Before I discovered wireless file explorers like this, I used to deal with file transfers from my phone in one of two ways: I'd either put the file in Dropbox or connect with a USB cable. Dealing with cables is a pain that no 21st-century person should have to endure, and Dropbox seems like an inefficient solution for handling the transfer of one or two files.
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The app includes a password protection option, which should probably be enabled by default, but isn't. I'd suggest enabling it on first use.
In addition to just copying files, you can stream music and video from your device. The pro version, which costs less than two bucks, adds the ability to create new directories on your phone, download multiple files from the device simultaneously, download whole directories, stream media playlists, backup your entire device, and more.
Of course, WiFi File Explorer is by no means the only wireless file sharing tool for Android devices, but it might be the simplest, and for that, it gets my productivity-minded thumbs-up.
By Robert Strohmeyer, PCWorld