OneDrive, formerly Skydrive, the "cloud" storage service for storing files on the internet, has become increasingly important and fundamental in Microsoft plans, since it has become integrated both in the new Office and in the new Windows 8. OneDrive, compared to competitors like Google Drive or Dropbox, offers the largest free online space (7GB) and represents one of the most reliable options to save copies of files online so that they are synchronized on each Windows and Mac computer.
In addition, the files in SkyDrive are also available from an iPhone, an iPad or a Windows Phone smartphone.
The only thing missing was OneDrive as an app for Android and iPhone that finally came out .
The new OneDrive application for Android can be downloaded for free on Google Play and can be installed on any mobile phone or tablet that has Android 2.3 or higher.
Onedrive for iPhone and iPad is instead available on the App Store.
The OneDrive application for Android has the same appearance as the iPhone or iPad application and the set of features is also identical:
You can access all files uploaded to your SkyDrive online space, including files that have been shared by other people.
You can see the list of recently used documents and files and you can manage the various files in the folders.
With OneDrive you can share files with other people and you can also download them to be able to view them on your mobile offline and without OneDrive.
From the main interface, photos or videos saved in the mobile phone can be uploaded to the internet.
To learn more about Onedrive refer to the following articles:
- Microsoft Onedrive 25 GB of free web space
- Comparison of the best online storage services of 10 free cloud drives.
For Android there are many similar applications and the best are certainly Dropbox and Google Drive, each with some unique features.
Dropbox is the most flexible with the possibility of instant photo uploads while Google Drive integrates with Google Docs applications and allows you to edit Office documents online and scan PDF documents from Android
