AT&T Launches Online iOS Storage Service 'Locker'

MacRumors · Nov 1, 2012, 01:15 PM

AT&T has launched a free online storage service for iOS that allows users to automatically upload and backup images and video. AT&T Locker, which competes with Dropbox and other online backup services, includes 5GB of free storage with upgrades to 30 or 100GB available.

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AT&T Locker provides users the ability to upload images and video to secure online storage and quickly share on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter or e-mail. Users can create and customize albums for photos and video on the device or online from a laptop or home computer. Customers can also store music and other files in their AT&T Locker storage. The app is compatible back to iPhone 3GS.

Users can make sure they never lose a photo again with Easy Upload feature, which allows you to automatically upload the photos on your device to the AT&T Cloud. With AT&T Locker, users can choose to upload new photos and video via Wi-Fi, wireless or both. Customers can manage those photos and share them through the app on the smartphone or on the AT&T Locker web page. AT&T plans to incorporate additional features in future versions of AT&T Locker.

AT&T Locker is available for free on the App Store. [Direct Link]

Article Link: AT&T Launches Online iOS Storage Service 'Locker'

IAmTroll · Nov 1, 2012, 01:16 PM

I have a feeling this is going to be a fail

Master Atrus · Nov 1, 2012, 01:18 PM

Ummmm ... don't we already have that? It is called Photostream and if you are really wanting your videos, that's called Dropbox. I'm confused on why I'd need yet another service ...

Razeus · Nov 1, 2012, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Master Atrus

Ummmm ... don't we already have that? It is called Photostream and if you are really wanting your videos, that's called Dropbox. I'm confused on why I'd need yet another service ...

Are you confused often? You don't need another service. They are not forcing you. You can use what you currently have. If you feel this service is better, then you have the option to switch. Heaven forbid we have options in life.

chainprayer · Nov 1, 2012, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Master Atrus

Ummmm ... don't we already have that? It is called Photostream and if you are really wanting your videos, that's called Dropbox. I'm confused on why I'd need yet another service ...

I wouldn't want to manually upload a video every time I record to back it up. My iPhoto wiped out my camera roll the day after a family trip, and restoring my iCloud backup didn't save the videos. This app would have been great to automatically backup my videos.

Eminemdrdre00 · Nov 1, 2012, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Master Atrus

Ummmm ... don't we already have that? It is called Photostream and if you are really wanting your videos, that's called Dropbox. I'm confused on why I'd need yet another service ...

Exactly. Plus why invest in ATT's "Locker" when it'll just be shut down in a few years. Dropbox does one thing, and does it well... online storage. I'd feel a lot more comfortable with my data there, or on Google Drive.

Aniday · Nov 1, 2012, 02:28 PM

Umm, no one asked for this. America has enough problems with cell carriers practically spying on their customers and selling their information- why would we then want to give them more of our information?
Why can't they use that hardware to, uh, I dunno, improve their network infrastructure so it's not awful like all of their customers say it is...?

Rend It · Nov 1, 2012, 02:42 PM

Super weak.

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smarch · Nov 1, 2012, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Eminemdrdre00

Exactly. Plus why invest in ATT's "Locker" when it'll just be shut down in a few years. Dropbox does one thing, and does it well... online storage. I'd feel a lot more comfortable with my data there, or on Google Drive.

Why not use both? The automatic nature of this, assuming it works well, is a godsend. Why shouldn't it be that simple. They're not going to just toss your data without warning you. In the meantime, you've been successfully backed up for a couple years, for free.

smarch · Nov 1, 2012, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by smarch

Why not use both? The automatic nature of this, assuming it works well, is a godsend. Why shouldn't it be that simple. They're not going to just toss your data without warning you. In the meantime, you've been successfully backed up for a couple years, for free.

Ehh. Nevermind.. Shouldn't there be a background task API or whatever that let's an app automatically upload a picture without having to open the app? You have to open the app in this case, which makes it pretty useless. I don't want to have to remember to open the app... So I agree that it's pretty useless now..

r2shyyou · Nov 1, 2012, 01:21 PM

Sounds like just another way to encourage cellular data usage (for those that don't restrict it to Wi-Fi only).

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Users can make sure they never lose a photo again with Easy Upload feature, which allows you to automatically upload the photos on your device to the AT&T Cloud.

Genius marketers, those AT&T people...

jlw2387 · Nov 1, 2012, 01:23 PM

In other news, AT&T chooses to block iOS users from using Dropbox or Google Drive On 3G unless the have a family share plan.

nutmac · Nov 1, 2012, 01:26 PM

AT&T should just try to improve their core services and stop wasting resources on reinventing the wheel.

QCassidy352 · Nov 1, 2012, 01:42 PM

Dropbox is so good that I haven't seen any reason to try any of the others. More than 2 gb would be nice though.

dysamoria · Nov 1, 2012, 01:55 PM

AT&T cell voice & data service sucks. So to fix that, instead of making the service better, they try to add more concurrent users with more concurrent services. Brilliant.

Pared · Nov 2, 2012, 09:30 AM

You know what would make this worthwhile? AT&T allowing you to transfer data to/from this service to your mobile device without it being reflected in your "cap."

Imagine using this to store movies and stream them, not hurting your data limit.

Nah, too forward thinking here.

kinderdm · Nov 2, 2012, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Pared

You know what would make this worthwhile? AT&T allowing you to transfer data to/from this service to your mobile device without it being reflected in your "cap."

Imagine using this to store movies and stream them, not hurting your data limit.

Nah, too forward thinking here.

But then how would they rip you off by charging you for going over your data allotment. That wouldn't make them a bit more money while pissing off most of their customers, so obviously that idea is not for AT$T.

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Master Atrus macrumors member Join Date: Oct 2003	Ummmm ... don't we already have that? It is called Photostream and if you are really wanting your videos, that's called Dropbox. I'm confused on why I'd need yet another service ... __________________ 15" MacBook Pro, iPhone 4s, The "New" iPad, Apple TV, Time Capsule, Mac Mini x2 ... you get the idea. Small obsession.
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Rend It macrumors 6502 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: United States	Requires Flash on computer Super weak. Why bother? __________________ "Equations are the devil's sentences." - Stephen Colbert
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Pared macrumors 65816 Join Date: Oct 2007	You know what would make this worthwhile? AT&T allowing you to transfer data to/from this service to your mobile device without it being reflected in your "cap." Imagine using this to store movies and stream them, not hurting your data limit. Nah, too forward thinking here. __________________ uMBP 2.6 GHz, 64GB new iPad, 32GB iPhone5 By the way, what have you done that's so great? Do you create anything, or just criticize others work and belittle their motivations?
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