Other cool features included are 7 GB
skydrive storage space, NFC and 4G.
Microsoft's subscription - based Office 365 service gives users access to Office apps in the cloud as well as 20 GB of
SkyDrive storage for $ 9.99 per month or $ 99.99 per year.
Microsoft takes on Dropbox and Google Drive with the latest version of their SkyDrive service Today Microsoft has announced new
SkyDrive storage plans for their cloud service as well as new native sync apps for Windows PC and Apple OSX.
There's the standard microUSB port up top, however there's no microSD card slot, meaning you're stuck with the in - built 16 GB of internal storage — although Windows Live and Hotmail users are offered 25 GB of free
SkyDrive storage, which is handy.
As we had earlier reported, this handset is pretty spacious coming aong with 16 GB of internal storage plus free 25 GB of
SkyDrive storage to get the users started in the cloud.
Both Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 include some pretty awesome offers from Skype and SkyDrive: When you purchase either device, you'll receive free Skype calling to landlines in more than 60 countries for one year, unlimited Skype Wi - Fi on your Surface 2 or Surface Pro 2 at more than two million hot spots worldwide for one year, and 200 GB of free
SkyDrive storage for two years.
One more thing: Customers purchasing either a Surface 2 or Surface Pro 2 will receive 200 GB of free
SkyDrive storage for 2 years, free Skype calling to landlines in more than 60 countries for 1 year, and unlimited Skype WiFi on their Surface 2 or Surface Pro 2 at more than 2 million hot - spots worldwide for 1 year.
That price includes 200 GB
SkyDrive storage for two years and free international Skype calls and Wi - Fi hotspot access for a year.
Users will also have 7 GB of free
SkyDrive storage.
The smartphone runs on Windows Phone 8 mobile operating system, and comes with a Snapdragon S4 1.5 GHz dual - core processor, 1 GB RAM, 32 GB internal storage with 7 GB free
SkyDrive storage, a 4.5 - inch Nokia PureMotion HD + WXGA IPS LCD display, a 960p front - facing camera and a 8.7 - megapixel rear camera with Nokia PureView advanced optical imaging stabilization and Carl Zeiss optics, moreover, other specs also include Bluetooth 3.1, WiFi, WiFi Hotspot, microSD card slot, micro USB, and A-GPS.
(Unlimited
SkyDrive storage for photos and documents would be a good start.)
The smartphone ships with 512 MB of RAM and even tags along 7 GB of
SkyDrive storage, free of charge.
Not exact matches
You can open Word, Excel and Powerpoint files, tweak and then save them to the phone or to Microsoft's
Skydrive cloud
storage.
Microsoft's cloud
storage service,
SkyDrive, reveals that company's bias: even files created online open in Microsoft's desktop Office applications.
According to TNW, Microsoft will soon rename its
SkyDrive cloud -
storage service after the English High Court ruled that the product's name infringed on the trademark of British broadcasting conglomerate BSkyB.
(Microsoft has offered various cloud
storage services since 2008, originally under the name
SkyDrive.)
Office has been completely revamped and Office 365 includes several changes including integration with Microsoft's Cloud based
storage,
Skydrive.
• The company worked with the FBI this year to allow the NSA easier access via Prism to its cloud
storage service
SkyDrive, which now has more than 250 million users worldwide;
During one of his keynote demonstrations, Ballmer showed how students could use Blio eReader or
SkyDrive online file
storage software running on Windows 7 PCs to browse digital textbooks and share information.
It has since been revealed that the 32 GB Surface has only 16 GB of the room available which is a significant drop in on board
storage and pushes more reliance on using
SkyDrive cloud
storage.
The corporation did, however, reveal that the new Surface Pro will offer a free
SkyDrive cloud
storage account with 7 GB of web - based
storage, in addition to a USB 3.0 port, increasing the potential memory considerably, with external USB hard drives now available with more than a terabyte of
storage space.
Microsoft
Skydrive is a cloud
storage solution that gives users around 7 GB of
storage and maintains heavy server clusters to deliver content fast and effectively.
Also on offer is 20 GB of free cloud
storage on
SkyDrive along with 60 minutes of calls via Skype.
On the bright side, 32 GB of hoarding capacity is built in with 7 GB of free
storage on
SkyDrive.
