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Android Application of the Week – Dropbox

August 30, 2011 By
Dropbox - Secure backup, sync and sharing made easy.

Dropbox - Secure backup, sync and sharing made easy.

This week’s Android/Windows/iOS/MacOS application of the week is Dropbox. I use Dropbox all the time, for both work and play. The premise behind Dropbox is configurable cloud storage that is yours to use and share, as you see fit. You can mount it to your Windows PC and use it as an additional drive, use the mobile client to access files, or use it entirely from the browser. Additionally, the most recent Dropbox update for Mac, offers Lion support, making it almost ubiquitous across platforms.

I use it for two primary “work” functions. The first is to send pdf’s and other reading files to my 7″ Galaxy Tab. The tab is a far better reading device than my computer monitors, and enables me to read long PDFs with ease. The other use I have for Dropbox is to work on files at home and on the road. One can save directly from Microsoft Office to the Dropbox – and so long as you save your work, it can be edited on any machine you choose. With the Quickoffice Pro HD application, I can edit and retrieve any documents from my Dropbox so long as I have network connectivity.

Dropbox provides instant on cloud storage services for all your mobile devices. It allows for ease of access to important files (including a picture gallery) whereever you are. Dropbox ensures that important documents are always with you, and accessible. Additionally, programs such as Titanium Backup Pro can send your backups directly to Dropbox as well.

Dropbox starts off with 2GB for every user, but you can purchase more, or get additional storage by referring friends (if you want to help me out, click here)!

Check out Dropbox here.

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About RyanKamauff

Ryan Kamauff is an ITIL-certified technology research associate with experience evaluating technologies and performing due diligence assessments on a wide variety of firms. He is a writer at CTOvision.com and a business school graduate with US Army operational experience both CONUS and in Iraq.

  • http://obscura.com Lance Cottrell

    I too love Dropbox, but I take great care with how I use it because the security model is deeply flawed. They have admitted that they have the ability to read any file on their systems, which implies that a hacker could do the same.