Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

Android Users Get 50GB FREE. Get Your #Box50GB by March 23rd!

By , Social Media Manager

This promotion has ended, but don’t fret! If you have an Xperia or LG Android device, you can take advantage of our 50 GB offer until December 31, 2012. 

We already announced an all-new version of Android today with more features and European language support, but still have more great stuff to tell you about. We’re now offering 50GB to to all Android users, so read on to get all the important details.

Free Space in the Cloud for Android Users

One of our big goals is to make it easy for users to access and manage their content from anywhere, without worrying about storage limitations. That’s why we’re making your Android-powered device even more powerful by giving you 50GB in the cloud. Yup, you heard us right: Now any Box personal user who downloads Box for Android will get 50GB free for life.  

This promotion ends on Friday, March 23, 2012 at 11:59pm PST, so grab your free 50GB on Box by following these steps:

1. Visit the Android Marketplace and download Box for Android
2. Log into your account or register for a new one directly from the app
3. Start sharing and collaborating in the cloud
4. (optional but recommended) Tell the world how you’ll use your 50GB with the hashtag #Box50GB

In addition to getting a storage bump, your file upload limit will jump, too;  you’ll be able to upload files up to 100MB  – like photos, presentations and documents – in your Box account for easy, quick access from anywhere. And remember, you can access your 50GB from any device – whether it’s a laptop, desktop, phone or tablet. We think you’ll like it.

Please note: To activate the new version of Box for Android, you’ll need to grant permission for the app to access your contacts – we only use this data to quickly retrieve email addresses for the invite collaborator feature, and don’t store any contact information on Box’s servers. 

Have questions about our 50GB promotion? Check out our FAQ here or leave a comment below.

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Parotheparrot February 23rd, 2012

Why only for Android – sucks! :-(

Anton Chigin February 23rd, 2012

I don’t have twitter at all lol, and you provide only hashtag option

Joe February 23rd, 2012

Because iPhone has too many…

Jcoreymail February 23rd, 2012

When should your Dropbox account change to show 50GB? I installed today and logged in on an Android phone and my account shows 2.5GB (extra over 2GB from inviting others to join). “automatically” makes me think the change should be immediate…

Niels February 23rd, 2012

@ jcoreymail It’s for Box not DropBox….

Anonymous February 23rd, 2012

iOS had this promo last year. that’s when i got my 50GB. iPod Touch!

jrr February 23rd, 2012

download the SDK, run the emulator, install google apps, get box app from market, sign in

Anonymous February 23rd, 2012

How about a desktop client for personal users next? :-)

puppet February 23rd, 2012

where to download the sdk????
n what emulator did u use?

Guest February 23rd, 2012

Your account servers seems to be pretty loaded. Unable to register :(

Treppenlift February 24th, 2012

how to get these offers ???

http://www.treppenlift.ag

1990konger February 24th, 2012

Oh狗屎

ABC February 24th, 2012

Does bluestacks work?

Panthep February 24th, 2012

I have free plan for 1gb file size limit and 15gb storage. If I upgrade my app to get 50 gb storage, will my file size limit drop to 100mb?

Robert Olsen February 24th, 2012

Excellent. Think this might drive me away from Dropbox which I have been using for years and have a paid account on.

Aleksey Kapustin February 24th, 2012

If i have 50 gb from sony, will i have 100 gb, if i will execute the rules ??

Thecyberpope February 24th, 2012

Without a desktop sync for windows, i don’t think much of the new users will be users for long….. But thanks for the offer.

Jack February 24th, 2012

I can backup my photos with #Box50GB.

Ramblin' rick February 24th, 2012

Great deal… I am now a Box user… Also posted a blog article to encourage others:

http://whatsonmypc.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/box-for-android/

Buwaneka February 24th, 2012

Got it.. Thanks box…

Mark Ulyanov February 25th, 2012

>Without a desktop sync for windows, i don’t think much of the new users will be users for long….. But thanks for the offer.

Totally agree, to retain users you absolutely must copy dropbox’s approach:
- PC sync software for all major OS which would sync user-selected folders
- client for all mobile OS should practically copy DropSync (unofficial client for dropbox) – where you can select folders from the cloud to be synced to mobile device, and sync them either automatically or manually.

Without these two items, cloud storage is totally useless.

Anonymous February 25th, 2012

And what about Symbian and WP users?

donald zuchowski February 25th, 2012

only 100mb in size limit per file? i had to get the paid version to upload my 5.x gb of data from drop box. drop box is both good and bad… bad in the sense that if you delete from the sync folder then its gone in the cloud as well….

