Today
Dropbox has redesigned their website's file management portal and
updated the
Android app to the include the automatic background uploading we saw in the
beta test earlier this month.
The new website design, as shown in the screenshots below, is brighter and more spacious. In addition, it includes a lightbox feature that allows you to easily flip through larger images. It will show up once you automatically upload some images.
Once you download the new Android version and allow automatic uploading you will get 500 MB of additional space added to your account when your first photo/video uploads. Your entire current photo and video library will upload automatically, then whenever you take a new photo or record a video it will be uploaded to the "Camera Uploads" folder in your Dropbox account. Over time an additional 3 GB of space will be added to your account when you automatically upload more images and videos; they have not disclosed the specifics of how this increase will work.
Download the
new Android version today from the market and let us know what you think. An updated iOS version will be coming soon as well as new Windows and Mac desktop clients.
Will those 3 gigabytes be added to 5 gigabytes already gained by participating in picture uploading feature beta test?
ReplyDeleteDon't think so; it is a one time deal whether you got it then or get it now. I did not get another 500 MB when I used the app from the market.
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DeleteThat's how I understood it: users who participated in photo uploading beta test before this day can have maximal 5 GiB bonus. If they didn't reach 5 GiB before, they still can. Others can have only maximal 3 GiB bonus. I think they'll disable this bonus later.
From http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=55011#post-406282
> We wanted to give a heads up that new users of Camera Upload will get 500 MB after their first successful automatic upload. New users will receive up to a total of 3 GB additional free space for photos and videos automatically uploaded via the desktop or mobile apps.
> Forum build users who enabled Camera Upload before today, either on the desktop or Android, will keep any additional storage space they received for using the beta version, and will continue to be able to earn up to 5 GB.
To get more space than that, please register from my refferal https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTMxNDMwMDQyOQ it'll give you 250MB at the start. And me too!
ReplyDeleteApart from the beta deal, I think the best way to get more free space on Dropbox is via your EDU email address -- up to 16 GB: see http://bit.ly/edu-dropbox or just click on my name above.
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DeleteThanks for the info on generating an edu email address. However, the SSN generated on fakenamegenerator.com does validate in www.ssnregistry.org/validate but does not validate in eid.k-state.edu. My old edu address got deleted a few years after I graduated and it would be nice to have one for these kids of promos.
DeleteEDIT: "kinds" of promos, not "kids"
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DeleteWhile updating to the new Android version most of us noticed the additional space in our account, but I think this was just to gain the attention of users.
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