Posted on Tuesday, April 17 2012 @ 22:23 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
The Next Web
claims Google plans to launch its Google Drive service next week, likely on Tuesday. The free cloud storage service will be available for Mac, Windows, Android and iOS, and is anticipated to offer 5GB of storage capacity.
Sometimes we get lucky, and today is one of those days. I got a draft release from a partner of Google’s upcoming Google Drive service and it gives away a wealth of information about how Google plans to take on the incumbent Dropbox. The short story? 5 GB of storage, and it launches next week, likely on Tuesday at http://drive.google.com
Now let’s talk details. It’s no surprise that it will roll out for free. What’s interesting though is that Google is planning to start everyone with 5 GB of storage. Of course you can buy more, but that trumps Dropbox’s 2 GB that is included with every account. Dropbox does make it easy to get more space, including 23 GB of potential upgrades for HTC users.
