First Impressions: Gemini File Manager

My recent "hit list" posting of the five things I needed to make the HP TouchPad a useful tool to me, moving it beyond just being a large format web browser, had one big, fat omission... a  File Manager.

How did I miss putting something like a File Manager on my list? I'm not sure, but I'll hang my hat on the fact that I've been working for so long without one on my webOS devices that I guess I've resigned myself to working "blind" on my Pre smartphones and carried that over to the TouchPad.

(Before you start... Yes, I am aware that I could have installed a File Manager to my phones via Preware, but that's a topic for a post/rant at another time.)

Getting back to the case at hand...

Well, lo and behold, the Gemini File Manager for the TouchPad has arrived on the scene to fill my void.  I've done the download and taken a quick spin around the app.

First impressions

• Intuitive enough for even the casual user
• Functions as advertised
• Worth the price of $2.99 (putting aside for the moment that HP should already have a File Manager on the device)

Now, if we can get some document editing in Quickoffice...