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ZumoDrive
Tested version: 1.0
Latest version: 0.9.26
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Summary
The official Dropbox app has been released. I find that the app has less to offer – in certain areas – than other Dropbox apps such as Droidbox—and so I’m actually a little disappointed in the official app. So imagine my surprise when I came across today’s app, which is similar to Dropbox, but which provides a much better user interface. Read on to find out more.
Features & Use
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Like SugarSync and Dropbox, ZumoDrive is an online hard drive which you can access via computer as well as via your phone (providing you’ve installed the corresponding app), and which allows you to synchronize files between different computers. After setting up an account you will receive 1 GB of free storage space. You can get an extra GB by doing the online tutorial. I found this to be a bit annoying, but I suffered in silence in order to get my extra GB. If you’re happy with ZumoDrive, you can then "rent" more online storage space.
ZumoDrive’s big advantage is the app’s clarity: there’s nothing confusing about it. Your online files are divided into “Files”, “Music”, and “Photos”, and it’s possible to look at pictures or listen to music without having to download the corresponding files. Dropbox and SugarSweet allow you to stream MP3s as well (though if you want to look at photos these have to be downloaded), but on top of that ZumoDrive provides you with a very good player which files your selection under Artist, Album, or Song. That way you don’t have to navigate through files to find your music. And, as I said, you can look at pictures online, without having to download them first.
Ultimately SugarSync, Dropbox, and ZumoDrive offer the same functions, but I prefer ZumoDrive’s user interface. I also like that ZumoDrive is displayed as a hard drive and not as a file on the computer, even though this has nothing to do with the Android app itself.
Screen & Controls
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After you’ve started the app and entered your access data (it’s possible to set up your account from your phone as well), your files will be displayed via three tabs in the upper half of the screen. You can then access your “Files”, “Music”, and “Photos”.
The menu button gives you the following options:
Home
Refresh
Upload
Change User
Exit
ZumoDrive doesn’t have an options menu, but this didn’t bother me.
Most options are self explanatory. Via “Upload”, you choose exactly what it is you want to upload:
New Photo
New Video
From Photo Gallery
From Video Gallery
From Device/SDcard
Everything works very smoothly, except that in order to use the “From Device/SDcard” option, you need the file manager “AndExplorer”, which you then have to install if you don’t already have it on your phone. To the app’s credit, is has to be said that it does notify you that you’ll need this file manager, whereas you have to figure that out by yourself when using the official Dropbox app. If you want to upload files to specific folders, you have to open the folder in question first, and then upload the file.
Aside from being able access the “Files” tab, you can also access all of ZumoDrive, as well as navigate folder, Explorer-style. By pressing on a file for a long time you’ll be given the following options:
Open File
Share File
Save to SD card
“Music” allows you to access all your online MP3s via a very smartly designed player. You can choose between Artists", "Albums", "Songs", and "Playlists“; this allows you to find songs easily, which can then be played (streamed). By pressing on a track for a long time, you can “Save to SD card” and then download to your phone.
Accessing photos via the “Photos” tab is just as easy. All files that contain pictures are displayed. “Photo Library” also displays all your photos, which are displayed as thumbnails. When you click on a thumbnail, the photo is displayed. By swiping your finger across the screen you can then view other photos or the whole folder. The only thing that’s missing is a zoom function.
Bottom line:
I like ZumoDrive as a whole (the interface, controls, and using it on the computer), and the same is true for the Android app. It’s very user friendly and I was able to work with it straight away. I like the music player and photo display functions a lot—they’re better than what’s provided by the other apps mentioned, which I’ve also been using for quite some time.
Speed & Stability
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No problems to report: the app ran smoothly throughout the testing phase.
Price/Performance Ratio
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You can download ZumoDrive for free from the Android Market.
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Market Comments
Mauricio, Dec 24, 2011
Was great Use to work awesome until it stop updating the online files after one update. Unisntalled. I keep trying from time to time but still the same
Gary, Nov 14, 2011
App SUCKS Have tried numerous times to get this app to function with no success I keep getting a 404 error I think the people that rated it 5 stars are lying
jeff, Oct 25, 2011
Never updates My files are never updated hit refresh files are still there that i have moved or deleted
Kwon, Sep 26, 2011
Best cloud solution Love the tight integration into windows and this app makes a great music player.
Khalid, Aug 26, 2011
Excellent Excellent Easy to use, very useful, and a brilliant idea......well done.. Motorola backflip cm 7.3
Ronaldo, Aug 20, 2011
Can't delete files via this app Like sugarSync, this app also does not allow to delete a file. So I prefer Box.net, dropbox and Evernote.
Eugenio Tobar, Aug 12, 2011
Great Great service. I wish it would let you sync one dir from the sdcard.
James, Jul 26, 2011
Droid 2 global, freezes when I try to play a mp3. Worked really well once. Then it just stopped.
James, Jul 10, 2011
Poor excuse of an over-complicated app to "Drag and Drop".... worthless. Cloud is worthless. G2
Yiannis, Jun 29, 2011
Nice app but it would be great if we could upload files via the "sharing" android feature from any file manager or gallery for example!
Thomas L
I could mot find the official dropbox app on market (htc legend here) and discovered zumodrive. I am very satisfied with zumodrive service and app usability.