Ipad-Can Use A Cloud For Data Storage?

[sleepyjohn]

Hi there

I'm about to get an iPad.

I told a friend who's had one a while that I would go for the largest drive, 64gb.

He said he only uses about 8gb of his 32gb because he constantly uploads to a cloud.

I've done a quick search without success.

How does this work?

Can it be free?

[djinn]

You can do it for example with dropbox.They have 2 GB free.

Paying options go to 100 GB

Look on Google to find their website.Very informative.

[floridaguy]

Google gives you 10GB, Windows Live gives you 10gb, all for free.

[Shrubbery]

Mobileme is another option, though it requires an annual subscription.

Access key can be purchased cheaply on ebay.

[sleepyjohn]

Google gives you 10GB, Windows Live gives you 10gb, all for free.

Thankyou all for your help(s).

I've tried googling for google cloud, but only get a service for developers.

Could you point me in the right direction?

[floridaguy]

Google gives you 10GB, Windows Live gives you 10gb, all for free.

Thankyou all for your help(s).

I've tried googling for google cloud, but only get a service for developers.

Could you point me in the right direction?

For both, you just need to sign up for one of the free email accounts. With Windows, get a email such as [email protected] or [email protected], etc. You automatically get 10gb on a Skydrive account for documents and photos.

For Google, get [email protected] and you get Google Docs to upload, along with Picasa Web. You may need an invite to sign up. If you do, PM me your email and I can send you an invite.

Edited December 9, 2010 by floridaguy

[sleepyjohn]

Thankyou kindly Floridaguy

but I have a gmail acct and I tried uploading to documents last night with some success.

Some?

Well I couldn't drag photos from iPhoto or MP#s from iTunes, but was OK with pictures left on my desktop and normal text files and PDFs and so on.

I shall try further.

Thanks

John