![]() On our tests, we saw the new photos on our computer after 4 minutes-no need to worry about syncing photos via Bluetooth or via a microSD Card anymore. One feature that frequent cell phone photographers will love is the camera function: Any photos taken using SugarSync will automatically be stored online and on your synced computers within a matter of minutes. As soon as it was saved, the changes were viewable online. The download took about 5 seconds, and we were easily able to open, edit, and save the doc using the mobile SugarSync software. Using the File Manager, we selected a Word document and were asked if we would like to store it locally. ![]() Even so, we loved being able to view every photo stored on our computer at home. Beware that Photo Gallery will also display all album cover art for your MP3s. We loved that photos were resized to fit the phone's display, and we didn't have trouble opening different image formats. Our album loaded in 29 seconds over an AT&T EDGE network, but once it loaded, each picture took less than a second to open. ![]() Rather than being stored on your phone, images are streamed from the Internet, so you don't need to worry about getting a large microSD Card. File Manager will direct you to a mobile Web page that shows the computers you've synced Mobile Photos shows you every picture that's on your phone or backed up in your Mobile Photos folder Photo Gallery displays photos from all synced devices and Contacts Albums displays images your SugarSync friends have shared with you. The main menu has four options: File Manager, Mobile Photos, Photo Gallery, and Contacts' Albums. Sharpcast told us that automatic uploads to popular social networking sites such as Facebook and online photo destinations such as Flickr would be coming shortly.įrom the SugarSync Web site, we downloaded the Windows Mobile client (the software also runs on BlackBerrys and the iPhone) and installed it on an HTC Excalibur. You can also upload photos from each computer, and they're stored automatically in your Photo Gallery online. If you make changes to smaller documents during this time, they won't be synced until everything else has been uploaded we found this out the hard way when we edited a text document, and it got stuck behind all the MP3s. When we tried to sync a 4.5GB folder of MP3s over our (admittedly slow) DSL connection, however, we were stuck with an upload speed of 19 KBps, which the software told us would take two days to complete (note that files protected by DRM will remain so, even when backed up). Using Full Sync mode with smaller files, such as Word documents, was easy and efficient changes made to a doc on one computer were updated on the others almost instantly. The software even has a drop-down menu, so you can select computers by their designated names, too. At the top left of the interface is a list of each computer that you've chosen to sync, identifiable by the icons you selected. If you do happen to get lost, an online help guide offers tutorials. SugarSync's interface is remarkably intuitive and easy to use, and we were able to find our way around after about ten minutes. At the bottom left of the screen is a gauge that tells you how much of your allotted storage has been used. SugarSync automatically creates a folder called the Magic Briefcase, which is always in Full Sync mode, so each file that's dropped into the Magic Briefcase will sync across every device. This option is best for those who plan to use a mobile phone to access their files. Lite Sync will create a full backup online and will let you work with files from the backup server on other devices, but a hard copy will not be saved on those devices. Full Sync will back up the folder online as well as to any other device you designate. For each folder, you can choose two different sync modes: Full Sync and Lite Sync. Using the SugarSync desktop manager, you can designate which folders you'd like to automatically sync across all of your machines and back up online. Once the installation is complete, you can access your computer locally through the SugarSync software, or remotely using SugarSync's Web site, which is essentially a Web version of the software. During setup, which took less than 2 minutes, you're asked to choose a name and icon for each computer you wish to sync.
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