Version: 2008
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Badongo Buddy 3.3

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  • Price: Free
  • Operating system: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/NT
  • Date added: February 22, 2007
  • Total Downloads: 2,508,592
  • Downloads last week: 3,006
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CNET editors' review

Reviewed by: CNET Staff

Badongo Buddy is a desktop client to help members of the online storage site Badongo.com manage their uploaded files. It features basic tools, such as file Upload and Download. It also has some useful innovations, such as merge and FTP-style logging to let you track your behavior.

The Upload tool has a fully functional drag-and-drop feature, which makes uploads exceedingly simple. Distributing the URL for sharing of the file is just as simple as the upload process, since the link lives next to the uploaded file. A quick copy button makes the interface user-friendly. Another useful feature is that the Buddy creates a context-menu upload option for all files.

Download features are only available in the Premium version for the Buddy, but they're available online. The merge option lets users split and recombine large files for segmented uploading and downloading. Combined with the Badongo widgets for MySpace, the Buddy makes Badongo a formidable personal file distributor.

Publisher's description

From Badongo :

The new Badongo Buddy offers a faster and easier way to upload individual files, up to 1 gigabyte in size, conveniently from your desktop. After the Buddy is downloaded, users can "right-click" on any file on their computer and upload them to Badongo. The Windows based user interface lets users to drag and drop multiple files to be uploaded at any time. The Badongo Buddy works in conjunction with your free account on badongo.com. Badongo lets you easily store your favorite pictures, videos, music, and files on its servers.

Version 3.3 improves handling of downloading merge files and changes login structure.

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  • 2 stars

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

    Version: Badongo Buddy 3.3

    "no rars, feels tacky"

    by wunderkat on February 19, 2008

    Pros: no .rar files :( also, the website and software feel tacky. CNET says there is no spyware, but I am not so sure

    Cons: I wished this tool worked for other file sharing sites other than badongo.

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  • 1 stars

    4 out of 6 people found this review helpful

    Version: Badongo Buddy 3.3

    "READ THE EULA!! Privacy issues!"

    by GeaFmaN on March 20, 2008

    Pros: I like these free file hosting companies and, anything that helps my site visitors to download the odd file is great.. This seems like a brilliant idea, a program to download direct from badongo which, IMO, is one of the better free hosting sites out there. So for the idea, 10/10.

    Unfortunately the reality may not be quite so brilliant...

    Cons: I decided to read the full EULA while installing this as you usually don't get anything for 'free'.

    As it turns out, it seems I was right to be cautious.

    I copy & paste the following directly from the License Agreement:

    You hereby grant Company permission to collect and store information of Your Internet usage habit, including but not limited to information about every web page You view with the full Uniform Resource Locators, and the content of web page. You understand and accept that Uniform Resource Locators and the content of web pages You view may include Your personally identifiable information. Company may at times ask you for Your personally identifiable information, such as name, address, email address, zip code, telephone number. You hereby grant Company permission to distribute all information as set forth in Company's Privacy Policy, as well as Your non-personally identifiable information, to our partners, agents, and/or any third party in Company's sole and absolute discretion without further notice to You.

    6.4 You acknowledge that You understand that third party software may be installed in the Software and hereby agree that Company shall not be liable to anyone, including You, with respect to any damages resulting from such third party software.

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    Did that just say we will take ALL your PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE information as well as any other information from your PC, including the adresses of every web site? and then it actually said..we have the right to give or sell all of this information to anyone we wish?

    Yep, it sure did.

    I will be blocking this softare via whatever way it tries to connect with wherever it tries to connect to but if you don't know what you are doing, leave this well alone!

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  • 5 stars

    6 out of 7 people found this review helpful

    Version: Badongo Buddy 3.3

    "New version ROCKS!"

    by peterlohr on March 4, 2007

    Pros: The 3.3 version of the Badongo Buddy is AWESOME.

    Their multithreading is excellent and I really like that new login window as well

    Keep up the good work

    Cons: We need a file manager

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  • 1 stars

    2 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Version: Badongo Buddy 3.3

    "Does not work in the majority of times! It only works well very rarely!!"

    by asgarcymed on April 23, 2008

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  • 5 stars

    4 out of 5 people found this review helpful

    Version: Badongo Buddy 3.3

    "3.3 fixed my issues Thanks Badongo!"

    by HLCarlson on March 4, 2007

    Pros: I appreciate that they listend to the users on their forum. The Buddy now merges file after file and deletes the parts like it should saving me time and preventing me from deleting the wrong files. :) Fast I love the fact it auto upgraded!

    Cons: Need to be able to get prompt for passwords. Now it errors. I have posted on the forum so maybe in 3.4 ;)

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