DropBox Anywhere Makes Sharing Files with Your Mobile Devices Easy

dropbox_logo.pngDropbox, which is a popular cross platform file sharing service for Windows, Mac, and Linux users, has just announced an all new set of mobile apps and APIs called Dropbox Anywhere. They claim Anywhere "brings the desktop to any device, any app, anywhere". This new set of applications will help you deal with the challenge of making your photos, documents, and other files accessible and in sync across all of your supported devices.

You can now get Dropbox for Android powered mobile phones, BlackBerrys, and Apple's iPad. This new set of apps joins the existing Dropbox software for the iPhone; so they've pretty much covered all of the popular platforms currently on the market.

Dropbox also released an all new mobile API, which will enable developers to create apps that access the contents of users' Dropbox accounts, while keeping them seamlessly in sync across their devices.

For more information about Dropbox Anywhere, please visit: http://dropbox.com/anywhere. Below is a breakdown taken from their official press release.


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Dropbox Anywhere includes support for new mobile devices and platforms, and important new developer capabilities:

  • Native Dropbox apps for Android, Apple iPad and BlackBerry: With the new set of mobile Dropbox apps, files and documents stored in Dropbox can now be accessed, managed and shared directly from users' favorite devices. Dropbox is optimized for each of the devices unique capabilities, such as the ability to capture, upload and share photos and video on Android, and provide a full screen reading experience on the iPad. Dropbox for Android and iPad are availability immediately, with the BlackBerry application expected to ship this summer.
  • Dropbox mobile API: Developers can now include Dropbox's file access and syncing capabilities directly in their mobile apps, giving them immediate access to users' documents and files, and allow them to integrate with the desktop without having to create additional file management infrastructure. Information on the new API is available at http://developers.dropbox.com.
  • New Dropbox enabled applications: Dropbox is delighted join with leaders in the mobile app market to launch the first set of Dropbox-enabled apps.



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