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Why use Dropbox ?

Sairam Kunala — Sat, 15 May 2010 14:30:57 +0000

- What is this blog post about ? Why the questions ?
– This blog post is about Dropbox which is a very helpful desktop/mobile application that every individual would prefer to have . This solves one of the problems of an individual who are using a combination of both computers and smart phones. I wanted to show the positives and negatives of a software application in the form of a Q&A.

- What is Dropbox ?
– Dropbox is a storage solution to let you keep all your files in all your computers in sync. You can get upto 10.25 Gigs as a free user.

- Does Dropbox work on both Mac, Linux and iPhone ?
– It has a client written for almost all major OSes in the market and even has mobile devices clients for devices including iPhone and Android.

- What all can I store in Dropbox ?
– You can keep anything you want MAXing to 5 Gigs(s3 is the backend of Dropbox).Yes, all your private data can go in. It is secure as long as your password has not been compromised or Dropbox’s Amazon S3 account.

- How much data can you I keep in Dropbox ?
– Assuming you have enough bandwidth to sync 100Gigs in less than an hour at your home. Dropbox offers plans for 100Gigs for $20 per month, 50Gigs for $10 and 2Gigs for FREE . Referrals get you more space. Nothing extra for syncing even if it is 10 or 100 computers you own.

- I like it already . How do I get an account in Dropbox ?
– Follow this link . In case you are not still convinced with dropbox . Continue reading the Q&A.

- Are there any other services alternate to dropbox ?
– Yes, JungleDisk (competitive pricing but cost varies according to the no. of computers you have and it does not offer free accounts) , MobileMe is trying to catch up (their pricing is way off the charts) and couple of others.

- How can I get more space ? You said that I can get upto 10 Gigs – How ?
– You will be awarded more space when you refer more users and when the complete their setup of dropbox, you will get your 250MB.

- Would I get 1000Gigs if I refer 4000 users and they complete the setup ?
– Nope, There is a limit . You can get max of 8 Gigs extra off the 2.25 you initially get when you join as a free user. That’s their way of avoid misuse of the system.

- There is some feature missing in Dropbox that I see that would help lot more users . How can I suggest ?
– Yes, Votebox is the place. You get to vote on the features you would like . Your votes renew every month.

- How secure is dropbox ? Is it impossible to retain password if I lost it ?
– Dropbox uses Amazon’s s3 to store your data which follows AES-256 bit encryption which is supposedly very good. You can always retain your Dropbox password.

- 1Password to save all my passwords. Can I use it with Dropbox ?
– Yes, you can save the master file in Dropbox which syncs on to the web and keeps all your passwords secure and in sync.

- I would like to share files with other users in private ?
– Yes, it requires the user to have a dropbox account as well.

- How about allowing any user to share files with ?
– All the files you put in the Public Folder ( Ex: My Resume ) are accessible to the world. You are provided with the URL using which you can share. There are also gallery views to publish your photos – Sample Album.

- Where do I (Sairam Kunala) use it ?
– I use dropbox to save my e-books, software, s/w licenses, personal data, misc data which I require for a month or so and backups of my buxfer, delicious, firefox profile data and bunch of other things.

- More questions ?
– Watch the tour and go through the complete list of features on Dropbox

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Fly mobile service in India

Sairam Kunala — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 15:30:19 +0000

Considering you saw my earlier post on the quality of service ‘Net4 India‘ offers , the service offered by the infamous ‘Fly’ mobile service(flymobile.in) in India can be compared to net4 , but much worse. Let me keep it simple. They made me live without a phone for 5 hard weeks. I need to thank both Fly and HotSpot for letting me avail the opportunity. Their initial estimate was a week or 10 days tops. So, if you are planning to buy in either HotSpot store or a Fly mobile, think if you can go through the same pain I have been through.

Got a new nokia 1661

Sairam Kunala — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 05:30:03 +0000

I have been living without a cell phone from the past 31 days . I have the uttermost confidence that the repair of a ‘Fly’ would take a week more. So, I went ahead and bought a new Nokia 1661 phone which costs 1419 INR which I should have done after HotSpot Sales failing his first SLA which was 2 weeks.

Here is a flick of the phone :

Nokia 1661 Mobile Phone

Apple event 27th Jan – LIVE AT …

Sairam Kunala — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:50:09 +0000

Eagerly waiting for the iPad/iTablet/iSlate/iBox whatever they are going to call it . Though I don’t have use for it now.

Able to watch live at Ustream – http://www.ustream.tv/leolaporte
Webcam chat at Ustream

APPLE INVITATION :

Update: http://www.ustream.tv/oA streamed the video for about 114k+ users. Thanks to them I could follow the session (almost live)

Airtel to support Twitter via SMS (India)

Sairam Kunala — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:30:41 +0000

You can now SMS tweet from your airtel mobile.

http://blog.twitter.com/2009/10/hello-bharti-airtel.html

Follow me @sairam and at FF @sairam

Memories of my First Mobile Phone

Sairam Kunala — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:00:02 +0000

Bought this “famous” LG-Reliance CDMA phone 3 ½ years back.

Reliance-LG Mobile