The great password / credit card, etc... wallet has been updated and has a new look and feel and the Dropbox sync appears to be working better / faster than in the past.
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I really hope that Google starts improving the Gmail app on Android soon as it feels pretty lackluster compared with the mobile Gmail web app. I just find that everything looks and feels nicer on the web version than the native app.
A couple things I like better about the HTML version:
- Colour scheme is much nicer. The app is very bland.
- Copy and Paste is possible.
- When replying, quoted text is editable.
- If you have Gmail checking a POP account for you, replying to those emails sends from the correct account.
I'm still using the full app though as it loads faster (once loaded it doesn't seem a whole lot faster though), provides notifications and is the only way you can add attachments. I hope the Gmail team starts improving the native app at a similar pace to the web version.
a couple apps that may help you with your gmail app, even though you didn't mention these as an issue:
blackmoon attachsave - lets you save attachments to the sd card, not just view them
file sender - lets you attach any file to send
i absolutely agree with you.. gmail app needs to be improved..
another lack i'd like to say is that for older messages you can only read the day it was sent without the time!
But I have heard that this is the best gmail application on any platform. I'm not an email heavy person but it works fine for what I need to do and never had to say, "I wish I could do this" or, "I wish this was better."
I think Google has put all app improvements/updates on hold for now, such as the Gmail app and the obvious Music app.
Most likely they are waiting for FroYo, which is rumored to separate the Google Apps from Android's framework. Then they can update the app whenever they feel like without a new Android version (like they have done with Google Maps) and anyone on any Android version can download/update the app as they please.
I can't wait for FroYo. Along with full Flash 10.1 and rumors of all these new features, it's sure to be a major game changer.
Would someone please suggest a solution to backing up pictures and or whatever files I'd like to store from my phone. I'd like to be able to sync directly frm my phone to the cloud. I know Hotmail offers the SkyDrive but I don't see anyway to sync directly to it from my phone. Gmail would be the ideal location but I'm open to suggestions. Thanks.
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Would someone please suggest a solution to backing up pictures and or whatever files I'd like to store from my phone. I'd like to be able to sync directly frm my phone to the cloud. I know Hotmail offers the SkyDrive but I don't see anyway to sync directly to it from my phone. Gmail would be the ideal location but I'm open to suggestions. Thanks.
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Try dropbox.
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Great, thanks.
I just found "MyBackup Root" (from the market) last night, and seems to be pretty nice.
It can backup / restore a ton of things including images, mms, call logs, home screen shortcuts, etc.
I haven't tested restoring yet, but a lot of reviews say it's pretty good.
The paid version ($4.99) has online backup support, but it seems it's limited to only 50MB (lame).
People are requesting Dropbox support (would be nice to see that incorporated).
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Thanks again!
For pictures, go with photobucket for it's automatic upload. It is essentially a set it and forget it types of operation.
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Tht's what I'm looking for. When I had a Windows phone I used MyPhone. You could tell it what to sync and it would roll automatically. Unfortunetly they only offered 200MB of storage.
you've also got native, built-in picasaweb syncing you can use, if you haven't tried that out.
But ya, I use dropbox 99% of the time. Or a wifi FTP app (fireftp?) if it's a lot of stuff.
Mainly, I don't want to move my life into the cloud until I can do it all (MP3s, photos, docs... Everything).
I love Google. Their stuff works well. However they cap Picasa at 1GB. All my documents are (mostly) in Office format which can convert into Google Docs format, so it's no big deal there. But the Picasa limit is what gets me on my photos.
You can buy more space (like 200GB for $50/yr... cheap) but....... Google shows no love for Google Apps users.
Now, Microsoft on the other hand, gives you their 25GB Sky Drive which would work well. But, their interface is crap. Also- I don't think I can buy more space if I need it.
Also, my Android phone syncs too well with the Google services (contacts, mail, calendar)- I'm not sure if it'd be viable to switch or not. The mail is NBD- I could have Gmail pull my mail, but the contacts and calendar syncing is big for me.
Any suggestions? Or what do you guys do in this situation? Maybe I'll have to ditch the custom domain and become a regular user or something. IDK.
Another downside to Google's method might be the fact I can't map it as a drive. (Useful for syncing back and forth easily- like if I need to load up my music or photos on a phone).
Edit- I might have to resign myself to using Sky Drive because I can't find a way that you can map Google Dogs or Picasa to a local drive (which is necessary for bulk operations).
Use something like Dropbox for photos and files, it starts at 2 GB (free!) and has clients for all major desktop and mobile operating systems
Hello everyone. This is "old" news but y'all should know that Box, cloud storage company, has a deal going on now through March 23. If you create an account through their app, then you get 50 gb free. I have always and will continue to be a firm supporter of Dropbox but there's no harm in taking this offer too. I'm not providing a link cuz its available in the Android Market/Google Play store.
i just signed up for this the other day, seems to work pretty well. the only problem I have with it is not android related, it is that my corporate firewall has blocked access to all online storage so i can't access the files on my computer. They block evernote and everything else useful too.
That's unfortunate, however I can understand why they would deny access to cloud storage sites. It's a necessary preventative step.
I signed up a while back when they were offering 50GBs for LG users using my Inc
If you use a Mac and came from IOS, then you might know of the new feature called PhotoStream.
Take a pic on your iPhone/iPad and if your on WiFi it will upload the Picture to all of your IOS devices and Mac computers.
Well I found this super cool way to get your GS3 or any Android phone to get this feature to work, in fact it will auto upload your Pictures and Videos to iPhoto when your GS3 is on WiFi or 3G/4G.
No credit to me, I found it online, but tested it out and its great.
You will need to have a DropBox account setup on your Mac as well as on your GS3, turn on the Auto Upload feature in the app on the GS3 and watch how fast it puts all your pictures in iPhoto without having to Sync your GS3 to anything.
http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57470315-285/sync-photos-from-your-android-device-to-iclouds-photo-stream/
Cool.
Semi related in case folks are looking for a more Googleish option. Google+ has an "Instant Upload" feature (you can limit it to wifi or upload over cellular too) that uploads your photos and videos to picasa web albums / Google+ (set to private by default). Here is some info... well I can't link because I'm new... Just google "google + instant upload" and you should find instructions easily.
I find that even if you don't use Google+ auto uploading is at least is a handy supplemental backup feature.
With Telus and some other carriers you automatically get 49gb free for 2 years when you log in to Dropbox from your S3.
Additionally, if you have Google AdWords credit laying around, you can get up to 16gb free by creating an adwords campaign, worked well for me:
http://lifehacker.com/5851116/use-google-adwords-to-quickly-max-out-your-dropbox-referrals
This will basically ensure that I have enough storage for a very long time for all my photos and videos, even after the 2 years is up.