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Amazon Prime Photos (1 Viewer)

Quite likely a game changer for me, in the sense that it might lock me into Prime for a long time.

Looking forward to reading more about it tonight.

 
App works great and syncs up pretty fast. I may dump out of Bitcasa if this continues to work this well.

 
Das Boot said:
Quite likely a game changer for me, in the sense that it might lock me into Prime for a long time.

Looking forward to reading more about it tonight.
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Yeah, if you're planning on always being on Prime, that's a great addition, but what if Amazon raises their rates a bunch for Prime and you don't want it anymore? Now you're in a bind because all your photos are stuck.

Flickr still seems better to me. Free unlimited photo storage and I'm not tied into anything else.

 
Currently using Google Photo with additional storage. It syncs so well with android that it is worth the cost.

However, I may be interested in this if there was an easy way to print photos, and get them in 2 days...

 
Like the addition of RAW photos. That's big for me.

Just wish the photo auto upload apps had a Vegas mode.

 
GroveDiesel said:
Das Boot said:
Quite likely a game changer for me, in the sense that it might lock me into Prime for a long time.

Looking forward to reading more about it tonight.
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Yeah, if you're planning on always being on Prime, that's a great addition, but what if Amazon raises their rates a bunch for Prime and you don't want it anymore? Now you're in a bind because all your photos are stuck. Flickr still seems better to me. Free unlimited photo storage and I'm not tied into anything else.
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Can't you just download your files from Amazon to an external hard drive?

 
It's nice as a secondary backup for your pics. I have them on my machine, also as part of the regular cloud backup, so an additional, no additional cost place is great!

 
Quez said:
Currently using Google Photo with additional storage. It syncs so well with android that it is worth the cost.

However, I may be interested in this if there was an easy way to print photos, and get them in 2 days...
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how much extra storage do you buy?

 
GroveDiesel said:
Das Boot said:
Quite likely a game changer for me, in the sense that it might lock me into Prime for a long time.

Looking forward to reading more about it tonight.
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Yeah, if you're planning on always being on Prime, that's a great addition, but what if Amazon raises their rates a bunch for Prime and you don't want it anymore? Now you're in a bind because all your photos are stuck.

Flickr still seems better to me. Free unlimited photo storage and I'm not tied into anything else.
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I am a Flickr fan and user as well but what if they start charging, wouldn't you be in a similar "bind"? Flickr absolutely is tied to something else; Yahoo. In cloud storage the prices are pretty minimal so the real value is having a trusted place to store your photos over time and in... ten years(?) I'm much more confident Amazon will still be in business with a similar business model for storing your photos than I am Flickr/Yahoo will look like they do today. I agree the Amazon service is hardly earth shattering, but it's a good option and probably a safer option long term for the average person. Even if you're not an average person, if the photos are valuable to you they should be in three locations anyway so you would never be in a bind no matter what single event happens to your photos/data.

 
Nice, but not a "game changer" when MS is offering unlimited storage for ANYTHING (not just photos) plus Office 365 for $6.95/mo.

And isn't the Amazon cloud software still pretty iffy? I don't think they even have a Mac client.

ETA: Yeah, just started uploading some stuff. Can't figure out a way to pause the upload, no way to organize the photos on the drive (IE in folders, etc). I guess this is good if you're just backing up your cell phone pics but who needs anywhere near unlimited storage for that?

 
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Uploading 50 gig of photos now, it's pretty slow. :oldunsure:

250 meg done so far, probably been running about half an hour.

But it really doesn't matter if it does take a long time, it will be nice to have the additional backup when it's done.

I'm hoping the android app has some good features, I'll check it out soon.

 
My upload wasn't slow at all. It was surprisingly fast for me today, was done in no time. I wonder if it's because I got signed up relatively early in the day, and some of you guys weren't uploading until later in the evening when news was further spread and there were probably a jillion SAHM's uploading 94 million gigs of baby photos. Anyway, so far I've been really impressed.

 
It ran all night, 3.3 GB of 50 GB complete.

Not sure if it's hung up or not. [SIZE=13.63636302948px] :oldunsure: [/SIZE]

[SIZE=13.63636302948px]ETA: just went to 3.4, not hung up.[/SIZE]

 
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Does it not sync in the background (iOS)? I'm only seen new pics added when I have the app in front of me. I do like how the pics are organized vs. the stock apple pics app.

 
How do you guys print photos? CVS, Walgreen's, order online?

I'd like a seamless option from Google Photo where I don't have to upload into another cloud. This would be an attractive option for me if I could just click photos already in the Amazon cloud to print and Prime ship.

 
Quez said:
How do you guys print photos? CVS, Walgreen's, order online?

I'd like a seamless option from Google Photo where I don't have to upload into another cloud. This would be an attractive option for me if I could just click photos already in the Amazon cloud to print and Prime ship.
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That would be pretty sweet. I don't print photos, but when my wife does she uses Walgreen's.

 
Can't wait to port over all my stuff from Bitcasa to this tonight. Saves me 10 bucks a month (and so far it seems way, way faster than Bitcasa)

 
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Finished a couple GB out of half a terabyte last night. Looks like it would take weeks or even months to upload everything with no way to pause.

Client really needs work for use with large photo collections.

 
FreeBaGeL said:
And isn't the Amazon cloud software still pretty iffy? I don't think they even have a Mac client.
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I uploaded my entire music collection to them in 2010 or 2011 and it's what I use to play music 95% of the time now, no matter where I am. No issues at all.

Now, I'm not claiming that this photo deal has all the kinks ironed yet, but amazon understands cloud storage and delivery as well, if not better, than most companies offering it.

 
not for me. i use prime and like it, but don't view it as essential. I'll stick to something that I know i'll almost certainly never go away from...google apps for business, gmail, android, and gdrive/photos.

 
I haven't read the Terms and Conditions yet but did anybody notice if it gives Amazon the right to use your photos?

 
Uploaded ~6000 photos today. The interface sucks but it's nice to have them all in one place.

 
Didn't feel like starting a new thread. Another prime "exclusive" if selected of $100 off. http://www.amazon.com/oc/echo/ref_=ods_dp_ae I may do it since I stream Pandora/Slacker/Spotify for hours with my phone/tablet connect to a small speaker when I'm home. Was already thinking about getting a nicer bluetooth capable speaker.

 
If you upload from your pc as folders, it appears as folders on the app it seems.

Is there anyway to turn on auto save and not save everything that is currently on the phone? I uploaded a bunch of pics from my pc that are on my phone already. Do i need to delete them off my phone? That may take a while.

 
Here's another question: can you use the app on more than one phone? Ie can both my wife and I have the app on our individual phones with auto save in the same prime account?

 
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