Just flashed my first rom and noticed Dropbox in app drawer,read up on it and it sounds really cool app especially for pics. would like to here a little more about it from the ones who have or use it.
Ummm, what do you want to hear? It's a cloud syncing app, it does what it says. I personally like Box.net over Dropbox, but to each his own.
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Ummm, what do you want to hear? It's a cloud syncing app, it does what it says. I personally like Box.net over Dropbox, but to each his own.
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Why is that? Box.net's lack of desktop client and filesize limitation I find extremely annoying.
i live by dropbox
I use both just for the hell of it. And I jumped on box during the 50gb deal
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Dropbox is really only limited to what you can think to do with it. One of the more novel uses I came up with for it is to "sync" my game saves from my EVO to my Nook so I don't have to replay levels of Castlevania on Gameboid.
Try it out and make your own decisions.
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Dropbox is really only limited to what you can think to do with it. One of the more novel uses I came up with for it is to "sync" my game saves from my EVO to my Nook so I don't have to replay levels of Castlevania on Gameboid.
Try it out and make your own decisions.
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I do the same thing with a couple of save states. Also, over box.net, I believe the limit how long your links are active and the file size after X amount of time. I looked into it, and those 'catches' made me not use it.
Also, i some how have 8.5gb of free space...don't know how that happened..lol.
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Why is that? Box.net's lack of desktop client and filesize limitation I find extremely annoying.
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True, I forgot about that. I use box more often because I have 50gb of space with them. Dropbox is better for larger files, but I only have 2.5gb with them, so it's basically only good for one or two large files. The lack of desktop syncing with Box doesnt bother me, as I just use the browser to upload. Both have apps for phones/tablets, which both seem to work very well.
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Dropbox is really only limited to what you can think to do with it. One of the more novel uses I came up with for it is to "sync" my game saves from my EVO to my Nook so I don't have to replay levels of Castlevania on Gameboid.
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That is such a great idea!!! I never thought about doing that, I always had to manually move my emerald save file. I personally keep all of my school work in dropbox so i can work on it on my phone, or print it out at school if I forget to print it at home.
Three words explain dropbox: Its the Shizz
Dropbox is pretty cool. Its my preferred tool to move stuff from 1 PC to another without using USB's, sharing stuff with friends, and moving from phone to PC
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Is it possible to upload files straight from phone to site? If so explain how please, tried advanced options for ' quick reply', but couldn't get past choose file screen. I have two leaked Galaxy S 2 lwp that are pretty cool. Windmills and beach that change with time of day and weather.
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Try using dropbox that's how I do it at least. It will let you upload pretty much whatever. You can get it in the market free!
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Try using dropbox that's how I do it at least. It will let you upload pretty much whatever. You can get it in the market free!
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I agree, Dropbox is great. I've been thinking of upgrading to a paid account when I get a little more money saved (I just went on an app buying/dev donation spree, so definitely over my online quota right now). I just found out the hard way that there's a 10 gig/day bandwidth limit for public links, but it's definitely a great site.
If you're talking about on xda, I haven't found a way to do it yet. Even with the user agent set to desktop, it won't work. I think this is because it doesn't integrate Android file explorers. You can always use Dropbox or another hosting site and link others to the file. With Dropbox, I just use the mobile app. Once you've uploaded whatever you want to share to your "Public" folder, long press the item, choose share, and then "copy a link". This will result in a direct download, which I prefer over other sites.
If you want extra space, sign up with my referral here:
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EDIT: First link was wrong, so I fixed it. I believe you have to install Dropbox as well to get the extra space.
Thanks for your help...uploaded both live wp in the Themes and Apps section.
I use Sky drive a lot more than dropbox since I have Windows 8 the intergration is good. Today they are offering a free upgrade to 25GB of Cloud storage. Just login to Skydrive select Claim your 25 GB and click on Free Upgrade. Done
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/skydrive/loyalty
Don't all wp7 owners get 25 Gb anyway. Thought that was normal or am I missing something?
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Well yeah the title is a little bit misleading.
SkyDrive used to offer 25GB for every user for free, but today they decreased that to only 7GB because over 99% use less than 7GB (and that is still more than Dropbox offers).