Nokia Lumia 2520 Specifications Operating System: Windows RT 8.1 Networks: GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz — WCDMA: 850, 900, 1800, 1900, 2100 MHz - LTE: 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 13, 17, 20 Speed: LTE: 150 Mbps DL / 50 Mbps UL Memory: 2 GB RAM, 32 GB internal memory, micro SD card support up to 32 GB,
SkyDrive cloud
storage Display: 10.1» 1080p full HD (1920 × 1080) AHIPS Capacitive Multi-Touch Display, Gorilla Glass 2 Processor: 2.2 GHz Quad Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Primary camera: 6.7 MP Auto Focus ZEISS optics with f1.9 aperture; FFC: 2MP HD wide - angle Size & weight: 267 x 168 x 8.9 * mm (* volumetric); 615g Connectivity: NFC, A-GPS + GLONASS, WLAN 802.11 a / b / g / n, microUSB 3.0, BT 4.0 LE, 3.5 mm audio connector Battery: 8000 mAh Audio: Stereo front facing speakers
As well as opening books from websites, Freda can access books on
SkyDrive, DropBox, removable
storage cards and site that use online OPDS catalogs such as Feedbooks and Smashwords.
Microsoft's go at cloud - based file
storage has arrived on Android, with an official
SkyDrive app now available.
It's not big on hoarding space, with just 4 GB onboard
storage and 7 GB
SkyDrive room.
Multimedia Music player Video player compatible with MPEG4, WMV, H. 264, H. 263, AVI, VC - 1, ASF Memory 16 GB internal memory and available
SkyDrive cloud
storage 512 MB of RAM More Features 3.5 mm headphone jack Speakerphone for hands - free communication.
In addition to the still camera, the Lumia has 720p video capabilities and extra memory
storage available via the
SkyDrive cloud to ensure you can save all your files.
Both include two years access to 200 GB
storage on
SkyDrive as well as a years free international Skype calls and Skype Wi - Fi hotspot access.
There is also Twitter functionality brought into the People hub, along with better support for Office documents in
SkyDrive — Microsoft's free cloud - based
storage service.
Users get Microsoft Office functionality, access to
SkyDrive online
storage and a tap - and - share feature for swapping content between phones.
Some are free, like Microsoft's Live
SkyDrive, which offers 25 GB of
storage space, IDrive with 5 GB, and Mozy's MozyHome with 2 GB.
It plays well with Google Drive,
SkyDrive, your own FTP server, your network - attached
storage, you name it.
Now, it has upgraded
SkyDrive, it's anemic cloud
storage service.
I dropped in my other «must have» apps — also on my phone — to enable me to connect to remote computers (VNC: iPad, Android), cloud
storage (Dropbox: iPad, Android; Microsoft
Skydrive: iPad, Android, among others), and manage information.
Burying the current computer's file browser as a secondary option in a cloud
storage app shows just how serious Microsoft is about
SkyDrive and cloud
storage — they want to drag Windows users along to a new, connected future where their important files are stored in the cloud.
This allows
SkyDrive to function on tablets and other devices with limited
storage, even if you have 100 GB of personal files in your
SkyDrive account.
This also works with Windows RT, so Surface RT users finally have a way to sync
SkyDrive files to their local
storage and access them from the desktop.
While there isn't yet a Modern File Explorer app, the included
SkyDrive app can now browse your PC's local
storage.
Microsoft only supports
SkyDrive as a
storage option for iOS users that access either the mobile or web app versions of Office.
Today,
SkyDrive has announced a new 200 GB plan which is enough
storage for a photo every hour from birth to graduation.
OneDrive (formerly known as
SkyDrive) is Microsoft's cross-platform cloud
storage service.
Both tablets offer SD card expansion and have USB ports so
storage really isn't an issue, especially with the
SkyDrive integration in Windows RT 8.1.
Let us say that you are accessing your 200 GB
SkyDrive account (Yes,
SkyDrive recently introduced a new
storage option to add 200 GB of additional
storage) on your Smartphone or say a low - end Tablet with less
storage.
Then double - click on Prevent the usage of
SkyDrive for file
storage policy setting.
Windows 8 includes deep
SkyDrive integration, so you can now use your
SkyDrive cloud
storage without installing additional software.
Microsoft's cloud solutions like
SkyDrive and Sharepoint offer robust collaboration tools that could overtake other cloud
storage solutions like Dropbox and iCloud on other platforms.
Beneath the Local Computer Policy section, navigate to Computer Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Windows Components \
SkyDrive and then double click the entry labeled Prevent the usage of
SkyDrive for file
storage to the right.