Acer expands AcerCloud service to support more platforms, including Android

by Jeff Causey on Jan 7th 2013, 11:58am
tagged Acer, AcerCloud, CES 2013, clear.fi, cloud storage, PicStream, Remote Files

Acer announced today some enhancements to their file sharing/cloud offering, AcerCloud. The service is only available to Acer customers. Up to now, users could upload files from their computer to the cloud service, but they could only view what was already uploaded when using their mobile devices. With this latest update, users with Android and iOS devices will be able to upload files from their devices to the cloud servers as well. Acer promises users won’t be bombarded with messages about capacity limitations.

The updated service added some other new features as well. With a new Remote Files application users can directly access files on their Windows PCs from their mobile devices. AcerCloud Docs will automate the process of pushing Microsoft Office documents out to the cloud. The same type of automation will be offered via PicStream for a user’s photos so that images taken with a smartphone are immediately available on the PC. Similar to the Remote Files application, Acer is also including clear.fi for multimedia files so music and video files can be accessed and played from any device the consumer has connected.

Hit the break for the full press release and don’t forget to check back here at TalkAndroid for more CES 2013 coverage. » Read the rest

Samsung & Dropbox To Offer 50GB Of Free Cloud Storage For Galaxy S III Owners

by Roy Alugbue on May 3rd 2012, 8:04pm
tagged cloud storage, dropbox, galaxy s iii, promotions, Samsung

You want to know how Samsung intends on enticing potential customers now that it’s Galaxy S III smartphone is out? No, it isn’t the quad-core processor built-in nor the sweet lineup of accessories. My friends, Sammy is offering an attractive 50GB of free storage courtesy of Dropbox— similar to what HTC has done in the past. The key difference is HTC offered “only” 25GB, while Sammy is offering double the storage space.

Keep in mind as awesome as this is, it won’t last forever. Samsung and Dropbox will be offering this awesome promotion for Galaxy S III owners for a limited time only— owners who take advantage of this will have free storage for only 2 years. But hey— by the time 2 years comes around, we’ll probably be seeing a bigger and better promotion by then.

source: Venture Beat

Manage All Of Your Cloud Storage With SanDisk Memory Zone, Also Makes For A Decent SkyDrive Client (Video)

by Joe Sirianni on May 1st 2012, 5:49pm
tagged Android, applications, apps manager, cloud storage, File browser, file manager, storage

Now-a-days cloud storage is beginning to become the norm and several of you by now have probably caught on to the fact that you can open several cloud storage accounts to get yourself a decent little chunk of the storage space in the sky. Well, how do you manage so many accounts at once? SanDisk wants you to take the guesswork out off wondering how much storage each of your services has left thanks to its application, SanDisk Memory Zone. While we’ve written about this app in the past before, Memory Zone has been given a few updates and allows you to keep even better tabs on not only how much storage you have left but also serves as a file browser for each of those storage services. The application assists in helping you control and manage all of your content seamlessly and with very little effort. Whether you have content on your memory card, your phone’s storage or directly in the cloud, you can easily move files to and from with just the click of a few buttons.

SanDisk Memory Zone offers you more memory management functionality than any other application available for the Android™ phone.

SanDisk Memory Zone puts you in complete control. Manage and backup both your local and cloud memory with one free app. Move files back and forth from your memory card to select cloud services, or from the cloud directly to your phone. Cloud services supported: Box, Dropbox, Google Docs, Picasa, SugarSync, SkyDrive and Facebook.

So, if your device is getting bogged down due to limited storage space, then maybe it’s time to better manage your device. In addition to the integrated functionality you’ll also have the opportunity to secure your content while on the go by applying a password protection feature. You can also backup/restore all of your files on command. So, without further ado, what are you waiting for? Get the application now and start uploading your videos, photos, music, docs and whatever else you want. In addition, when initially surveying the application, I noticed that it had pretty decent SkyDrive support, something that is lacking a bit on the Android platform. This application is the closest I’ve seen in the Google Play Store that will allow you to seamlessly navigate through your SkyDrive files, all for the price of free.

SanDisk Memory Zone not only allows you to transfer and back up your files, it also allows you to secure them through a password protection feature. So you have the peace of mind knowing your videos, photographs, music and other files are not only available, but they’re available only to you.

Get seamless, integrated storage connectivity between your phone, your memory card and your files in the cloud. It’s never been easier to enjoy, manage, share and protect your digital assets.

Unlike utilities with awkward and difficult to navigate folder structures, SanDisk Memory Zone has an intuitive, graphical user interface that lets you get the job done, fast.

Check out the quick video demo below as well as the screen shots of the app in action. Don’t forget to let us know what you think in the comments below. » Read the rest

Huawei Looks To Future: Investing Captial For Development Of Touch-Free Devices And Infinite Cloud Storage

by Roy Alugbue on Apr 30th 2012, 8:25am
tagged cloud storage, Google Drive, hands-free, huawei, motion, motion technology, touch-free

We all should know about the Huawei brand by now. If not, perhaps the thought of the thinnest smartphone around should help refresh your memory. The Chinese brand is apparently obsessed with making sure it becomes one of the major innovators of the smartphone land by increasing its research and development budget by 20% to $4.5 billion that will bring “disruptive technology” to consumers— essentially unusual advancements. What unusual advancements, you ask? Huawei North America’s Research & Development General Manager John Roese poses this thought to the masses:

“What if you use the camera of a tablet or a smartphone and use it to capture the visualization of your hands? So imagine instead of touching a smartphone, you can actually have a three-dimensional interaction with it.”

Imagine the possibility of having a smartphone that recognized gestures and movements without the user actually having to touch the device— kind of like how the Microsoft Kinect works. That type of technology has Huawei executives thinking and dreaming big. To pull of this type of concept and technology would require Huawei devices to feature some serious internal firepower, so naturally it would need a device featuring the latest and greatest technology. That’s why Roese makes it important to note the Huawei devices featuring the technology would need powerful graphics processing and dual front-facing cameras. Smartphones would likely not be capable of that type of technology in the beginning, so Roese also notes Huawei is likely to build it into tablets first. » Read the rest

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