Dropbox

I installed Dropbox a few days ago, and have already fallen in love with it! I normally take a while to warm up to software or services, but sync works glitch-free without overloading my computers. It is also great cross-platform, as I have it working great on Windows, Ubuntu and Android.

While the free starter space of 2 gigabytes is a bit paltry, you can get extra 500 megabytes of space by inviting your friends and/or using this link. Purchased extra space is reasonably priced as well.

I also use Ubuntu One on the above three platforms, and it has more features, but have found that Dropbox has less failed uploads and seems to recover better from poor connections.

With the free DropBox-Plugin for FileScout (3€) you can copy files from DropBox to SD-Card and the other way round, which is not possible with DropBox for BlackBerry itself. FileScout is a file explorer for your BlackBerry® and can capture Screenshots. In addition to its core functionality (browse the file system, create directories, copy, move, rename, zip, unzip, delete files, or open your media files directly, FileScout also allows you to open text files (including .ini or .xml) so you are able to edit, copy, and paste text segments of text. Additionally FileScout allows you to manipulate images (resize & rotate), easily save and access your favorites, search for files, create playlists across multiple folders, send files via email, Bluetooth® or BBM (BlackBerry Messenger), archive eMails and access your Dropbox (separate free Plugin). This Copy-function cannot sync a folder in both direction between a BlackBerry-SD-Card and DropBox as you can do with CloudFiles for Windows Mobile or Windows Phone 7.

Dropbox Enterprise File Transfer from Thru is the secure solution for businesses and enterprises. Their solutions have been working for large businesses for ten years without a single security breach. http://www.thruinc.com/solutions/dropbox-enterprise-file-transfer/

[Edited by nxb3942, March 01]

With Cloudfiles-RealSync you can use DropBox on Windows Mobile in the same way as with Windows Computers

The new RealSync-Function of Cloudfiles (1) for DropBox is a dream, because you now have quicker access to all filestypes (incl. Excel- and Word-Files) in the DropBox now also on Windows Mobile. In CloudFiles without RealSync it was necessary to download a file to the mobile device (but you did not know, in what folder. Then you edited. Then it was difficult to store (whereto?), then you had to upload it. Now it is fantastical easy. You have a folder on your mobile device (free selectable), I prefer a folder on the SD-card. And this folder with all its contents is automatically synced with the cloudfiles-Folder in DropBox (not selectable). The sync-frequency can be selected from manually to 1 day. This app is absolutely unique for Windows Mobile devices, and also available for Windows Phone 7. You need not worry, if your mobile device has a damage. All your files are synced and backed up. If you have a new device, you have the same access to the cloudfiles-folder as before, without the annoying ActiveSync, without the version Problems of WMDC. I like it very much, and I recommend it. I bought it today for only 6.99 USD, without any additional fees about Paypal. But be careful with the new feature: on (2) you read: Experimental - For testing ONLY. But in my test it was OK.

(1) http://alternativeto.net/software/cloudfiles

(2) http://www.ruttensoft.com/

Even if you only use a single computer most of the time Dropbox is a very useful tool: file sharing and backup/recovery.

File sharing. There are a few ways to do this.

When you install Dropbox you get two special sub-folders in the main My Dropbox folder: (1) the Photos folder in which you can create sub-folders that become photo albums that you can share with specific people via the Dropbox web site. (2) the Public folder in which you can put individual files and share these via a web link: very useful for things like support forums where you may need to provide files to explain a technical point.

In addition to these special folders, to can share any Dropbox sub-folder with another Dropbox user. I use this to share collections of files and folders, e.g. sets of files required for a web site.

Backup and recovery. Put your important stuff in your Dropbox folder and it's backed up to the cloud. If you accidentally delete something you can recover it. You can get a file back as long as you do so within 30 days. In fact, it's not just file deletions that you can recover from: Dropbox gives you access to pervious versions of your files (with the same 30-day limit).

I <3 Dropbox.

Dropbox is very very useful! I don't need to carry around my pendrive anymore XD

DropBox is a great application for a small number of users to share files. The reason why I specify "a small number" is because DropBox currently does not scale well for busy organizations that are changing a large number of files on a regular basis. We currently operate DropBox on a mixture of platforms including XP, Vista, 7, OS X, and iPhone and have had excellent results on the small scale.

I'm a big fan of DropBox but we've uncovered that DropBox does not do well when used with applications that put exclusive locks on files (IE: QuickBooks, some antivirus applications, etc) and will create a large number of "conflicted" copies of files in a very short amount of time. (Yes, we knew that there could be potential issues with apps such as QuickBooks so we were not using 'live' data in these cases during our pilot so save your scoffing.)

DropBox will someday be a fantastic compliment to cloud computing but they're not there for businesses -YET.