However, if you have been a user in the past and already use more than 7GB you will get to keep your free 25GB. If you do not use more than 7GB of the service you have to sign in and go to manage storage, from there you can get a free upgrade to 25GB for the time being.
Also as a side note if you made a account after April 1st you will not get the free upgrade. For New WP users they had to April 22, if you already had more than 7gb on SkyDrive you will be automatically keep the old 25GB storage amount. Now I would advise people to go hit up your old hotmail accounts and click that free upgrade.
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The title is a bit misleading and maybe think about changing it , but you are correct and thanks for the information. just took advantage of the free upgrade
Mark
Already dropping my Dropbox! (did you catch that?? hahhahaha)
Anyway, anyone noticed any kind of " show deleted files", or "previous versions"? Dropbox features that, and would be wierd if SkyDrive didnt.
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Already dropping my Dropbox! (did you catch that?? hahhahaha)
Anyway, anyone noticed any kind of " show deleted files", or "previous versions"? Dropbox features that, and would be wierd if SkyDrive didnt.
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IIRC there is Revision tracking for Office documents. You can see who edited what and revert changes.
I just upgraded my account to 25GB and installed the SkyDrive App on Windows. Now I have automatic synchronization of my documents between SkyDrive, my PC and Lumia 800. Epic
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I use Sky drive a lot more than dropbox since I have Windows 8 the intergration is good. Today they are offering a free upgrade to 25GB of Cloud storage. Just login to Skydrive select Claim your 25 GB and click on Free Upgrade. Done
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/skydrive/loyalty
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thanks for the info. I use the Skydrive more regular now than i thought.
I have DropBox also... but 2GB doesn't cut it.
yesss... better than my 8GB DropBox
And I also like prices for paid service!!!
p.s. the 7 to 25 GB update is only for accounts that already uses skydrive (or account that used it once)
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yesss... better than my 8GB DropBox
And I also like prices for paid service!!!
p.s. the 7 to 25 GB update is only for accounts that already uses skydrive (or account that used it once)
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All Windows Phone user at least use it once i think...
I started to use Skydrive since last year but i haven't upload anything that much...
Should push all the necessary things up there now.
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All Windows Phone user at least use it once i think...
I started to use Skydrive since last year but i haven't upload anything that much...
Should push all the necessary things up there now.
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I use it for Cloud Music, various documents, and... wait for it... recipes. It's very hand to pin a recipe to the home screen when shopping for ingredients.
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I use it for Cloud Music, various documents, and... wait for it... recipes. It's very hand to pin a recipe to the home screen when shopping for ingredients.
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wonder if they gonna delete my "illegal for under 18" stuffs... ROFL;
Anyone noticed slowness to upload files?
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Anyone noticed slowness to upload files?
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Yes, but that may be due to many people trying to get their SkyDrives up and running.
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Yes, but that may be due to many people trying to get their SkyDrives up and running.
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Thought so. Yet, this is frustrating.. ;/
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Also, shared files/folders doesnt seem to appear together your own files. That is really bad..
Ok, saw the free upgrade and got it. Thanks for the the heads up, I had no idea they were going t lower it to 7Gb. Thanks op!!
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Cheers for the heads up
might get the extra 20gb for £6 a year seems like a bargain can backup all my photos with 45gb for 50p a month
also when did
https://apps.live.com/skydrive
that windows app come out is it new?
edit:quick google shows was released yesterday
Thanks for this....I've been using skydrive for a long time now but, just for a few documents and some WP7 apps (store their files on it). I was using less than 1gb, but, now I got plenty of space.
Can Zune (on my WP7 phone) stream from there ?
Zune, currently, cannot stream from SkyDrive, but Cloud Music can.
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Thanks for this....I've been using skydrive for a long time now but, just for a few documents and some WP7 apps (store their files on it). I was using less than 1gb, but, now I got plenty of space.
Can Zune (on my WP7 phone) stream from there ?
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Thanks OP, I've upgraded, skydrive is really useful for WP7 users.
