Free online file storage service for Android
Limitations of storage space on an Android phone is a common problem experienced by users of Android phones. To deal with this other than to move data or applications to external memory, you can also take advantage of online storage space or commonly known as cloud storage.
By utilizing cloud storage service, you can upload files anywhere and anytime, and perform backup and restore of data from various types of mobile phones with a variety of platforms. From various online storage services are available for the Android platform, PULSE recommend to you a decent 5 applications for you to use. Listen explanation of the fifth application in the following review:
1. Dropbox
Dropbox is an application that offers online storage for free to users of up to 2GB. Although the amount of storage space on offer is relatively small, Dropbox is an online storage application that is very popular in the Android Market.
With Dropbox, you can store those online documents, images and videos to Dropbox server through an application that you can download from the Android Market. In addition through mobile applications, users can also download a desktop application that can be installed to a PC with the Windows operating system or MAC. After you install Dropbox to your PC and mobile phone, then you can easily upload files to the server in one step so that your files will be automatically stored on the PC, phone and web at the same time.
There are several ways to upload files to the server, the first when you use a PC, after installing the Dropbox application on the desktop of my documents there will be a folder called Dropbox. for upload, you can simply drag and drop files into the folder. As for the second way, you can upload through the web site dropbox.com. While with your own android phone users can now choose to upload photos and videos automatically to the dropbox server. You can also share files to your friends by sending a link or him as a collaborator. Collaborators allow you and your friends to share files and have the same access to edit the file.
2. Box
Just like Dropbox, Box allows users to upload files to the server and access it from computers, websites or Android phone. Among the online storage applications contained in Google Play, Box is an application that provides the greatest storage space of around 50GB.
These attractive deals reserved for those of you who sign up or log in to your account through the Box Android app available for free in Google Play. like dropbox, Box also allows users to share files with friends and a collaborator send invitations to friends. By installing the desktop and mobile applications on offer, you can now upload files with just one step so that the file can be directly accessed from mobile phones and computers. Too bad for a desktop application, you are required to pay.
Other features of the Box are the comment that allows your friends to comment on your shared files. You can also create a shortcut home screen folders and files to the phone so you can access them including practically see the update file contained therein. Unfortunately Box not equips yourself with the features auto upload so you need to do a manual backup on your mobile phone.
3. Sugar Sync
Sugar Sync is a service that offers free online storage with a capacity of 5GB. Just like Dropbox, Sugar Sync allows you to automatically backup all of your photos and videos taken with your camera phone.
With Sugar Sync Manager, you can also sync via desktop applications that can run on PC and MAC. In contrast to the above two applications, SugarSync lets users select which folders you want to synchronize. It is different from other applications simply synchronize on all files or folders placed in a particular folder in MyDocument.
So if you install the desktop application in more than one computer then when you log in to the SugarSync website, you will see a list of computers with a synchronized folder names. As for the sync to all computers and devices, you can simply drag and drop files to the Magic Briefcase folder located in My Documents.
Other features such as collaborator with Sugar Sync is more advanced because you can choose to allow your friend to just be able to read the contents of the shared folder or even participate edit the content of your shared folder.
4. Google Drive
Google Drive is a storage service from Google that gives you online storage for free with a capacity of 5GB.Layanan has just been launched by Google in stages to the Gmail account owner starting in May 2012. Overall, the features offered by the Drive are not much different from Dropbox.
You can install the desktop application and synchronize files with drag and drop files to Google Drive folder located in My Documents.
Just like other applications, you can also take advantage of mobile applications for the moment only available for Android OS. However, Google promises to launch applications that can run on iOS. You do not have an Android phone and the computer can also log in from a browser via the internet cafe for example. One of the advantages of Google Drive is you can take a photo of a text document and convert it to a Google Doc. Unfortunately up to this writing, Google has yet to provide collaboration features that allow collaborator share and edit files that are in the shared folder.
5. Ubuntu One
Ubuntu one in the beginning is an online storage service that is integrated with the Ubuntu OS. Service was later extended to the Windows OS, Android to iPhone. Ubuntu One gives you a capacity of up to 5GB of storage space for free. This service provides the most comprehensive among all the services mentioned above.
In contrast to all of the applications mentioned above, Ubuntu One allows users to automatically sync photos and videos to personalize folders are allowed to auto upload.
Ubuntu One also supports bandwidth limitation consisting of download and upload speed settings. Just like Sugar Sync, you can also see a list of devices connected to Ubuntu One account. But not like Sugar Sync capability is not limited by access through the browser, but also desktop and mobile applications.
2. Box
Just like Dropbox, Box allows users to upload files to the server and access it from computers, websites or Android phone. Among the online storage applications contained in Google Play, Box is an application that provides the greatest storage space of around 50GB.
These attractive deals reserved for those of you who sign up or log in to your account through the Box Android app available for free in Google Play. like dropbox, Box also allows users to share files with friends and a collaborator send invitations to friends. By installing the desktop and mobile applications on offer, you can now upload files with just one step so that the file can be directly accessed from mobile phones and computers. Too bad for a desktop application, you are required to pay.
Other features of the Box are the comment that allows your friends to comment on your shared files. You can also create a shortcut home screen folders and files to the phone so you can access them including practically see the update file contained therein. Unfortunately Box not equips yourself with the features auto upload so you need to do a manual backup on your mobile phone.
3. Sugar Sync
Sugar Sync is a service that offers free online storage with a capacity of 5GB. Just like Dropbox, Sugar Sync allows you to automatically backup all of your photos and videos taken with your camera phone.
With Sugar Sync Manager, you can also sync via desktop applications that can run on PC and MAC. In contrast to the above two applications, SugarSync lets users select which folders you want to synchronize. It is different from other applications simply synchronize on all files or folders placed in a particular folder in MyDocument.
So if you install the desktop application in more than one computer then when you log in to the SugarSync website, you will see a list of computers with a synchronized folder names. As for the sync to all computers and devices, you can simply drag and drop files to the Magic Briefcase folder located in My Documents.
Other features such as collaborator with Sugar Sync is more advanced because you can choose to allow your friend to just be able to read the contents of the shared folder or even participate edit the content of your shared folder.
Google Drive is a storage service from Google that gives you online storage for free with a capacity of 5GB.Layanan has just been launched by Google in stages to the Gmail account owner starting in May 2012. Overall, the features offered by the Drive are not much different from Dropbox.
You can install the desktop application and synchronize files with drag and drop files to Google Drive folder located in My Documents.
Just like other applications, you can also take advantage of mobile applications for the moment only available for Android OS. However, Google promises to launch applications that can run on iOS. You do not have an Android phone and the computer can also log in from a browser via the internet cafe for example. One of the advantages of Google Drive is you can take a photo of a text document and convert it to a Google Doc. Unfortunately up to this writing, Google has yet to provide collaboration features that allow collaborator share and edit files that are in the shared folder.
5. Ubuntu One
Ubuntu one in the beginning is an online storage service that is integrated with the Ubuntu OS. Service was later extended to the Windows OS, Android to iPhone. Ubuntu One gives you a capacity of up to 5GB of storage space for free. This service provides the most comprehensive among all the services mentioned above.
In contrast to all of the applications mentioned above, Ubuntu One allows users to automatically sync photos and videos to personalize folders are allowed to auto upload.
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