Rodg February 25th, 2012

I have a Sony Ericsson Xperia with Android but don’t get 100GB (50gb as xperia user and 50gb for the android part) did I do something wrong? because 50gb is nice but 100gb is better :P

Liao Danny February 25th, 2012

I got it ! 50GB.WOW!

Francois d'Arundel de Condé February 26th, 2012

You can “sync” with Windows with the extension for Chrome.

Anonymous February 26th, 2012

Use anything that uses webdav – box is webdav compatible. I don’t like the “access your contacts” thing though. I didn’t update to new version because of it.

Edinm February 26th, 2012

How long time, do I got these 50GB?

Iurie Solomon February 26th, 2012

it would be great if i could reedit my story that i submited there

How Do i Use Android? February 26th, 2012

This is great! I’m going to spread the word too.

Eran Abramson February 26th, 2012

Great way to maintain a unit of files, collaborators and sufficient storage for an Online business…those Galaxy Tabs could really help an extra forward push

Jeremy Hodges February 27th, 2012

GREAT! Love the service and the android app has been great. I updated a few days ago, when do the changes take effect?

Math_teacher February 27th, 2012

If I change tablets or update my phone, do I lose my cloud storage??

Djkaran7411 February 27th, 2012

no

Djkaran7411 February 27th, 2012

your giveaway is good but your service is too bad add features of dropbox they are realy far far ahead than u man

Abelardo D February 27th, 2012

seriously?? searching for it now

Teqnine February 27th, 2012

I don’t understand how people can say this is no good because it doesn’t sync like such and such… YOU’RE GETTING 50 GBS OF FREE, I repeat FREE STORAGE. What part of that didn’t sound right?? Geesh, some people can always find something to complain about.. even about free stuff!!

Feliphe Queiróz February 28th, 2012

Ótimo já estamos usando na empresa! 50GB free :) Thanks Box http://www.artenacara.com.br Find US http://www.facebook.com/artenacara

Jobs Geek March 2nd, 2012

Too bad I have an iPhone. Not… but glad to see this ad on twitter, never knew about you guys until now.

Ricardo Molina Peña March 2nd, 2012

awesome!

Pc-rubriek De Monitor March 3rd, 2012

nice offer, might write a Dutch blog item on it:
http://pcrubriekdemonitor.blogspot.com/

Cablebaby March 3rd, 2012

” in your Box account for easy, quick access from anywhere. And remember, you can access your 50GB from any device – whether it’s a laptop, desktop, phone or tablet.”

Read the screen guys

Ashley Lambrecht March 3rd, 2012

got my 50GB!! thanks guys :)

Anonymous March 4th, 2012

telling the world

Kumararyan86 March 5th, 2012

Downloaded apps from market and registered through apps itself but after logging in app crashes so unable to get 50 gb upgrade
so sad.device -spice mi-280

Anonymous March 5th, 2012

There is no such thing as FREE. If it’s FREE, you’re the product being sold.

Anonymous March 5th, 2012

This isn’t the case. It simply opens the box web application.

David Berger March 9th, 2012

I have tried this with a personal account. My school is rolling out an enterprise account, and I’m still at 10gb.

android March 11th, 2012

I always get an error message hen I try to login: “check your network connection and try again”

Carlos Mora Salguero March 12th, 2012

that is why it is called sync… hehe

RipRap March 19th, 2012

Please look up the word “gullible” . Also check for SOLD tattooed somewhere on your forehead.

Rasmus March 20th, 2012

This will give me an option to store all my photos in the cloud storage so I don’t have to have them all on my phone.

vietnam March 21st, 2012

i has just logged in box on my android device but still 5GB storage?not upgrade to 50GB?

Gary Bexter March 21st, 2012

50GB free wonderful file storage

Packing Boxes

Grace March 22nd, 2012

Why I cannot get the 50g even though my registration is made on March 22, 2012/

tak March 23rd, 2012

50GBは非常に有難いです。いくつもに分けていたものを1つにまとめて管理できそうです。有難う御座います。

Arush Jain3 March 26th, 2012

I download the Box on my android but only get 5 instead of 50gb :-( . how can i get more space?

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Homeless Puppy April 18th, 2012

BRING BACK THE PROMO!!!!!! I WILL SPREAD THE WORD!!!

Atulshetty April 26th, 2012

I still dont have my 50 GB ?

I have an Asus Transformer Prime running Android _ i downloaded the app yesterday

Pero June 12th, 2012

majmune

Johnster November 1st, 2012

Another great free cloud service is introduced at this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d69xdvpMnxI