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HTC & Dropbox bring free 5GB extra storage to 'all' Android mobiles

32 points by tathagatadg 15y ago

pwim 15y ago
This offer applies to all HTC Androids (not all Android devices).
- CWIZO 15y ago
  Yes! OP please change the title, it is very misleading.
- markokocic 15y ago
  Does it work on rooted HTC phone with Cyanogenmod?
- drivebyacct2 15y ago
  To be fair, everywhere HTC announced it, they used the same headline. It's only slightly less pompous than referring to iOS devices without an article.
vinodlive 15y ago
hmm.. time to borrow friend's HTC for 'grabbing' this offer.
zrgiu_ 15y ago
Smart move for both Dropbox and HTC. Everybody wins, and the users get the most out of this. Hopefully we're going to see more deals like this, but PLEASE manufacturers, don't make these apps un-uninstalable (like google did with Twitter.. I don't use twitter)
- ZeroGravitas 15y ago
  Apparently ICS makes all apps uninstallable. I'm sure American carries will find some way to muck it up though.
  - zrgiu_ 15y ago
    Nah, ICS allows you to disable any application, not uninstall it. It's basically in a state which just uses storage space, which is still a good thing. But who's to say that manufacturers won't modify ICS and disable 'certain features' ?
    - Pewpewarrows 15y ago
      In order for a phone manufacturer to get the Google seal of approval (which allows you to bundle up the Android Market and various Google Apps in your distribution) their "fork" of Android has to pass a suite of compatibility and assurance tests. Google could simply add that functionality as being required in the test suite to force the phone carriers not to muck with it.
  - derobert 15y ago
    This isn't new to ICS. "pm disable «packagename»" works on Gingerbread, at least.
charlesdm 15y ago
How can you activate this?
k1ngofpancakes 15y ago
Of course this would happen as soon as I migrate over to Spideroak. It is an excellent selling feature all the same, and applying it to all devices is the sort of thing that builds tremendous brand loyalty.
rbreve 15y ago
I wonder if this applies to my old nexus one
lwhi 15y ago
Relying on HTC's Twitter feed for information isn't the most reliable way of gaining information about the company. For a long time I thought I'd be getting an official update to my OS (HTC Desire to Gingerbread), specifically because HTC said I would via Twitter .. needless to say, I didn't. This seems pretty much like speculation to me.
- rb2k_ 15y ago
  Yeah, for THAT information you have to go to their facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=225607660802056 https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=225607660802056 sigh
bmaeser 15y ago
this service is ONLY for HTC-Androids and ONLY for 12 month. --> teaser
- unicornporn 15y ago
  > Congrats on becoming a Dropbox Guru! We've awarded you 3GB of bonus space for the next 12 months! https://twitter.com/htc/status/128546238999175168 https://twitter.com/htc/status/128546238999175168 really should have made that clear.

32 points by tathagatadg 15y ago

pwim 15y ago

This offer applies to all HTC Androids (not all Android devices).

CWIZO 15y ago
Yes! OP please change the title, it is very misleading.
markokocic 15y ago
Does it work on rooted HTC phone with Cyanogenmod?
drivebyacct2 15y ago
To be fair, everywhere HTC announced it, they used the same headline. It's only slightly less pompous than referring to iOS devices without an article.

vinodlive 15y ago

hmm.. time to borrow friend's HTC for 'grabbing' this offer.

zrgiu_ 15y ago

Smart move for both Dropbox and HTC. Everybody wins, and the users get the most out of this. Hopefully we're going to see more deals like this, but PLEASE manufacturers, don't make these apps un-uninstalable (like google did with Twitter.. I don't use twitter)

ZeroGravitas 15y ago
Apparently ICS makes all apps uninstallable. I'm sure American carries will find some way to muck it up though.
- zrgiu_ 15y ago
  Nah, ICS allows you to disable any application, not uninstall it. It's basically in a state which just uses storage space, which is still a good thing. But who's to say that manufacturers won't modify ICS and disable 'certain features' ?
  - Pewpewarrows 15y ago
    In order for a phone manufacturer to get the Google seal of approval (which allows you to bundle up the Android Market and various Google Apps in your distribution) their "fork" of Android has to pass a suite of compatibility and assurance tests. Google could simply add that functionality as being required in the test suite to force the phone carriers not to muck with it.
- derobert 15y ago
  This isn't new to ICS. "pm disable «packagename»" works on Gingerbread, at least.

charlesdm 15y ago

How can you activate this?

k1ngofpancakes 15y ago

Of course this would happen as soon as I migrate over to Spideroak. It is an excellent selling feature all the same, and applying it to all devices is the sort of thing that builds tremendous brand loyalty.

rbreve 15y ago

I wonder if this applies to my old nexus one

lwhi 15y ago

Relying on HTC's Twitter feed for information isn't the most reliable way of gaining information about the company. For a long time I thought I'd be getting an official update to my OS (HTC Desire to Gingerbread), specifically because HTC said I would via Twitter .. needless to say, I didn't. This seems pretty much like speculation to me.

rb2k_ 15y ago
Yeah, for THAT information you have to go to their facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=225607660802056 https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=225607660802056 sigh

bmaeser 15y ago

this service is ONLY for HTC-Androids and ONLY for 12 month. --> teaser

unicornporn 15y ago
> Congrats on becoming a Dropbox Guru! We've awarded you 3GB of bonus space for the next 12 months! https://twitter.com/htc/status/128546238999175168 https://twitter.com/htc/status/128546238999175168 really should have made that clear.