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In the past if you wanted to use all the great space on your Google account, you had to install other third-party apps or scripts to make use of it all. Google now will be adding a native storage feature to Google docs over the next few weeks. This new storage should directly challenge already existing services such as Dropbox and Box.net, which are currently available in both free and paid subscriptions.

Free users get 1GB of space to store whatever type of files they want. The only limitations I see is that a single file size must be less than 250MB. The paid subscription is pretty cheap, 1GB  only costs $.25 a year. So 25GB would only cost you a total of $6.25 a year to store a whole Blu-ray disc worth of information. Hopefully there is a smooth integration into Android so you can backup all your mobile information and Rom’s into your storage account. Google will also be adding the ability to search for shared and uploaded files from the Docs viewer.

I’m sure with competitive pricing and solid family name like “Google” behind it, the storage will be a big seller. There are not many things that you can’t do through Google services if you so wish. The all-in-one package deal with Google is hard for us consumers to pass up. Phones, email, finance, documents, map, calendar….you get it all and thats just the a few of the things currently available. Is this just add another piece of the puzzle in Google taking over the world….? Yes. But its kinda hard to turn down great services at little to no cost or free. Look for it to be rolled out in the coming weeks.

Via Mashable