I love my clouds, but it seems like everything is ‘cloud’ these days.  It’s the new Digital, or HD.

Two little cartoons I really chuckled over lately.

Well, there’s another option to add to the ever growing list of Cloud options.

Don’t remember the options?  Click here (or view my list at the bottom)

The newest offering I’ve become aware of is G Cloud.  This is the dead simple method for those people who are upgrading phones.  Say… maybe those folks who are itching at the post to get their hands on the new Nexus or a Note 2…

G Cloud works by setting up a personal cloud for your personal data.  Pictures, contacts, etc…

Features:

• Backup Messages (SMS), contacts, call logs, documents, photos, videos and music
• Secure data transfer (Secure Socket Layer) and storing (256-AES)
• Backs up to the secure and reliable Amazon S3 cloud storage
• Daily automatic backups when WiFi is available, plugged in, or have plenty of battery life
• Easy mobile to mobile restore and same device restore.
• No rooting or special configuration required
• Backup External SD cards
• Restore/Migrate to a new device with a click
• Backs up every version of all files
• Advanced options to change daily schedule, disable automatic schedule, backup over 3G, and more
• No Rooting is required

Sure, you say that Google does that.  But I’m still surprised by the number of people who don’t know, or don’t use it.  I sold my old Captivate to a so-called “IT” professional who didn’t.  That’s a whole funny story I’ll tell in a hangout some day – just remind me to tell it.

But this also stores your phone logs, text messages, and some system settings.  I can’t say that personally I’d really care for any of that to follow along with me to a new phone.  I never have anything important like that on my phones.  Anything I personally want backed up is already backed up.  Pictures via Dropbox or Google Instant, contacts via Google, etc…

But for those that want to keep all the info (/insert meme) than this is a dead simple method to doing just that.  Back up the info when on Wifi… and when you get a new device just install that app first and then ‘restore’.  Simple.

But here’s the thing… in order to install the app you need access to the play store.  For that you need a Google account.  From that you already are saving your contacts, calendars, etc…  Even if you don’t like G+, get it to at least get you unlimited picture storage/backup.

Even if you’re going to use this app for phone logs, MMS, etc… it only gives 1GB of data to do so.  For just phone/mms that should be more than enough.  But to back up music / photos, you’d need a lot more.  At least I would.  For that you’ll have to go to the 10GB plan, which is something like $1/month, which may not be enough – but there are other free options for that then.

Where I’d recommend this product is for the Android user who really isn’t a ‘user’ per se, but simply needs something to work without understanding it.  I know that sounds kinda derogatory, but as I’ve met more and more Android users and I’ll mention a feature to them I get blank stares.  So many users out there that don’t really know their device.

I guess that’s true of any technology.  Ask me where my spare tire is on my new car.  I’m going to assume it has one, and it’s maybe in the trunk… but I might be just as blank stared as some android users.   How long should I reheat this lasagna in the oven for?  (a question I had to ask my wife the other day before I even google’d it).

So, it serves a purpose.

Play Store Link

Cloud options