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Sugarsync for iPad and Windows Phone confirmed for later this year

By on February 13, 2012 at 4:50pm in Mobile News


Our favourite cloud storage solution has been Sugarsync for a long while. Though it doesn’t receive the same recognition as Dropbox, it is significantly cheaper and more flexible in many ways. And with mobile apps for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry, as well as for Windows and OS X, it is widely available across multiple platforms.

In an email to subscribers, CEO Laura Yecies outlines many of the company’s achievements for 2011, including in-line text editing and batch photo uploads in iOS, and auto-uploads for photos and video in Android. They introduced a new iOS app in March, and a new BlackBerry app in September.

Yecies outlined a few goals for 2012, too. The web interface is going to get a remodel, and they will introduce support for external USB drives. But more interestingly, she claims that in addition to reworking existing apps for Android and iPhone, the company will introduce dedicated Sugarsync for iPad and Windows Phone.

Currently Windows Phone does not have a lot of support from cloud storage providers, save for Microsoft’s own Skydrive, so if Sugarsync manages to bring an app to the platform before Dropbox does, it will be a huge win. Though we don’t know when the app is coming, we’re confident it will be up to the same high standards as their other mobile apps.

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5 comments for “Sugarsync for iPad and Windows Phone confirmed for later this year”

  1. I prefer SugarSync over the other services but once I discovered Mesh I am thinking to dump SugarSync since Mesh is totally free. I moved all my computers to Mesh but haven’t cancelled SugarSync yet. Since SS will be adding WP am rethinking my plan although I haven’t really had the need to sync my phone to the data I’ve been syncing on my computers,

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    Posted by John | February 13, 2012, 7:17 pm
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  2. Why not just use dropbox?

    Pce,
    Apple4life

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    Posted by Apple4Life | February 13, 2012, 7:19 pm
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  3. I have been a long time user of Dropbox since its inception. It has the advantage of seamless operation across multiple devices and best of all, the support for Dropbox across applications is unparalleled. Having used SugarSync for a while, I think this new kid on-the-block does pose quite a threat to Dropbox. The single most important feature that sets it apart is the ability to select any folder to sync. Also, it supports the abstraction of photo album so that you can easily host full resolution photos, with fully functional photo album viewer. If you are into hosting songs on the cloud, the player on iPhone (not too sure about Android) is feature-rich compare to Dropbox. I think it worth giving it a try (even if you are a avid user of Dropbox like me). If interested you can use the following link to try it out, which will give you an additional 500M (and an additional 500M for me). Be careful to skip the section when asked to download your gmail/yahoo contacts to SugarSync (even though they entice you with an addition of 500M).
    https://www.sugarsync.com/referral?rf=e5zsccoop47dj&utm_source=txemail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=referral

    or the shortened url
    http://goo.gl/aVZuE

    Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/dropbox-vs-sugarsync-2012-2#ixzz1mK8kxfkM

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    Posted by Isaac | February 13, 2012, 10:38 pm
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  4. Very good software !

    I started using SugarSync one year ago and I still find it very useful.
    It saved me from some bad situations i got into with my hard disk.

    You can have referral bonus (500 Mo) if you register SugarSync here :
    https://www.sugarsync.com/referral?rf=co37ffi84w6v9&utm_source=txemail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=referral

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    Posted by Laurent | February 14, 2012, 8:04 am
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  5. SugarSync is way too expensive. I changed to storing my information on my own computers and syncing directly using GoodSync9

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    Posted by MeganB | February 14, 2012, 4:52 pm
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