Consumers can
download or share
files, view photos
and listen to music
through new Android
app
BOSTON, Nov. 9,
2010 — Carbonite®, a
leading provider of
online backup,
today announces the
beta release of
Carbonite Access for
the Android
platform. Carbonite
Access, available
for free in the
Android Market,
provides Carbonite
subscribers with the
ability to quickly
and easily access
all of their
valuable files
through their mobile
device. The
application's
seamless integration
with the Android OS
also enables
Carbonite users to
easily share their
backed up files via
email, Facebook,
Picasa and many
other
Android-supported
applications.
Carbonite Access,
available for
Android devices
running Android v1.6
and above, is the
latest remote access
feature introduced
by Carbonite.
Carbonite provides
customers with
remote file access
via any computer
through
Carbonite.com or
mobile devices such
as iPhone®, iPod
Touch®, BlackBerry®
smartphones and now
Android devices.
"Carbonite
creates a 'personal
cloud' by
automatically
backing up all your
files to Carbonite's
servers," said David
Friend, founder and
CEO of Carbonite.
"We've backed up
billions of photos,
songs and documents.
Now we're building
the industry's most
powerful mobile apps
for accessing and
sharing them. Our
new Android app,
with features like
photo thumbnails and
instantaneous
playback of your
backed up music,
helps you find what
you're looking for
quickly. Our promise
to customers is:
'Back it up. Get it
back.' Getting it
back is what
Carbonite Access for
Android is all
about."
Carbonite Access
for Android provides
consumers with a
variety of options
for accessing files:
- Browse: Once
the application
is downloaded,
consumers will
log into their
Carbonite
account on the
mobile device.
They will then
be able to
browse all
folders and
files backed up
through
Carbonite,
arranged in the
same file
locations as
they are on the
computer.
- Share:
Backed up files
can be shared
through the
phone via
e-mail, Picasa,
Facebook and
other
social-networking
applications.
- View: Backed
up photos can be
previewed using
thumbnails or
quickly viewed
full screen
using the
integrated photo
viewer from
Carbonite.
- Listen:
Consumers also
can utilize
Carbonite Access
for Android to
listen to music
backed up from
their computer
directly on
their phone in a
matter of
seconds.
Carbonite
launched its online
backup service in
2006 and has raised
more than $67
million in several
rounds of venture
financing. The
company has received
numerous accolades
in 2010 including a
No. 9 overall and
No. 1 in IT Services
Inc. 500 ranking,
the Tech Awards
Circle Gold Award
for consumer/small
office, home office
(SOHO) service
category, and
Privately held
company of the year
honors from the
Massachusetts
Technology
Leadership Council.
Additionally,
Carbonite was
selected as a
finalist in the Red
Herring 100 North
America list, and
CEO David Friend was
named as the Ernst &
Young Entrepreneur
of the Year winner
for New England in
the Consumer and
Small Business
Emerging Technology
category.
