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Softbank to Use SugarSync on New Android Phones for Photo Back-up

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Softbank in Roppongi, Tokyo

California-based file-storage/backup service SugarSync has announced that Japanese mobile carrier Softbank (TYO:9433) will be preloading its service on two new Android phones in order to sync users’ photos to their computers.

Both the Panasonic Lumix phone 101P (which might just be more camera than phone) and the Sharp Aquos 102SH will feature the SugarSync app that will automatically back-up your photos to the cloud, without the need to connect to your PC. SugarSync CEO Laura Yecies explained:

As the cameras on smartphones become more advanced, and as more of us use our smartphones as our primary point-and-shoot cameras, most people need a simple solution for getting photos off of their phone and back to their computers.

SugarSync’s announcement describes this current arrangement as an ‘expansion of [its] existing distribution deal’ with Softbank BBSS.

Of course for iPhone users, SugarSync is available for iOS as well, or you can use Apple’s own iCloud to sync your photos. Dropbox fans out there might give DropPhox or SmartPhox a try, which — coming full circle — were developed by DaVinciWare in Japan.

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Rick Martin

Rick Martin lives in Tokyo where he writes about technology in Japan, China, and around Asia. After writing full-time for TechInAsia from 2011 to January 2013, he moved on to pastures new at The Bridge. He can be reached via his website, 1Rick.com