Amazon CloudDrive

[HavocXphere]

Amazon just launched their own web storage thingie.

5gb free space. Lacking in convenience though....no OS client etc. Also, the T&Cs are kinda harsh.

Thought you guys might wanna know anyway.
https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive#

I'm going to use it for (encrypted) backups.

 

[bdt]

Yea, having picked up the following on a quick scan, (properly) encrypted is the ONLY way it's viable to avail yourself of this 'service'. :erm:

Storing Your Files on the Service
5.1 Your Files. By using the Service with Your Files, you are directing us to store Your Files on your behalf. You are solely responsible for the content of Your Files and your use of the Service to store and retrieve Your Files. You must ensure that you have all the necessary rights in Your Files that permit you to use the Service without infringing the rights of any copyright owners, violating any applicable laws or violating the terms of any license or agreement to which you are bound. You must ensure that Your Files are free from any malware, viruses, Trojan horses, spyware, worms, or other malicious or harmful code. In transferring Your Files to and from the Service, you are responsible for complying with all applicable import, re-import, export, and re-export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, and country-specific economic sanctions programs implemented by the Office of Foreign Assets Control. Failure to comply with these requirements may result in the immediate termination of your rights under this Agreement in accordance with Section 7.1.

5.2 Our Right to Access Your Files. You give us the right to access, retain, use and disclose your account information and Your Files: to provide you with technical support and address technical issues; to investigate compliance with the terms of this Agreement, enforce the terms of this Agreement and protect the Service and its users from fraud or security threats; or as we determine is necessary to provide the Service or comply with applicable law.

 

[BCR]

Gmail docs. good enough for me - can only save about 1Gb of docs per a/c (e-mails about 7,5Gb).
Have a SkyDrive a/c as well, just in case - that's at least 25Gb.

Thing I like most about Gmail docs. is fact that if you want to e-mail any doc. (Word, Pdf, Excel) as an attachment, you can.
Other's (and maybe Amazon's the same?) you can only send a link for recipient to click on and view the doc., which to me isn't a good option.

 

[|tera|]

Gmail docs. good enough for me - can only save about 1Gb of docs per a/c (e-mails about 7,5Gb).
Have a SkyDrive a/c as well, just in case - that's at least 25Gb.

Thing I like most about Gmail docs. is fact that if you want to e-mail any doc. (Word, Pdf, Excel) as an attachment, you can.
Other's (and maybe Amazon's the same?) you can only send a link for recipient to click on and view the doc., which to me isn't a good option.

Maybe you should check out dropbox: www.dropbox.com

Nothing comes close to it for my needs

 

[BCR]

Maybe you should check out dropbox: www.dropbox.com
Nothing comes close to it for my needs

I do use it for work to aid in file transfer - wrote more about Gmail for personal use.
Thanks anyway.

 

[HavocXphere]

Maybe you should check out dropbox: www.dropbox.com

Nothing comes close to it for my needs

Same thing really. Dropbox is reselling Amazon storage. Dropbox packages it in an awesome way...but charges twice the price.

I reckon:
Amazon -> Backups
DropBox ->Day to day convenience

Tried SkyDrive...50mb file limit wtf

 

[|tera|]

Same thing really. Dropbox is reselling Amazon storage. Dropbox packages it in an awesome way...but charges twice the price.

I reckon:
Amazon -> Backups
DropBox ->Day to day convenience

Tried SkyDrive...50mb file limit wtf

With no OS client at this stage, I'd still stick with Dropbox. I've added quite a bit of space by referrals etc.

I'd love a Dropbox + Evernote Sync, that would be my perfect solution

Edit: lol, last post here seems to have the solution http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=14185

 

[Lino]

Setup and running CloudDrive and CloudPlayer and using my free 5GB, and so far it rocks. Android player works as well, if you can get it to work outside USA.

 

[oldhat]

Adrive offer 50gb free online storage...