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Dropbox iPhone App Goes Universal to Add iPad Support

Monday May 3, 2010 9:47 pm PDT by Eric Slivka

Dropbox, the popular document syncing and sharing service, has updated its iPhone application originally released last September to add iPad compatibility. The new universal Dropbox application now supports all three iPhone OS devices with the iPad gaining access to a customized interface able to take advantage of the much larger screen size.

What's New

- iPad support
- Take advantage of all the features offered in Dropbox for iPhone from your iPad!
- Export documents from your Dropbox into third-party iPad apps.
- Better support for landscape orientation on iPhone & iPod.

Dropbox continues to offer three levels of service with varying amounts of storage space: Basic (2 GB, Free), Pro 50 (50 GB, $9.99/month), and Pro 100 (100 GB, $19.99/month). The App Store application remains free for all users.
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Caliber26
23 months ago
Very good news! I am a HUGE Dropbox fan and to have it now on my iPad, with added functionality, is an awesome bonus.
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kirky29
23 months ago
Looks good!
When they release the iPad here in England, this is gonna be one of the first apps I get!
Big DropBox user. :)
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doeman
23 months ago
Yay! Love Dropbox.

If you want to try it out – you will get a permanent free 2.25 GB account (250 MB extra) when registering using this link:


Then you can get up to 10.5 GB of free space in total after receiving bonuses from referrals.
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alhasa
23 months ago

Yay! Love Dropbox.

If you want to try it out – you will get a permanent free 2.25 GB account (250 MB extra) when registering using this link:


Then you can get up to 10.5 GB of free space in total after receiving bonuses from referrals.


nice try mate.. but its capped at 3gb for free users :rolleyes:
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doeman
23 months ago

nice try mate.. but its capped at 3gb for free users :rolleyes:


Nope. You will get 2 GB from scratch (2.25 GB if you use the referral link). Then you can get another 250 MB just by fulfilling some additional steps.

Then… invite your friends, family and random strangers. They raised the possible bonus space from 3 GB to 8 GB one month ago. This applies to all existing free account holders as well. You still get 250 MB per referral but if you max out referrals you can get a total of 10.5 GB for free! :)

Btw, the 250 MB bonus will kick in once Dropbox is installed (which is done in a minute).
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vvebsta
23 months ago
dropbox is a handy piece of software but they are missing some key features in this release. Mainly Events, where you can see when something is added or changed to the dropbox. The power of dropbox is being able to share a dropbox folder with someone else. What is the point of the app if you can't tell when something is updated or changed in the folder? Also they should go a step further and add push notifications to alert you of changes.

Just my 2 cents.
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djdarlek
23 months ago
I love dropbox, but it annoys me that they couldn't be bothered to resize that iPad App background for the iPad.. you can see it's tiling vertically.
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Matthew Yohe
23 months ago

I love dropbox, but it annoys me that they couldn't be bothered to resize that iPad App background for the iPad.. you can see it's tiling vertically.


That's a keynote presentation.

Also, I'm glad I signed up early, I have 5GB without the referral stuff.
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spydr
23 months ago
This is outstanding! I wonder if Dropbox will be able to sync any changes I have made to that exported file with my iPad apps, so that I see the updated version when I get to my desktop?
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Fireproof!
23 months ago
Can someone give me some practical / every day uses of Dropbox - especially across a couple devices like a Macbook & iPhone/iPad.

I see it recommended often, but haven't thought hard enough about how I might be able to take advantage of it. But I don't want to miss out on a good productivity enhancer! :D

TIA.
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