Cloud storage questions

Look into this. It's coming along quit nicely. May work for you.
Mobile Sync and Backup - Online Storage for Mobile Devices - SugarSync

 

1.) No its not. You can't send a file that's not yet created to the cloud AFAIK. Its more of its not safe that way. If you do it like that, any intermittent disconnection would break the file. For example, a video would get broken if you yanked the memory card out of the recorder while it was recording. Same thing happens when you lose connection while making a video for example. You save the file then it can be sent to a cloud storage then deleted later.

2.) This feature you are asking for is standard on Dropbox and Sugarsync. I personally use Sugarsync for this, mainly because they had offered it before Dropbox did and I was too lazy to switch. Especially since Sugarsync is able to be set to select what folders you want to upload from on your phone natively, and they get saved into a specific folder on your PC as well that wont get deleted even if the servers crashed.

3.) Personally I prefer Sugarsync out of all of those I've tried.

4.) Depends on the cloud storage. If you use Dropbox, you'd have to download Dropsync or Foldersync to select which folders to backup to cloud. Sugarsync app does this natively.

 

Its called "Photo Upload" on Sugarsync, and "Photo Backup" on Dropbox, so its just a photo backup service anyway. And on Sugarsync it will depend on your setup. My setup is as you described: taking a picture saves one in the memory card, then Sugarsync uploads this to its servers. I have SugarSync for Windows on my PC, and if you have PhotoUpload active on your devices, this applications creates a folder called "Mobile Photos" inside my MyPictures folder. This is like a camera reel, where every single photo you have snapped gets backed up to this folder as well as Sugarsync servers.

Sugarsync and Dropbox can be customized I think to upload photos either immediately, or only when connected to WiFi. Not sure about Dropbox but Sugarsync also backs up videos you have taken.

 

1. Yes, once the file is complete.
2. Yes, any file, not just photos.
3. Dropbox, hands down.
4. Check out Helium and FolderSync.