Anyone using onedrive on their idevices

[RavenSword]

With MS recent changes to onedrive (giving 15gb of free storage and 1TB for office 365 users) I'm thinking of using onedrive for my cloud storage needs on my iPhone and iPad (and desktop) however, I'm curious how the service works on Apple hardware and if it's worth using over competing services like Dropbox or Google drive. Even Apple is soon going to have its own thing with iCloud drive.

Does anyone use onedrive primarily or a lot? How is it ? Also, if you do use it, do you use any other MS services like onenote or office? How are those ?

 

[Just_Me_D]

I've had the app installed and I reinstall it on occasion. It like any other app for cloud storage, in my opinion -- used to transfer files to and from OneDrive. I don't use use One Note, but I do like the Microsoft One Office app. It works well with iOS in my experience.

 

[zerog46]

I use it and love it. I get twice as much space as Dropbox for the same price. And now even cheaper. Works great on my iPad my iPhone and my air.

 

[RavenSword]

I'll be interested to see how good Apple will do there's. Obviously we get closer integration with that than onedrive or Dropbox. Honestly I like Dropbox because it works great everywhere, but there really dropping the ball lately I think with their free offering and priced options.

 

[RavenSword]

Does it compress photos though? And can it save videos too?


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Far as I know it can save the photos in full size , though you need to enable that I believe. And they just got the ability to save video in a recent update.

 

[zerog46]

Yes it does videos and original photos. You can resize them also if you like.

 

[Speedygi]

Yes, I use it to sync stuff among my Windows Phone and iOS devices, that and OneNote, I am all set.

 

[RavenSword]

Yes, I use it to sync stuff among my Windows Phone and iOS devices, that and OneNote, I am all set.

How do you like windows phone BTW? Honestly really liked what I used of it outside of some missing apps.

 

[Speedygi]

How do you like windows phone BTW? Honestly really liked what I used of it outside of some missing apps.

It's a good platform, just not as battery efficient as the rest, but still good enough to make it a daily driver.


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[RavenSword]

It's a good platform, just not as battery efficient as the rest, but still good enough to make it a daily driver.


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Im a bit wary of Windows Phonea t the moment because of all the Android hub bub going on around it right now. again, I like Microsoft services, so I thought WP would be a good choice, but it dosent have all the apps I like and we have no clue if windows phone will even be windows phone anymore in a years time.

 

[ajst222]

I don't use it on an iDevice, but I do use OneDrive in general and I find it very good. I also set it up on my grandfather's iPhone because I set him up with Office 365 at the same time and he really likes it.

 

[ajst222]

It's a good platform, just not as battery efficient as the rest, but still good enough to make it a daily driver.


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I actually find Windows Phone to be more battery efficient than the rest, so I would argue that. Maybe you used it on a very early 8.1 dev version where that was a problem

 

[ajst222]

Im a bit wary of Windows Phonea t the moment because of all the Android hub bub going on around it right now. again, I like Microsoft services, so I thought WP would be a good choice, but it dosent have all the apps I like and we have no clue if windows phone will even be windows phone anymore in a years time.

That worries me as well as I use a Nokia Lumia 928 as my daily driver and I love the platform. Microsoft better not get stupid...

 

[Speedygi]

I actually find Windows Phone to be more battery efficient than the rest, so I would argue that. Maybe you used it on a very early 8.1 dev version where that was a problem

What phone are you basing this comment on?

 

[ajst222]

What phone are you basing this comment on?

Lumia 928

 

[Speedygi]

Lumia 928

I don't have 8.1 devices here in Singapore besides the 635, but I think it's safe to say pre 8.1, windows phone isn't the most battery efficient?

 

[ajst222]

I don't have 8.1 devices here in Singapore besides the 635, but I think it's safe to say pre 8, windows phone isn't the most battery efficient?

Do you mean pre 8 or pre 8.1? I have found Windows Phone 8 to be very battery efficient as well as 8.1. Can't speak for Windows Phone 7, though, so if that's what you meant, I'll take your word for it.

 

[Speedygi]

Do you mean pre 8 or pre 8.1? I have found Windows Phone 8 to be very battery efficient as well as 8.1. Can't speak for Windows Phone 7, though, so if that's what you meant, I'll take your word for it.

My Nexus 5 and iPhone 5s had longer battery life than my Lumia 1020 consistently...

Pretty sure about that.

 

[ajst222]

My Nexus 5 and iPhone 5s had longer battery life than my Lumia 1020 consistently...

Pretty sure about that.

I've heard (from reviews and personal anecdotes) that the 5s has pretty poor battery life. I've also heard that the 1020 gets good battery life, though when using the camera a lot will drain it quickly. I have nothing to say on the Nexus 5, however.

 

[Ledsteplin]

The App Store reviews for OneDrive don't look so hot. But, as always, I take those with a grain if salt. Is it really free, or do they try to sell another app? LOL


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