People have gotten into all kinds of strange habits these days when it comes to file sharing or file transporting. I’m certainly guilty of emailing myself a document or two so I can access them from another place or computer. There are more tech-sa…

People have gotten into all kinds of strange habits these days when it comes to file sharing or file transporting. I’m certainly guilty of emailing myself a document or two so I can access them from another place or computer. There are more tech-sa…

So that leave me Pando and DropSend but I still pick Pando becasue DropSend only limit to 250mb for free to users. sending larger files cost them.

I looked at all those others. I do not like the approach of using those software. Why more buddylist when I already have major IM client apps like iChat, AIM, MSN, Yahoo as well as Skype and Gizmo Project.

I found Pando to be very simple, yes I have to use a software but it act like a email client! simple! I create new email in Pando then I drag and drop files I want to send. It become 1 attachment instead of multi-attachements and it get uploaded to their secure sever encrypted! my friend get email right away and download right away while I upload. I may finish upload before he started downloading.

When he get email from me saying that he has attachment from me. it is a Pando file, double-clicking it start Pando app and start downloading. I am off the computer already.

I sometime send pando email to myself so I can distribute the pando file which is less than 1mb in size to my friends on iChat buddylist (Of course, I do tell them to get Pando app at http://www.pando.com before double clicking it) and they are both mac and windows users. no problem!

I am aware for now it is 1gb limit because it is in Beta and I am sure it will get increased (like Google did increase their Gmail size eh) to larger GB sizes. (That’s okay, i can break down in multiples 1gb sizes rar and it can get joined at other end)

Disclaimer: I don’t work for Pando but I am a Pando Beta user and loving it! Now many of my friends are Pando users.

http://www.zapr.net/signup.aspx

Or try a Zapr link to the Old Betsy pc in our office.

http://zapr.net/bobzapr/z/1db10aec92306cdb

While I haven’t tested beamfile, I am impressed with Dliveo download speeds. it is absolutely one-to-one. And I know when the person i sent files to has downloaded them because I get a notification and tracking ID.

You simply cannot beat Pando at the moment. Once Pando adds the ability to generate URLs, I think Zapr and BoxCloud will be history.

1. Large file transfer cannot rely on the sender being online at all times. Thats a non-starter. You’re not going to get very far without transfer reliability Zapr folks. Thats the name of the game. Thats exactly why people don’t use IM clients to transfer big files — it fails half the time.

2. Large file transfer cannot rely on the sender’s upload speed. I don’t have to tell you guys that its painfully slow, you know that already.

3. Large file transfer cannot rely on a browser to move files. It’s call Hyper TEXT transfer protocol (HTTP) for a reason. Please don’t make us a use a browser to download large files. The smart companies will pick a new protocol that was designed for large files like BitTorrent.

I have to agree with Zach, Pando is the smartest company out there. Took them a while, but they got it right. Simple, send and forget. Zapr folks — think again about using the “but they require software” defense. Nearly a million users in 6 months sounds like another Skype to me.

Article by Matt Marshall, but researched by Nick Gonzalez who met with Mick. Zapr Makes Drag and Drop File Sharing Easy Good write up with lots of coments lauding Pando or comparing us to IM. The permanent link is the…

Firstly, thanks for the time Nick and the comments everyone. It’s great getting feedback.

Secondly, in the beta, what you share out is available publicly, so just test it with pictures, videos and other non-sensitive files/folders. Permissions are coming soon.

Regarding comparing us to IM, we are really different. One of the biggest difference is actually that Zapr creates a permenent URL which you can do more with. IM is for sharing right now with one person. With Zapr you create a URL which you can send to lots of people, put in your My Space or blog and your friends can come back to it later. You can’t do that with IM. Plus, you can share folders with Zapr which you can’t do with IM.

With the name, yeah, tell me about it. The reason why so many companies have funny names now is because it helps to have the .com and everything sensible is being squatted on at the moment. But we like Zapr.

Other quick points;
* It’s P2P.
* The folder sharing is live so you can add or remove stuff from a folder on your computer and it changes what you’re sharing live.
* Unlike most other apps, the person your sharing to doesn’t need to sign up or download/install anything. You just click the link and use a browser.

Thanks again.

Maybe I should just start a service where I name apps…..or better yet, create a web app that names web apps! I would name this one…..ZamFram.