Every day we accumulate data, our whole lifestyle now has a record in digital format, our formal documents as well as our funfair and entertainment documents, our day to day picture, music libraries etc. Most of these data are valuable to us and we feel the world is coming to an end whenever we lose them.
The mobile system is now becoming the closest method of digital data keeping nowadays, we now have mobile devices that can enable us to create and edit our documents, and in time to come, analyst is predicting that the desktop and laptops may be replaced by tablets and smartphone. Majorly, the smartphone is the closest device to us, and we daily accumulate so much data that is important to our daily living on them. Some ways we do back up our mobile data such as phonebook contacts, photos, music and videos are by saving them into desktops, burning them into CDs, getting then into flash drives or memory cards etc.
All these methods are good, but they had never been reliable, your computer hard drive may pack up or crash down anytime, your CD plate may got broken and you may be a victim of virus attach, Flash devices are never save when it comes to virus, they are very prone.
The cloud service is a very good solution when it comes to back up service. The backup service that is previously available works with the PCs operating systems only, but now, developers has extended the cloud service to mobile devices and now, we now have the mobile cloud backup service providers
Here is the list of the best three mobile cloud backup services
iCloud
This is a mobile cloud backup service by Apple, this service is incorporated in the Apple iOS and it is made available for its iDevice customers, iPhone, iPads, iPod touch. As the Apple monopoly style, if you own no iDevice, do not think of using the iCloud. Apart from the iOS, other OS that is compatible with the iCloud includes; Linux and Windows desktop are sure to experience a lot of limitations on the Windows. If you have just gotten a new iPhone or iPad, Apple had packaged for you on its mobile cloud backup service a free 5 GB space to keep your data in the iCloud. You will have to upgrade at a rate if your library becomes so large that you exhausted your free 5GB cloud space. The rate is as follows; 10 GB space for $20, 20 GB goes at $40, and you will get 50 GB iCloud space for $100. The mobile cloud backup storage synchronizes your data across Apple devices. The service is also available on the latest OS X Mountain Lion.
Your new data gets back up into the iCloud automatically whenever you connect to the Wi-Fi network.
SkyDrive
SkyDrive is a cloud backup storage service by Microsoft, started from the desktop client, but has now been extended to offer a mobile backup service. The service is well incorporated in the new Windows 8. You know Microsoft for its generosity kind of service and not monopolistic like that of Apple, this cloud storage is compatible in nearly all available platforms including the Android, iOS and the Microsoft Windows Phone. The SkyDrive cloud is available for you to sign up, but if you have gotten a Hotmail, Xbox or MSN account, you just login straight to get a free 7 GB cloud storage space. A 25 GB offer is also available if you were on time.
This premium version of this mobile cloud backup service is not as expensive as that of the Apple iCloud, just $10 for 20 GB space, $25 for 50 GB and $50 for 100 GB space. SkyDrive is almost the best mobile cloud backup service. You will have to download the SkyDrive application from the Windows markets if you are a Windows Phone 7 user, while the new Windows Phone 8 users already got the Drive preloaded with the Operating System.
Microsoft has preloaded some we app like Word/PowerPoint/OneNote/Excel. SkyDrive supports in built Windows 7, Windows 8, Vista SP2, Mac OS X 10.7 and beyond, Windows 7.5 and beyond, Android 2.3 and beyond, iOS. There is a limitation on the Linux platform.
Google Drive
The Google Doc was what Google transformed into Google Drive, the first version was created for desktop clients, but now Google had created the mobile client and it is one of the best mobile cloud backup services you can find. Google had made available a free 5 GB which could be upgraded. Upgrade cost, $2.49 for 25 GB cloud space while the 100 GB space is sold for $4.99. The Google Docs could be transformed into offline file formats and supports well, the iWorks and the Microsoft office packages.
I will say this is the best mobile cloud backup service, because, it supports all OS platforms including the monopolistic iOS without any restriction. Android and Windows Phone will do well with the Google Drive.
Conclusion, all these mobile cloud backup service has their differences, and you could make use of the three to optimize you data backup, but the only restriction for the iOS is that you must own an iOS device.
Author Bio
This is a contribution by Olukunle Moses, he is a tech freak, freelancer and blogger, feel free to check up his technology blog on mobiles for latest update in the world of mobile phones.