OS2007 needed an add-on to access shared network folders, OS2008 doesn't. Unfortunately there are some problems with OS2008:
- it can't access password-protected folders, since there's no way to specificy user ID or password
- shared folders sometimes fail to appear in the File Manager, reboot needed
- it's difficult to get shared folder listings to refresh
- some tablet apps seem to have trouble accessing files from network folders directly (e.g., GPE Contacts can't import vcf files from a network folder with OS2008, but could with OS2007, and can if the file is copied to local storage)