What are people thoughts? Only used the Android version so far, but I see no folders Or way to see my items without just showing all... Free space x my 4 gmail accounts will be good. It's 5gb free for anytime wondering.
I really like how they implemented it.
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Does this require an invite? If it does can someone pop me one at [email protected] or send me a link to it?
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Does this require an invite? If it does can someone pop me one at [email protected] or send me a link to it?
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No invite needed just go to https://drive.google.com/
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What are people thoughts? Only used the Android version so far, but I see no folders Or way to see my items without just showing all... Free space x my 4 gmail accounts will be good. It's 5gb free for anytime wondering.
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It takes awhile to sync the first time then you will see all your stuff
I'm really enjoying it. I've been getting my Android back stuff on there and my photos. You can't hide folders but they are set to private with access granted by other users email addresses being added to view your folder.
It looks alright, but I alraedy have 50 gbs of storage on Box :/
I was browsing the Nexus S forums and found this in a thread about google drive, you guys might find it interesting..
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/how-far-does-google-drives-terms-go-in-owning-your-files/75228
The terms that scare me, also from the Nexus S thread:
Google Drive — Terms
“Your Content in our Services: When you upload or otherwise submit content to our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide licence to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes that we make so that your content works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content.
The rights that you grant in this licence are for the limited purpose of operating, promoting and improving our Services, and to develop new ones. This licence continues even if you stop using our Services (for example, for a business listing that you have added to Google Maps).”
Wow, those terms are pretty scary...
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Looks like is not so private
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When I tried to go to the site the day I asked for a referral, it said it was not open to me. I downloaded the app from play and it installed and I got an email saying I was now using Drive. Go figure. That clause does scare me.
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It looks alright, but I alraedy have 50 gbs of storage on Box :/
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Yea i have the 50gb from box. But i do enjoy drive. google is on point with their stuff
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50 GB from drive is nice I agree, but I rarely use it because of the file size limitation...
So on Drive the problem I have with is the android app kind of sucks. I don't need the alphabet showing me where I'm at between files. It makes it show a lot fewer files at a time.. I want just a file explorer kind of view. I need the ability to add folders. And the worse thing is where are the files after I make them available offline? Like if I store android files and then make them offline for phone use I can't access them outside of the drive app unless I'm missing something.
Things that will change in time I'm sure, but for now since I primarily use my android devices over PC I have still been using drop box mostly other than to est stuff.
I like sugarsync.
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Yea i have the 50gb from box. But i do enjoy drive. google is on point with their stuff
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Yeah you can't beat the 50Gb from box i do like drive though i'm just going to use it for storing my photos
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I was browsing the Nexus S forums and found this in a thread about google drive, you guys might find it interesting..
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/how-far-does-google-drives-terms-go-in-owning-your-files/75228
The terms that scare me, also from the Nexus S thread:
Google Drive — Terms
“Your Content in our Services: When you upload or otherwise submit content to our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide licence to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes that we make so that your content works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content.
The rights that you grant in this licence are for the limited purpose of operating, promoting and improving our Services, and to develop new ones. This licence continues even if you stop using our Services (for example, for a business listing that you have added to Google Maps).”
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Wow, those terms are pretty scary...
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Yes, they are. Very Billy The Kid from Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure -
"What I win, I keep, what you win, I keep."
-- click accept TOS --
"Sounds good, Mr. The Kid!"
I have a SG2 and for my Birthday my son gave me a 64GB IPad3. I would never personally purchase an @pple product but it was a gift and it does make it easy to Facetime with him. I would like to transfer the all of my videos and pictures from my phone to the Ipad is there an app that will allow me do do this in bulk or allow me to sync it when i choose?
I have looked but there is so much info out there if anyone can help that would be great.
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I have a SG2 and for my Birthday my son gave me a 64GB IPad3. I would never personally purchase an @pple product but it was a gift and it does make it easy to Facetime with him. I would like to transfer the all of my videos and pictures from my phone to the Ipad is there an app that will allow me do do this in bulk or allow me to sync it when i choose?
I have looked but there is so much info out there if anyone can help that would be great.
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As far as I know the only way to get photos on your idevice is through iTunes.. you probably won't be able to directly send photos to your ipad from your S2
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There is method I use.
