Dropbox review
Dropbox is a popular cloud storage provider available today; although Dropbox has been facing tough competition from other similar apps and services like Google Drive and OneDrive but it still managed to hold the firm position that is pretty impressive because Google Drive is backed by Google and OneDrive is owned by Microsoft while both of these companies are tech giants. Dropbox was developed to solve the storage shortage issue on smartphones and tablets.
With the help of Dropbox, users can access their files, documents, videos and pictures whenever they want and from wherever they want because this service needs credentials to login and users can login from several different devices. Dropbox gives 2 GB free to every user at the time of account sign up and users can get additional free space by performing some actions; for example, installing Dropbox app on iOS or Android device gives users 500 MB for free and users can get share Dropbox with their friends and family via different sharing options like Facebook, Twitter, messages and emails.
With each successful referral, users get 500 MB for free. You can access Dropbox on your desktop computer via their official website and from there you can download and upload files to your account. Dropbox software is available for desktop computers too and installing that software enables users to upload, download and sync their documents without visiting the official website. So if you need to upload a file to your Dropbox account then simply place that file in Dropbox folder on your computer and they file with automatically upload and sync across all desktop computers attached with the same account.
Dropbox mobile app is available for several different mobile platforms including iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Bada, Symbian, BlackBerry and others. Amazingly the app is available for free for all compatible platforms and supported devices and users can start using Dropbox immediately because of 2 GB free storage that Dropbox provides. Additionally users can purchase additional space from Dropbox website. Unlike the desktop version of Dropbox, the mobile versions of Dropbox do not sync uploaded files automatically.
You don’t have to upload pictures manually each time but instead you can turn on Instant Upload that automatically uploads gallery images to the Dropbox account. Dropbox app now supports lots of sharing options like Facebook, Twitter and email. If you want to share a file with your friends or family then simply copy the URL and send that to them via email, you can directly share a file or folder with your friends via Facebook too.
