Google Drive!

Years ago there were lots of rumors around about the upcoming “Google Drive” online storage project… yet nothing ever really came of it. (I last mentioned it in 2006)

Until today.

The Google Docs blog announced the ability to store your files in the cloud. Not just Google Docs files, but any files.

Here’s the pitch:

Instead of emailing files to yourself, which is particularly difficult with large files, you can upload to Google Docs any file up to 250 MB. You’ll have 1 GB of free storage for files you don’t convert into one of the Google Docs formats (i.e. Google documents, spreadsheets, and presentations), and if you need more space, you can buy additional storage for $0.25 per GB per year. This makes it easy to backup more of your key files online, from large graphics and raw photos to unedited home videos taken on your smartphone. You might even be able to replace the USB drive you reserved for those files that are too big to send over email.

Only 1 GB for free so they’re not going after Dropbox or Skydrive (2 and 25GB free respectively) but since so many people are already tied to Google I’m sure this is a service that’ll get used.

I’m still digesting this… thoughts?

Possibly Related posts:

1. and now, Google Video
2. Google Spreadsheets Functions Documentation
3. Google Base API and More Online App Storage Musing
4. Google Show
5. Google Mail Storage