I have the same devices you have the sgs2 and the ipad. I have dropbox installed on both devices and I have "Camera Upload" turned on. So whenever I take a picture with my s2 or ipad, the picture automatically uploads into dropbox. and from there, I have pictures on both devices to which I can download. Once you load the dropbox app on the ipad to watch the pictures, you can then select to download the pictures into the ipad itself. it is quite convenient. This is good only if you have enough storage in dropbox to save all those pictures and videos.
Also, you can do this with G+ (google plus) app as they have the instant upload feature also but I believe they give you more storage space.
Edit: A quick google shows that the only app that you can use to transfer files between ios and android is "Bump" app.
i will check into that I have heard that some of the apps will downgrade the pics so the 8mp pics will get reduced in size do you have that issue with drop box?
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i will check into that I have heard that some of the apps will downgrade the pics so the 8mp pics will get reduced in size do you have that issue with drop box?
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The pics in dropbox seems like the same pics on my phone. I dont notice any downgrades of the quality.
No BT on iPad? Pity....
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It has blue tooth but i beleive it is apple propriatary i did see some apps but no free ones and most seem to have limitations
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Try dropbox
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you can also download on your PC everything off your phone and then re upload on your iPad when you plug your iPad into PC.
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Yeah either dropbox, or just connect your phone to a computer and transfer/copy all your pics to itunes and just sync your ipad
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Try SharePod. Its free online and grabs everything from your device. No need for that stupid itunes. Try it, i havent tried it on ipads though..
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There is method I use.
I have the same devices you have the sgs2 and the ipad. I have dropbox installed on both devices and I have "Camera Upload" turned on. So whenever I take a picture with my s2 or ipad, the picture automatically uploads into dropbox. and from there, I have pictures on both devices to which I can download. Once you load the dropbox app on the ipad to watch the pictures, you can then select to download the pictures into the ipad itself. it is quite convenient. This is good only if you have enough storage in dropbox to save all those pictures and videos.
Also, you can do this with G+ (google plus) app as they have the instant upload feature also but I believe they give you more storage space.
Edit: A quick google shows that the only app that you can use to transfer files between ios and android is "Bump" app.
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+1 flawless
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What a pain in the ^#^%$ a$$. I do really hate apple. So here is what I did i Dumped all the Photos and Videos off of my phone to my PC. about 22 GB's worth of data. Then I had to install iTunes on my PC. Then once I had it configured I pointed it to the folder I wanted to sync it to. It took about 3 hours to complete. Then I get a message that the the video files would not copy since the format if my videos is not compatible (the format used my SG2) so I had to download Any video converter to rip the videos to a apple friendly format since the [email protected] is so limited. They have some amazing marketing I cannot for the life of me understand the popularity of such a limiting product. Thank you all for your suggestions, I did look at bump but it will only allow you to a few pics at a time and will not allow for full resolution photos to be transmitted it will scale them down.
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What a pain in the ^#^%$ a$$. I do really hate apple. So here is what I did i Dumped all the Photos and Videos off of my phone to my PC. about 22 GB's worth of data. Then I had to install iTunes on my PC. Then once I had it configured I pointed it to the folder I wanted to sync it to. It took about 3 hours to complete. Then I get a message that the the video files would not copy since the format if my videos is not compatible (the format used my SG2) so I had to download Any video converter to rip the videos to a apple friendly format since the [email protected] is so limited. They have some amazing marketing I cannot for the life of me understand the popularity of such a limiting product. Thank you all for your suggestions, I did look at bump but it will only allow you to a few pics at a time and will not allow for full resolution photos to be transmitted it will scale them down.
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That sounds like a frustrating ordeal! I'm sure that since you did the bulk of it this time it'll go smoother the next!
I've haven't tried to transfer movies on an idevice recently.. But I used to all the time and it was a pain expecially if you had a movie on your ipod/ipad and you lose the original copy on your computer but itunes won't allow you to pull the copy off of your idevice.. That's just obsurd! The limitations sent me running fast from apple!... But they sure do look pretty!
