Sugarsync is a popular program that allows you to sync data from mulitple computers via the web. Typically this data could be MP3 music files, pictures, movies, etc. These types of sync programs are not new. Microsoft offes a free program called Foldershare which operates on both PC and Mac platforms and does a lot of what Sugarsync does but keeps all synchronization on local computers – requiring that they remain to serve data to the other computers looking to synchronize. The interesting feature that Sugarsync offers is to store sync’ed files offline on its own servers. This may raise privacy issues but means that mobile devices have access to the information even when a desktop computer is turned off. Sugarsync provides 24 hour remote access to your files. View, share and access them on any computer or phone. Unfortunately none of this comes without cost. After a 45 day free trial – 10 GB of storage is $24.99 while the more realistic 60 GB plan is $99 per year. Clients are available for Windows Mobile, Blackberry and now iPhone 2.x
