SCloud, VS Google Drive VS. ICloud

Samsung, the Korean electronics giant, will be launching S-CLoud (sCloud), the competitor of Apple's iCloud. S-Cloud will offer, 5 gigabytes and will allow unlimited storage of all media purchased through the S-Cloud, its online store. Samsung has partnered with Microsoft to support its global S-Cloud service. Apple provides free storage capacity of 5GB with its iCloud, its been said that the S-Cloud would give "more than 5GB," storage space. But it is not clear if users will have to pay for extended storage. Apple offers several tiers of storage, priced by the year. You can upgrade to 15GB for $20/year, 25GB for $40/year or 55GB for $100/year. Samsung's price list is not revealed yet.  Apple's iCloud lacks the ability to upload files directly since it can only store files from apps that support it, S-Cloud will give users full access to upload files directly. The S-Cloud will make the service better by offering iCloud's data syncing along with a Dropbox-like cloud storage feature and offering a way users can access the files at any given time. Apple's service nearly allows instant synchronization of data between devices in the company's ecosystem. iCloud features automatic downloading of pictures taken on an iPhone onto an iPad on the internet, purchases made on one device will be sent to other user owned devices without human intervention and the automatic syncing of documents, calendar, notes, mail and tasks between devices. Samsung's new service, will not have the restrictions and limits found on Apple's iCloud service, allowing Samsung users to store any content they wish in the cloud. A similar service will be provided by Google Drive. Google Drive is an impressive product. The cloud storage and collaboration space is more competitive than ever before. Google faces competition from cloud companies like Box and Dropbox, Apple, Microsoft and Amazon.Google is pricing Google Drive at a VERY aggressive level. For $30 a year ($2.50 a month), users get 25GB to use for Google Drive and Picasa, plus 25GB of Gmail storage. A similar service will be provided by Google Drive. That's more than what Amazon and Microsoft charge for an additional 20GB, but less than the price of Dropbox, Apple and Box. Google Drive supports 30 different file types and a number of mobile and desktop platforms. On the Macs, you are able to download and sync all Google Docs files to a local "Google Drive" folder. Making a file on your desktop available to your smartphone is easy, just drag and drop it into the Google Drive file and it syncs across the Net where it can be accessed on the smartphone. Dropbox handles this same feature very well.