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Online storage for photos/videos
Re: Online storage for photos/videos
It should be also noted that earlier this year Onedrive actually offered unlimited space but because it was heavily abused Microsoft abandoned the idea.
http://arstechnica.com/information-tech ... d-storage/
http://arstechnica.com/information-tech ... d-storage/
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Re: Online storage for photos/videos
Wd40 wrote: As it is Microsoft is struggling with its Lumia phones. The OneDrive feature, was one of its positives. If they cut back on that, they can say goodbye to whatever little fan base they have left.
I have just sold off my Lumia 820 after using for a little more than a year and bought a Redmi Note 2. The Lumia was nice, but the lack of apps on Windows was a slight negative and the awesome value for money of the Redmi Note 2 was big positive that tilted to its favor.
The phone comes with free 15GB Mi cloud back up which I am using for my phone photos and other phone related back ups.
Going back to a 15GB+15GB limit is fine by me.
My Lumia920 is reaching end of life/days as a few things begin to struggle on it but at almost 3yrs old now, I'm still relatively happy with everything. Photos are super, speed is good, it's sturdy (or hefty in other's opinion) and whilst there is a lack of apps, I'm not really missing too much other than possibly banking options and the possibility to install a wallet/payment SIM.
I am hoping the convergence into Win10 on all hardware (laptop, tablet, phone, X-Box and PC etc.) will encourage developers to port over more of their iOS and Android stuff. I believe Surface4 sales, for example, are strong already.
On the Redmi Note...... Xiaomi just launched a Win10 ROM for their Mi4 with others coming soon for MiNote and upcoming MiPad2. I'm considering switching out my 920 for a Mi4 running the Win10 ROM.....at least until Microsoft's Surface Phone becomes available at the end of 2016 and see from there. I would be happier (strangely) backing up my photos and settings to a MS cloud OneDrive than a Chinese based Xiaomi one.
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Wow, you keep phones for really long. I generally buy phones that are like yesteryear's flagships, for really cheap and then sell it off in a year. I generally buy phones in the $200 range. This is the 1st time I was able to buy a current flagship for $175. I buy export sets without warranty, which is why they are so cheap.ScoobyDoes wrote:Wd40 wrote: As it is Microsoft is struggling with its Lumia phones. The OneDrive feature, was one of its positives. If they cut back on that, they can say goodbye to whatever little fan base they have left.
I have just sold off my Lumia 820 after using for a little more than a year and bought a Redmi Note 2. The Lumia was nice, but the lack of apps on Windows was a slight negative and the awesome value for money of the Redmi Note 2 was big positive that tilted to its favor.
The phone comes with free 15GB Mi cloud back up which I am using for my phone photos and other phone related back ups.
Going back to a 15GB+15GB limit is fine by me.
My Lumia920 is reaching end of life/days as a few things begin to struggle on it but at almost 3yrs old now, I'm still relatively happy with everything. Photos are super, speed is good, it's sturdy (or hefty in other's opinion) and whilst there is a lack of apps, I'm not really missing too much other than possibly banking options and the possibility to install a wallet/payment SIM.
I am hoping the convergence into Win10 on all hardware (laptop, tablet, phone, X-Box and PC etc.) will encourage developers to port over more of their iOS and Android stuff. I believe Surface4 sales, for example, are strong already.
On the Redmi Note...... Xiaomi just launched a Win10 ROM for their Mi4 with others coming soon for MiNote and upcoming MiPad2. I'm considering switching out my 920 for a Mi4 running the Win10 ROM.....at least until Microsoft's Surface Phone becomes available at the end of 2016 and see from there. I would be happier (strangely) backing up my photos and settings to a MS cloud OneDrive than a Chinese based Xiaomi one.
The Redmi note is really top notch. I just love it. The only thing it lacks is NFC, which is okay.
I am considering buying the Oppo R7S for my wife. It retails for $589. I am trying to find the best place to buy it. This phone beats both galaxy note 5 as well as iPhone 6s plus.
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Wd40 wrote: Wow, you keep phones for really long. I generally buy phones that are like yesteryear's flagships, for really cheap and then sell it off in a year. I generally buy phones in the $200 range. This is the 1st time I was able to buy a current flagship for $175. I buy export sets without warranty, which is why they are so cheap.
Bought the phone full price retail, not cheap, so need to make it last but having said that I still use a Nokia E66 when I'm travelling (I bought that after a Samsung completely died after only a year and vowed never to buy another - my Nokia before that lasted more than 5yrs but that was when phones were phones).
I can't be bothered with continually needing to set up new hardware. The backup function from Windows makes it relatively easy to transfer from one phone to another or do a full restore after a service etc. so it's not as troublesome as it used to be but still a bit of a pain. It doesn't, for example, or didn't before, backup or transfer Wi-Fi passwords.
The Xiaomi is ~$290 so will try to check it with Win10.
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Re: Online storage for photos/videos
I've been pretty happy with Dropbox for personal use. Our company has a corp account with BOX and I like their integration tool.
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Re: Online storage for photos/videos
Wondering about the security of those cloud service....
http://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/ ... blackmail/
http://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/ ... blackmail/
Re: Online storage for photos/videos
I expect the weakest point to be most of the time on the human side. You know, no cloud and any other service will survive protected if the user opens emails with unknown/unverified attachments, or do similar things while browsing web pages, or the attackers manage to convince customer service they are the user trying to recover the password.earthfriendly wrote:Wondering about the security of those cloud service....
http://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/ ... blackmail/
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Re: Online storage for photos/videos
Google Drive
Dropbox all seems to be pretty secure.
Dropbox all seems to be pretty secure.
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