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Well I have a new update my PC was converting the files last time I was at the office, transfered the files to the folder it syncs with and it still is saying it is in a non supported format. I used AVC and it said it would convert it to a format for the New Ipad. screw it i am done I will use it for face time with family, playing games and watching movies out side of that I think it is piece of %$# ! All I have ever heard from Apple fans is that they are so easy to use and they are great they can drink there cool aid.
I think he ipad is pretty nice! Great screen. The app store is terrific! And once you have your media on it, it's really easy to use and navigate.. But the limitations are a downer!
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If you jailbreak your iPad there are a couple apps you can download in cydia to transfer over Bluetooth. I use airblue.
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Nfc or wi fi direct.. Oh wait..
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USE THIS. I said it already..
http://www.getsharepod.com/ its free. It should work with IPads. i dont have one to confirm..
It is what it is a cool toy I am hoping the surface lives up to expectations that is what I would like to get.
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noodles2224 said:
USE THIS. I said it already..
http://www.getsharepod.com/ its free. It should work with IPads. i dont have one to confirm..
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+1 this program works exactly as advertised will little to no hassle
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I'm posting here instead of android general because i would like the opinions of fellow Optimus G owners. not that having this device should matter but you know.. whatever lol.
Im looking for the best Cloud service to store and organize photos as a life long photo album. right now im using box because we get 50gb just for owning the optimus G and i find it being the best ive used compared to dropbox and google+ but i have used neither of those long enough to make a solid opinion of them either.
my daughter is about to turn 3 and i have been uploading and organizing with the folder setup through box for a photo collection of her years sense birth but im looking for a more efficient way of doing this. maybe something tailored towards photos rather than files in general.
i know of:
Box (currently using)
Dropbox (dont use it anymore because they removed the download feature)
Google+ (havnt played around with that too much)
if any of you know of anything better than box for organizing photos then please share your opinion im completely open to switching to something better. i have over 1000+ pictures of her and cant bring myself to delete any of them. i dont keep every picture i take, these are just a combination of pictures taken by myself, her mother, and other family members. too many to print and apply to a physical photo album. eventually i will delicate a tablet to just her pictures once the technology reaches stability for that sort of thing lol but untill then i need to utilize the cloud.
Lg cloud! Another free 50 gigs
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Lg cloud! Another free 50 gigs
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only til october then they delete all your crap lol
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only til october then they delete all your crap lol
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Wow did not know that lol. I never used that. Glad I didn't start.
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only til october then they delete all your crap lol
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yeah, thanks for that. busted my bubble, but i'll make sure to get my files off before it's too late.
I use box. It's been great for me and I have saved, similar to you, literally THOUSANDS of pictures of my children there. You cannot go wrong with how well it organizes, the fast sync to your desktop and the ease of organizing.
My brother loves dropbox, but the free space given by box can't be beat, although I have heard rumors that the 50gb is free for two years and then they charge for it.
Maybe check out Dropbox again. They've really been focusing on photos lately with instant upload and auto-import, as well as album sorting both online and in the app. They've also made photo viewing online and in the app really nice, and more features are coming soon because I noticed I got an early preview invitation.
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Maybe check out Dropbox again. They've really been focusing on photos lately with instant upload and auto-import, as well as album sorting both online and in the app. They've also made photo viewing online and in the app really nice, and more features are coming soon because I noticed I got an early preview invitation.
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Dropbox is nice but the biggest and only issue I have with dropbox is I cant directly download a photo or file directly from the dropbox app for myself. I can "share" a link to it either my email or text it to myself but that's not convenient
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Check out www.copy.com for free 5gb cloud storage. If you sign up with my referral code, we each get an extra 5gb of storage. Cool promotion going on right now. My referral: https://copy.com?r=OotuiZ
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Dropbox is nice but the biggest and only issue I have with dropbox is I cant directly download a photo or file directly from the dropbox app for myself. I can "share" a link to it either my email or text it to myself but that's not convenient
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Actually, if you press "Menu>Export>Save to sdcard" you can save to any folder on your sdcard. Also, you can "star" photos as favorites, and this will ensure that those photos or files always have a copy on your phone.