Comments on: Google Drive Launching Next Week with 5GB of Free Storage?

By: gmanthebrave

gmanthebrave — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:34:00 +0000

I wouldn’t mind if they use the same Gdrive storage I have
and integrate it with the Cloud
Google Drive service. I filled up my Gdrive already and I need more
room, so I hope they get this ball rolling soon. I filled up my old DVR all the time too when
I only had 55 hours of HD storage. Now I
have the Hopper whole-home DVR from my employer and 150 HD hours is plenty for
our family. Of course I will have to
limit my series that I save, but we divide it all equally so we don’t
fight.

By: ddh819

ddh819 — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:18:00 +0000

when i click on the link for “drive.google.com” on my phone, it prompts me to choose whether to open it in the browser or Docs, so its already set up for android.

By: J Dub

J Dub — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:32:00 +0000

I have a Box account, but don’t use it because unlike Dropbox it isn’t unified across all platforms. I don’t want to open a browser and login. I like Dropbox where I just open it like another folder. Easy. I can install it across all platforms including Linux.

By: Kevin Olson

Kevin Olson — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:03:00 +0000

I’ll take it!

By: Jared Carlson

Jared Carlson — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:57:00 +0000

This and getting chrome os to support third party programs (emulators) is all thats keeping me and google apart. Now that they have a real cloud its one more thing off the list. Im pumped for this and am really hoping it comes with some sort of secret bonus.

By: Dom Suppa

Dom Suppa — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:07:00 +0000

If it’s fully intergrated in ICS I will gladly abandon my DropBox account

By: Chase Johnson

Chase Johnson — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:05:00 +0000

This reminds me in the early 2000s that I use to use X-Drive. it was pretty spiffy. lol now everyone makes a big deal over “cloud services”.

By: QQpayne

QQpayne — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:33:00 +0000

i also love google+ but unfortunately i am the only one i know who uses it frequently.

By: snowblind64

snowblind64 — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:31:00 +0000

Only a fool would have their data solely in the cloud. Multiple backups in discrete locations is the best insurance against data loss.

Oh and Google lets you download all of your data to your local machine for safe keeping.

By: David Pat

David Pat — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:53:00 +0000

Dropbox is still going to be the best choice.

The difference is that DropBox actually has customer service. That’s worth the extra money. If you can get hold of someone to talk to at Google about a problem you are having then please feel free to share that number. I have never been able to get an issue with Google resolved, even as a paying customer.

By: Noyfb

Noyfb — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:45:00 +0000

If it allows large data transfer for hd video storage also it’ll be worth it. I can’t stand that box won’t allow large data transfer for hd videos, so I use Minus for videos that another DL-er told me about. If it’s cheap enough I’d like to get google’s storage, cause I’m sure they’ll come up with more ideas to make it better than other cloud storage’s and add better functionality.

By: capecodcarl

capecodcarl — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:02:00 +0000

It’s great unless you’re one of those poor bastards that finds Google has terminated their gmail account for whatever reason. What would happen if tomorrow you went to sign into your Google account and found it was locked and/or deleted for some ToS violation? There’s nobody to call and complain to since it is a free service. All your GMail is gone. All your Google+ stuff is gone. All your contacts are gone. All your app store purchase are gone. All your voicemail and Google voice stuff is gone. All your documents are gone. Personally I find the thought of so much of my valuable data exiting solely in “the cloud” absolutely terrifying.

By: Lex Lybrand

Lex Lybrand — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 03:47:00 +0000

Seriously, what’s with the question marks in the headline? All of this info has been confirmed.

By: Joe12304

Joe12304 — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 03:23:00 +0000

Want so hard.

By: ddevito

ddevito — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 02:54:00 +0000

*yawn*

This was a project that was ready for launch like 5 or 6 years ago and the Chrome team canned it because they felt the idea of a “file” didn’t apply anymore (umm, yeah, umm, no not really). Now they decide to bring it back. For what reason? Extra revenue?

Unless they integrate it into Android I think this is 5 years too late.