Allows online storage of people's content... and sharing.
Verizon Wireless is the latest mobile operator to launch a cloud-focused service: V CAST Media Manager.
It lets people store music, photos, videos and documents on Verizon's servers, then access them from their mobile handset, or from the desktop.
The service costs $2.99 a month for 25GB of storage, and allows users to create music and video playlists and photo albums, while also sharing media with family and friends.
Hang on: sharing? The official FAQ for Media Manager explains the limitations:
"The service allows you to share user generated (or 'non' copyright protected) content; media is easily identified as copyright protected, because it has an 'lock' image next to the name of the file."
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However, this means it's unclear whether users are able to share unprotected MP3 and video files - something the copyright holders would be distinctly unhappy about.
The V CAST Media Manager app is available for a selection of the Android and BlackBerry models sold by Verizon, as well as some LG feature phones.
"This is our first step, but we think there’s a whole bunch of cool stuff that can follow," Verizon Wireless' VP of product development Kyle Malady tells MocoNews.
