Want to download and try. Their website says it is "free", and I'm hoping that is not just with bundle purchase.

Any issues anyone is aware of? Looking for simple file manager to get to folder called "files" where I've dumped some .txt files. Tired of going to media app and using "explore". Thanks.....

I'm interested as well...

It's free? post back if true, I thought it was a free trial.

eFile is free (gratis) completely, not a trial.

actually i just installed it and it's a trial only... not free....

whoa, for real? I installed it way back when on my 8100 and it was free (all the way), and their website indicates it's supposed to still be free. Any chance you installed another component with it that's the trial part?

(I don't have it installed on my 8320, using BeamBerry right now instead)

I don't know what to make of this thing. First off, you can't just get a .jad file to install it. You have to get a 5.8 Mb Windows installation file, non negotiable. You gotta wonder what they have put into a mobile phone application to amount to 5.8 Mb!

Then it installs a lot of things: eFile, eWord, eThis, eThat... so you can try the whole shebang while wasting a lot of precious device memory.

The installation didn't go well for me. The desktop part installed fine, the phone software did not. I did some sort of manual installation and it worked... sort of.

Whenever it is launched, it begs for registration. Apparently, there are 4 kinds of registration. And a Cancel button. You can always hit Cancel, but that dialog will pop up every damn time. So it is nagware, not freeware. Then it asks me if I want to use a mouse. What? Heck if I know what a "mouse" is in a Blackberry... I choose "No" and I can't select Settings or any other menu item except Programs > ePad.

Meanwhile, I've got mail. Those fine people at Dynoplex sent a message to the push e-mail address I have registered at @blackberry.com. Which I never gave to those fine people at Dynoplex, they just thought they'd snatch it from my device and keep it in a database anyway. The message tells me that I "have signed up for a free, 7 day trial of eOffice". What? I have? Thanks for letting me know, because I had no idea. I thought I was just downloading some supposedly free application called eFile. I know eOffice. I have no use for it, I don't want it, that's why I downloaded the supposedly free application called eFile from the eFile page and not from the eOffice page. But they thought they'd just shove eOffice on me anyway.

I spend several minutes trying to find some keyboard action that can take me to the Settings menu or access any other GUI element, to no avail.

So I remove the application and of course it has to reboot the phone. There are always two options: the convenient one - no reboot - and the inconvenient one - a reboot in your face. Of course it wouldn't pick the convenient one.

I install it again. Phone software fails again. Manual installation again. Do you want to use "the mouse"? This time I say "Yes" and now there is a mouse pointer in the middle of the screen. Can I move it? No, I can't. Actually, now I can't access anything at all, not even that menu I could access the first time around. Wait. I can access one of the local folders. There is a folder called Dictionaries. It's empty. And that's it.

I wasted about half an hour on this piece of junk that I was tricked into downloading and installing in my hardware, no less. Tricked. What am I ever going to buy from a company that works in such sneaky ways? Nothing, you bet. I didn't get anything from this half hour except some sour experience. In return, now they have my e-mail. I hope at least they have the decency to leave me alone when I do not register anything. I'd hate to change my address and/or add their servers to my anti-spam black lists.

By the way, I am a little angry.

You guys want a file explorer? Get this free version of MultiPlay. It includes a file explorer. It's not really great, but it kind of does the job and has caused me no worries since I got it, two months ago.

The Media application that comes with the BB also has a rudimentary file explorer.

About sums up my feelings as well - they were kind enough to give me a free key for MasterDoc (thanks guys!) but the install is massive and includes a bunch of junk that is *not* MasterDoc related. When asked, I was told I could just delete extras after it was installed if I wanted.

Uhm, no thanks. I still haven't installed it yet. *shrug* This is not how we do biz in the BB world, our devices are too memory constrained for such a flippant use of space.

I'm trying to understand the concept of eFile. Is it simply a way to copy the files that are on the desktop into the BB, or is it more of a remote desktop option?

If so, is it possible to make changes to documents from the desktop on the BB?

Lastly, would it be possible to use the product with different computers?

Hi,

eFile is a file explorer for your BB first of all. Should you install eOffice eFile is an applcation to manage all the operations available with our applcations.
1) The desktop part of eFile can be used to transfer files form PC to BB and back. Check Start-> Programs -> DynoPlex -> eFile -> eFile desktop on PC. When it is running there will be two panes - one for PC files and folders, another - for BB side. HHighlight a file, click on a black arrow between the panes and select one of three ways to copy it to BB: native, for ViewAll, for editing.
2) You cannot edit from PC a doc residing on BB side. You may upload the file with changes using eFile desktop or send it as attachment.
3) Whenever you install eFile desktop you'll be able to use it.

i cant install efile on my pearl 8100 it says no device connected can anyone help please

yep...i pretty much just wasted a little over 60 minutes trying to get this efile thing up and running...NOT working and not worth it in my opinion..waaaaay to complicated