.

If you are not in need of FTP server, don’t forget about Dropbox for iPhone, which will enable you to view your Dropbox folder while on the go.

Cost: $6.99

The upcoming hype of Apple’s iPhone 4G may have penetrated in the skins of Blackberry users. According to new survey conducted by Crowd Science, 2 out of 5 40% of Blackberry users say that when their current deal with Blackberry expires, they would go for Apple iPhone instead.

It was also noticed in the survey that 66% of iPhone owners along with 77% of Blackberry owners say that they would be using their both devices for business and pleasure. This demonstrates RIM’s strong point in this area.

As for as the next release of iPhone is considered it is becoming escalating day by day and is increasing the suspense to maximum level, with seemingly endless discussions on features, possible carriers and release dates. It can be assumed that upgraded iPhone was on Blackberry user’s mind when they took part in survey.

Are you a Blackberry user or you are one of the 40% who could be divert to iPhone? Let us know what you think.

Tim Bary, previously director of web technologies at Sun has recently joined Google and without wasting any time he out spoken an attack on Apple.According to Tim Bary, he hates the iPhone’s approach to the internet.

“The iPhone vision of the mobile internet’s future omits controversy, sex, and freedom, but includes strict limits on who can know what and who can say what,” he wrote this on his blog.

He also said that “It’s a sterile Disney-fied walled garden surrounded by sharp-toothed lawyers. The people who create the apps serve at the landlord’s pleasure and fear his anger”.

“It’s a sterile Disney-fied walled garden surrounded by sharp-toothed lawyers. The people who create the apps serve at the landlord’s pleasure and fear his anger. I hate it.

“I hate it even though the iPhone hardware and software are great, because freedom’s not just another word for anything, nor is it an optional ingredient,” he concluded.

He wasn’t shy of taking at pop at his current employer either, admitting that Google was long past the point were it could be described as “purely good or in fact purely anything.”

“I’m sure that tendrils of stupidity and evil are even now finding interstitial breeding grounds whence they will emerge to cause grief. And there are some Google initiatives that I feel no urge to go near.”