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HTC confirms Dropbox deal for its Android phones
TAIWANESE PHONE MAKER HTC has confirmed that its Android smartphones will have access to Dropbox for extra storage space.
The deal means that HTC's upcoming Android based smartphones will come with a Dropbox app pre-installed. The firms have struck a deal that gives HTC customers 3GB more than the standard 2GB for a total of 5GB of free online storage.
HTC said, "Even better news is that Dropbox will now come pre-installed on all of our new Android phones, providing a total of 5GB free online storage!"
We're waiting for confirmation from HTC but it appears that the offer is valid for existing HTC Android users.
One user said, "When I installed Dropbox on my Desire, I suddenly get this message 'Your quota was increased to 5.25GB!' Nice of HTC to remember their current users."
Depending on how you use your smartphone, 5GB might sound like a lot of storage or might not be enough. HTC also makes handsets that run Windows Phone 7.5, which offers a somewhat larger 25GB of online storage via Skydrive. We're not surprised that the Dropbox offer only applies to its Android devices. µ
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I got 50GB free with my HP TouchPad when I registered with Box via their webOS app. I don't think that offer is on any more though. I did try registering with Dropbox via their app on my HTC Desire and only got the standard 2GB. Is there a special registration URL or something?
Andriod fans! Just a heads up that we do in fact offer 5GB of free storage for all Box accounts. You can check out the Box for Android and Android tablet and get your 5GB free here - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.box.android&hl=en
The Dropbox 5Gb space is 100% "Sync" Storage and it syncs only the bits of files that have changed.
Skydrive only offers 5 of your available 25 Gbs as Sync storage that only syncs entire files (using Live Mesh) the rest of the space is general storage space.
The Skydrive (25Gb) space is available to anyone who can use a browser and can login to windows live - that includes android users.